diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 293acf20..9cd0c226 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -307,3 +307,4 @@
 
 - added guard on determining host IP address in `mmpm.constants.paths`
 - added import guard for Python3.8 when using `importlib.resources` in `mmpm.ui`
+- added check for MMPM being a docker image when self upgrading
diff --git a/mmpm/api/endpoints/ep_mmpm.py b/mmpm/api/endpoints/ep_mmpm.py
index 5ce9efcb..716ff6ca 100644
--- a/mmpm/api/endpoints/ep_mmpm.py
+++ b/mmpm/api/endpoints/ep_mmpm.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import mmpm.utils
 from mmpm.api.constants import http
 from mmpm.api.endpoints.endpoint import Endpoint
+from mmpm.env import MMPMEnv
 from mmpm.log.factory import MMPMLogFactory
 
 logger = MMPMLogFactory.get_logger(__name__)
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ class Mmpm(Endpoint):
     def __init__(self):
         self.name = "mmpm"
         self.blueprint = Blueprint(self.name, __name__, url_prefix=f"/api/{self.name}")
-        self.handler = None
+        self.env = MMPMEnv()
 
         @self.blueprint.route("/version", methods=[http.GET])
         def version() -> Response:
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ def upgrade() -> Response:
             Returns:
                 Response: A Flask Response object indicating success or failure of the upgrade operation.
             """
+            if self.env.MMPM_IS_DOCKER_IMAGE:
+                self.failure("MMPM is a Docker image. MMPM must be upgraded using the Docker CLI.")
             if mmpm.utils.upgrade():
                 return self.success("Upgrade MMPM")
 
diff --git a/mmpm/subcommands/_sub_cmd_ui.py b/mmpm/subcommands/_sub_cmd_ui.py
index c8abca25..f3f99cd7 100644
--- a/mmpm/subcommands/_sub_cmd_ui.py
+++ b/mmpm/subcommands/_sub_cmd_ui.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from time import sleep
 
 from mmpm.constants import urls
+from mmpm.env import MMPMEnv
 from mmpm.log.factory import MMPMLogFactory
 from mmpm.magicmirror.database import MagicMirrorDatabase
 from mmpm.subcommands.sub_cmd import SubCmd
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ def __init__(self, app_name):
         self.usage = f"{self.app_name} {self.name} [--url] [--status] <install/remove>"
         self.database = MagicMirrorDatabase()
         self.ui = MMPMui()
+        self.env = MMPMEnv()
 
     def register(self, subparser):
         self.parser = subparser.add_parser(self.name, usage=self.usage, help=self.help)
@@ -112,6 +114,10 @@ def exec(self, args, extra):
         if not self.database.is_initialized():
             self.database.load()
 
+        if self.env.MMPM_IS_DOCKER_IMAGE:
+            logger.error("MMPM is a Docker image. Unable to interact with MMPM UI from CLI.")
+            return
+
         if extra:
             logger.error(f"Extra arguments are not accepted. See '{self.app_name} {self.name} --help'")
             return
diff --git a/mmpm/subcommands/_sub_cmd_upgrade.py b/mmpm/subcommands/_sub_cmd_upgrade.py
index 99087bef..67047676 100644
--- a/mmpm/subcommands/_sub_cmd_upgrade.py
+++ b/mmpm/subcommands/_sub_cmd_upgrade.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 import json
 from typing import List
 
+from mmpm import utils
 from mmpm.constants import paths
+from mmpm.env import MMPMEnv
 from mmpm.log.factory import MMPMLogFactory
 from mmpm.magicmirror.database import MagicMirrorDatabase
 from mmpm.magicmirror.magicmirror import MagicMirror
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ def __init__(self, app_name):
         self.usage = f"{self.app_name} {self.name} <package(s)> [--yes]"
         self.database = MagicMirrorDatabase()
         self.magicmirror = MagicMirror()
+        self.env = MMPMEnv()
 
     def register(self, subparser):
         self.parser = subparser.add_parser(self.name, usage=self.usage, help=self.help)
@@ -76,7 +79,10 @@ def exec(self, args, extra):
         upgradable["MagicMirror"] = upgradable["MagicMirror"] and self.magicmirror.upgrade()
 
         if upgradable["mmpm"]:
-            print("Run 'pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir mmpm' to install the latest version of MMPM. Run 'mmpm update' after upgrading.")
+            if self.env.MMPM_IS_DOCKER_IMAGE:
+                logger.warning("Cannot perform self-upgrade because MMPM is a Docker image. Stop MMPM and run `docker pull karsten13/mmpm:latest`")
+            else:
+                upgradable["mmpm"] = utils.upgrade()
 
         with open(paths.MMPM_AVAILABLE_UPGRADES_FILE, mode="w", encoding="utf-8") as upgrade_file:
             json.dump(upgradable, upgrade_file)
diff --git a/mmpm/utils.py b/mmpm/utils.py
index c15a2ec4..9d93b3d0 100644
--- a/mmpm/utils.py
+++ b/mmpm/utils.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def upgrade() -> bool:
     """
 
     error_code, stdout, stderr = run_cmd(
-        ["python3", "-m", "pip", "install", "--upgrade", "--no-cache-dir", "mmpm"],
+        ["python3", "-m", "pip", "install", "--upgrade", "mmpm"],
         message="Upgrading MMPM",
     )
 
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index cb51a40d..e19a5fe5 100755
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