diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 69cf084..a2b4d2d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && \
       libpq-dev \
       python3-dev \
       python3-pip \
-      python3.11-venv \
+      python3-venv \
+      python-is-python3 \
       && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 45e1722..b08e167 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ services:
 #
 #      # db service access info
 #      SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI: "${SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI}"
-    command: [ "bash", "-c", "/app/venv/bin/poetry run setup_db && /app/venv/bin/poetry run srv" ]
+    command: [ "bash", "-c", "sleep 0 && /app/venv/bin/poetry run setup_db && /app/venv/bin/poetry run srv" ]
     volumes:
       - ${WEB_PATH_AT_HOST}/instance:/app/instance
       - ./.env.dev:/app/.env.local