diff --git a/apps/engine/src/utils/ec2Setup.ts b/apps/engine/src/utils/ec2Setup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d76936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/engine/src/utils/ec2Setup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { NodeSSH } from 'node-ssh';
+
+export async function installDos2unix(ssh: NodeSSH) {
+  console.log('Installing dos2unix...');
+  const result = await ssh.execCommand(
+    'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y dos2unix'
+  );
+  if (result.code !== 0) {
+    console.error('Failed to install dos2unix:', result.stderr);
+    throw new Error('Failed to install dos2unix');
+  }
+  console.log('dos2unix installed successfully.');
+}
+
+export async function installDocker(ssh: NodeSSH) {
+  console.log('Installing Docker...');
+  const commands = [
+    'sudo apt-get update',
+    'sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl',
+    'sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings',
+    'sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc',
+    'sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc',
+    'echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null',
+    'sudo apt-get update',
+    'sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin',
+  ];
+
+  for (const command of commands) {
+    const result = await ssh.execCommand(command);
+    if (result.code !== 0) {
+      console.error(`Failed to execute command: ${command}`);
+      console.error('Error:', result.stderr);
+      throw new Error('Failed to install Docker');
+    }
+  }
+  console.log('Docker installed successfully.');
+}
diff --git a/apps/engine/src/utils/submission.ts b/apps/engine/src/utils/submission.ts
index fa31d32..9116736 100644
--- a/apps/engine/src/utils/submission.ts
+++ b/apps/engine/src/utils/submission.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { NodeSSH } from 'node-ssh';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import prisma from '@repo/db/client';
+import { installDocker, installDos2unix } from './ec2Setup';
 
 async function convertLineEndings(ssh: NodeSSH, filePath: string) {
   const result = await ssh.execCommand(`
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ export async function processSubmission(submission: any) {
     await ssh.connect({ host, username, privateKey });
     console.log('Connected to EC2 instance.');
 
+    console.log('Installing required packages on EC2...');
+    await installDos2unix(ssh);
+    await installDocker(ssh);
+
     const remoteWorkDir = `/tmp/${assignmentId}_work`;
 
     console.log('Creating working directory on EC2...');
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d7eb667..b3232c5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
   engine:
     image: ayush272002/automarker-engine:latest
     environment:
-      - KAFKA_URI=sepp-
+      - KAFKA_URI=
       - KAFKA_USERNAME=
       - KAFKA_PASSWORD=
       - DATABASE_URL=