diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 66c092e8..325a44ca 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 FROM python:3.9-slim-buster
 
-COPY . /app
+# copy files over
+COPY ./src /app/src
+COPY ./requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 
+# set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-RUN export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:./src
-
+# install requirements
+RUN pip install -U pip
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# make sure 'src' is in python path - this is so imports work
+ENV PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:/app/src
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 76f138c9..27899dea 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
     #    build:
     #      context: .
     #      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    image: openclimatefix/nowcasting_api:0.1.5
+    image: openclimatefix/nowcasting_api:0.1.7
     container_name: nowcasting_api
     command: ["uvicorn", "src.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "80"]
     ports:
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 6e8f628a..7c95de0b 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 description = """
 The Nowcasting API is still under development. It only returns zeros for now.
 """