diff --git a/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile
index 6ce2caba..37f1aa0e 100644
--- a/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/.cache/pip \
 COPY . .
 RUN python setup.py install
 
-COPY docker/*.sh .
-RUN chmod +x /root/*.sh
+COPY docker/start_tasker.sh .
+RUN chmod +x start_tasker.sh
 
 # ini files in config directory defines the configurable parameters for the application
 # they can all be overridden by environment variables
diff --git a/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile_ci b/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile_ci
index 5c14c05d..85f87205 100644
--- a/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile_ci
+++ b/apps/cic-notify/docker/Dockerfile_ci
@@ -11,14 +11,12 @@ RUN pip install --index-url https://pypi.org/simple  \
 	  --extra-index-url $GITLAB_PYTHON_REGISTRY --extra-index-url $EXTRA_INDEX_URL \
     -r requirements.txt
 
-COPY . . 
+COPY . .
 
 RUN python setup.py install
 
-# TODO please review..can this go into requirements?
-RUN pip install $pip_extra_index_url_flag .[africastalking,notifylog]
-
-COPY docker/*.sh .
+COPY docker/start_tasker.sh .
+RUN chmod +x start_tasker.sh
 
 # ini files in config directory defines the configurable parameters for the application
 # they can all be overridden by environment variables
diff --git a/apps/cic-notify/docker/db.sh b/apps/cic-notify/docker/db.sh
index ccb03f9e..71099a25 100644
--- a/apps/cic-notify/docker/db.sh
+++ b/apps/cic-notify/docker/db.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-migrate.py -c /usr/local/etc/cic-notify --migrations-dir /usr/local/share/cic-notify/alembic -vv
+python migrate.py -c /usr/local/etc/cic-notify --migrations-dir /usr/local/share/cic-notify/alembic -vv