diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 07a3eac1b..781347e9c 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-FROM python:3.7-slim AS build
+FROM python:3.6.15-slim-buster AS build
 
-RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install git build-essential libgdal-dev && apt-get -y install apt-utils
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install \
+    git \
+    build-essential \
+    gdal-bin \
+    libgdal-dev
 
-ENV PATH="/usr/bin/python3:${PATH}"
+RUN echo "Checking gdal-config installation"
+RUN find / -name gdal-config
+
+ENV PATH="/usr/bin:${PATH}"
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -23,23 +30,30 @@ RUN python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 # RUN chmod +x /backend/backend-command-script.sh
 
 # production image step
-FROM python:3.7-slim
+# FROM python:3.7-slim
 
-# TODO: need to confirm version of libgdal-dev used with FROM python version
-RUN apt-get -y update && \
-    apt-get -y install libgdal32
+# # TODO: need to confirm version of libgdal-dev used with FROM python version
+# RUN apt-get -y update && \
+#     apt-get -y install libgdal32 \
+#     gdal-bin
 
-ENV PATH="/usr/bin/python3:${PATH}"
+# ENV PATH="/usr/bin/python3:${PATH}"
 
-WORKDIR /app
+# WORKDIR /app
 
-COPY --from=build /app /app
-COPY --from=build /backend-command-script.sh /backend-command-script.sh
-COPY --from=build /requirements.txt /requirements.txt
+# RUN python3 -m pip install 'setuptools<58.0'
+# RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+# RUN python3 -m pip install ptvsd
 
-RUN chmod +x /app
+# COPY --from=build /app /app
+# COPY --from=build /backend-command-script.sh /backend-command-script.sh
+# COPY --from=build /requirements.txt /requirements.txt
+
+# RUN chmod +x /app
+
+# RUN python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # make script executable
 # RUN chmod +x /backend/backend-command-script.sh
 
-CMD ["/backend-command-script.sh"]
\ No newline at end of file
+# CMD ["python3", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f9d9f4c50..b4eb95311 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ services:
 #############################################################################################
   minio-public:
     build:
-      context: ./openshift/docker/minio/
+      context: ./gwells/openshift/docker/minio/
     hostname: minio
     ports:
     - "9000:9000"
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ services:
 #############################################################################################
   backend:
     platform: linux/x86_64
-    working_dir: /app/backend
+    working_dir: /app
     build:
       context: ./backend
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
@@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ services:
       GEOCODER_ADDRESS_API_BASE: https://geocoder.api.gov.bc.ca/addresses.json?
       LOCAL: True
       LOAD_FIXTURES: True
+    command: /bin/bash -c "
+      python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip &&
+      python3 -m pip install ptvsd &&
+      python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt &&
+      python3 manage.py migrate --noinput &&
+      ./load_fixtures.sh all &&
+      python3 manage.py createinitialrevisions &&
+      python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput &&
+      python3 manage.py export --cleanup=1 --upload=1 &&
+      python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
     # volumes:
     #   - type: bind
     #     source: ./backend