diff --git a/compose/local/django/Dockerfile b/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
index 4d57b7f..e809b97 100644
--- a/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
@@ -3,19 +3,6 @@ ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.11-slim
 # define an alias for the specfic python version used in this file.
 FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION} as python
 
-# Python build stage
-FROM python as python-build-stage
-
-ARG BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=local
-
-# Install apt packages
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
-  # dependencies for building Python packages
-  build-essential \
-  # psycopg2 dependencies
-  libpq-dev
-
-
 # Python 'run' stage
 FROM python as python-run-stage
 
@@ -25,28 +12,28 @@ ARG APP_HOME=/app
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV BUILD_ENV ${BUILD_ENVIRONMENT}
+ENV POETRY_VERSION 1.4.2
 
 WORKDIR ${APP_HOME}
 
 # Install required system dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
   # psycopg2 dependencies
-  libpq-dev \
+  libpq-dev build-essential \
   # Translations dependencies
   gettext \
   # cleaning up unused files
   && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN pip install poetry
+RUN pip install "poetry==$POETRY_VERSION"
+RUN python -m venv /venv
 
-# Configuring poetry
-RUN poetry config virtualenvs.create false
-COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock /
-
-# Installing requirements
-RUN poetry install
+COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock /app/
+RUN poetry export -f requirements.txt | /venv/bin/pip install -r /dev/stdin
 
+COPY . .
+RUN poetry build && /venv/bin/pip install dist/*.whl
 
 COPY ./compose/production/django/entrypoint /entrypoint
 RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g' /entrypoint
@@ -73,6 +60,7 @@ COPY ./compose/local/django/celery/flower/start /start-flower
 RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g' /start-flower
 RUN chmod +x /start-flower
 
+
 # copy application code to WORKDIR
 COPY . ${APP_HOME}
 
diff --git a/compose/production/django/entrypoint b/compose/production/django/entrypoint
index 62895e9..fce27b4 100644
--- a/compose/production/django/entrypoint
+++ b/compose/production/django/entrypoint
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
+set -e
 set -o errexit
-set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
+. /venv/bin/activate
+
 
 
 # N.B. If only .env files supported variable expansion...