diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ff3e38b..b1c2278 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-FROM python:3.11
+FROM python:3.11.4-slim-buster
 
-# set environment variables
+# python related environment variables
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ COPY requirements.txt /app/
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
+# setup entrypoint file
+COPY ./scripts/entrypoint.sh .
+RUN chmod +x /app/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+
 COPY . /app/
 
-# running migrations
-RUN python manage.py migrate
-
-# collect static
-RUN python manage.py collectstatic
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/scripts/entrypoint.sh"]
 
 # gunicorn
 CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", "core.wsgi:application"]
diff --git a/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..abeac1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+RUN python manage.py collectstatic
+
+python manage.py flush --no-input
+python manage.py migrate
+
+exec "$@"
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diff --git a/scripts/runserver.sh b/scripts/runserver.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a246a46..0000000
--- a/scripts/runserver.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-echo migrating
-python manage.py migrate
-
-echo running without reload
-python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 --noreload
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