diff --git a/docker/dockerfile b/docker/dockerfile
index 8d949491..8def68d6 100644
--- a/docker/dockerfile
+++ b/docker/dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 FROM unifyai/ivy:latest
 
-RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt \
+    &&  rm -rf requirements.txt