diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index b4bfd18..b20e3a0 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 FROM pytorch/pytorch
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
-RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 COPY . .
 CMD [ "uvicorn", "chatbots:api", "--proxy-headers", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]