diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1ad8234..7c9a7eb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ COPY ./datahelpers /work/datahelpers
 
 RUN pip install /work/datahelpers
 # RUN poetry install
+
+RUN \
+  sed -i '/import pandas._libs.testing as _testing/i np.bool = np.bool_' /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/util/testing.py && \
+  sed -i '/import numpy as np/a np.object = np.object_' /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/core/internals/construction.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83a477c..b68c99c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Schema reference implementations for multiple cities.
 ### Docker-based installation
 
 1. Build the container
-    docker build -t opensidewalks-data .
+    docker build --platform linux/amd64 -t opensidewalks-data .
 
 ## Extract a single region's data