diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7f8e120..fc79cbf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 FROM python:3.12.1-alpine
 
+# Ref https://github.com/docker-library/docker/issues/240 we need to explicitly install python
+RUN apk --no-cache add --virtual builds-deps build-base python3
+
 RUN mkdir /controller
 WORKDIR /controller
 
 COPY requirements.txt .
+
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY controller.py .