diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 07089d5a..0f8c5a4c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,16 +3,26 @@ FROM python:3.10
 WORKDIR /srv
 COPY ./requirements.txt .
 
-RUN python3 -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate
-RUN python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY ./app.py /srv/app.py
 COPY ./api /srv/api
 COPY ./static /srv/static
 COPY ./templates /srv/templates
 COPY ./web /srv/web
-COPY ./configs /srv/configs
 COPY ./assets /srv/assets
 
-# COPY ./models /srv/models  # Mounting model is more efficient
-CMD ["python", "app.py", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "9600", "--db_path", "data/database.db"]
+# TODO: this is monkey-patch for check_update() function, should be disabled in Docker
+COPY ./.git /srv/.git
+
+VOLUME [ "/data" ]
+
+# Monkey-patch: send a "enter" keystroke to python to confirm the first launch process
+CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", " \
+  echo -ne '\n' | \
+  python app.py \
+  --host 0.0.0.0 \
+  --port 9600 \
+  --db_path /data/Documents/databases/database.db \
+  --config /configs/config.yaml \
+  "]
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index b220cbfb..a0c2b355 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1998,6 +1998,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     else:
         print(f"Please open your browser and go to {url} to view the ui")
     
-    socketio.run(app, host=config["host"], port=config["port"])
+    socketio.run(app, host=config["host"], port=config["port"],
+                 # prevent error: The Werkzeug web server is not designed to run in production
+                 allow_unsafe_werkzeug=True)
     # http_server = WSGIServer((config["host"], config["port"]), app, handler_class=WebSocketHandler)
     # http_server.serve_forever()
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e399c731..1b2ee620 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
     volumes:
-      - ./data:/srv/help
-      - ./data:/srv/data
+      - ./data:/data
       - ./data/.parisneo:/root/.parisneo/
       - ./configs:/srv/configs
-      - ./web:/srv/web
+    environment:
+      - HOME=/data
+    tty: true
+    stdin_open: true
     ports: 
       - "9600:9600"