diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8cfe3959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.10
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 7f75cef11..f1d77a091 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# build frontend
+# Build frontend
 FROM node:lts-alpine as front-build-stage
 WORKDIR /front
 COPY ./frontend/package*.json .
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ RUN npm install
 COPY ./frontend .
 RUN npm run build
 
-# setup frontend
+# Setup frontend
 FROM ubuntu/nginx:1.18-22.04_edge as production-stage
 ARG WEBSERVER_FOLDER=/var/www/html
 COPY --from=front-build-stage /front/dist ${WEBSERVER_FOLDER}
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p ${WEBSERVER_FOLDER}/assets/romm && \
     ln -s /romm/library ${WEBSERVER_FOLDER}/assets/romm/library && \
     ln -s /romm/resources ${WEBSERVER_FOLDER}/assets/romm/resources
 
-# setup backend
+# Setup backend
 RUN apt update && \
     apt install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl gnupg && \
       # add deadsnakes ppa for Python versions
@@ -28,17 +28,18 @@ RUN apt update && \
     apt autoremove && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/*
 WORKDIR /back
+COPY ./pyproject.toml ./poetry.lock .
 RUN pip install --no-cache --upgrade pip && \
     pip install --no-cache poetry && \
     poetry config virtualenvs.create false && \
-    poetry install --no-dev --no-interaction --no-ansi
+    poetry install --no-interaction --no-ansi --only main
 COPY ./backend .
 
-# setup init script and config files
+# Setup init script and config files
 COPY ./docker/init_scripts/* /
 COPY ./docker/nginx/default.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 
+# Expose ports and start
 EXPOSE 80
-
 WORKDIR /romm
 CMD ["/init"]
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index badefd1bb..bc40f3ccd 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -726,5 +726,5 @@ standard = ["colorama (>=0.4)", "httptools (>=0.5.0)", "python-dotenv (>=0.13)",
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "c61eb84d70a5d341b1811c9429e2d464f21f4d25d7de5dfd15bf2a7e34dacf55"
+python-versions = "^3.10"
+content-hash = "75fdf927f51c8897cfc9bce522da9452e7b627c15b90d3fde523c100efd2a666"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2bcb643ea..655cd02ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = ["Your Name <you@example.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.11"
+python = "^3.10"
 requests = "^2.30.0"
 fastapi = "^0.95.1"
 uvicorn = "^0.22.0"