diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8d6c181..f4aed7e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ FROM python:3.13-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install dependencies
+# Copy application first (needed for pip install)
 COPY pyproject.toml .
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir .
-
-# Copy application
 COPY api/ api/
 COPY mcp_server/ mcp_server/
 COPY config/ config/
 
+# Install dependencies only (not the project itself)
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir fastapi "uvicorn[standard]" httpx pydantic openai
+
 # Create data directory for skills/memory
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/data/skills /opt/data/memory