diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/cic-ussd/docker/Dockerfile
index ca8330dd..fa9933aa 100644
--- a/apps/cic-ussd/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -14,22 +14,33 @@ RUN apk add --update musl-dev gcc libffi-dev
 # create application directory
 RUN mkdir -vp cic-ussd
 
-# copy all necessary files
-COPY *requirements.txt cic-ussd/
-COPY setup.* cic-ussd/
-COPY cic_ussd/ cic-ussd/cic_ussd/
-COPY scripts/ cic-ussd/scripts/
-COPY states/ cic-ussd/states/
-COPY transitions/ cic-ussd/transitions/
-COPY var/ cic-ussd/var/
-COPY docker/*.sh /root/
+COPY cic-ussd/setup.cfg \
+     cic-ussd/setup.py \
+     cic-ussd/
 
-RUN chmod +x /root/*.sh
+COPY cic-ussd/requirements.txt \
+     cic-ussd/test_requirements.txt \
+     cic-ussd/
 
 # install requirements
 RUN cd cic-ussd && \
-        pip install -r requirements.txt $pip_extra_index_url_flag
+    pip install -r requirements.txt $pip_extra_index_url_flag
+
+# copy all necessary files
+COPY cic-ussd/cic_ussd/ cic-ussd/cic_ussd/
+COPY cic-ussd/scripts/ cic-ussd/scripts/
+COPY cic-ussd/states/ cic-ussd/states/
+COPY cic-ussd/transitions/ cic-ussd/transitions/
+COPY cic-ussd/var/ cic-ussd/var/
+
+COPY cic-ussd/docker/db.sh \
+     cic-ussd/docker/start_tasker.sh \
+     cic-ussd/docker/start_uwsgi.sh \
+     /root/
+
+RUN chmod +x /root/*.sh
+
 
 # copy config and migration files to definitive file so they can be referenced in path definitions for running scripts
-COPY .config/ /usr/local/etc/cic-ussd/
-COPY cic_ussd/db/migrations/ /usr/local/share/cic-ussd/alembic
+COPY cic-ussd/.config/ /usr/local/etc/cic-ussd/
+COPY cic-ussd/cic_ussd/db/migrations/ /usr/local/share/cic-ussd/alembic