diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 36bebe43..42499d50 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ FROM ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.11-bookworm-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        build-essential \
+        pkg-config \
+        libsecp256k1-dev \
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        libtool \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 COPY uv.lock pyproject.toml ./
 RUN mkdir -p /routstr
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.full b/Dockerfile.full
index cc3e0e81..a625f4ce 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.full
+++ b/Dockerfile.full
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ FROM ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.11-bookworm-slim AS runner
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        build-essential \
+        pkg-config \
+        libsecp256k1-dev \
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        libtool \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Copy the rest of the application (required for uv sync to find the package)
 COPY . .
 
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index e24e4a8f..0df234e2 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ services:
       - ui
     volumes:
       - .:/app:z
+      - /app/.venv
       - ./logs:/app/logs:z
       - tor-data:/var/lib/tor:ro
       - ./ui_out:/app/ui_out:ro,z