diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 56377962..f6c8ec37 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ FROM node:14.17-alpine AS builder
 WORKDIR /parity-bridges-ui
 
 RUN apk update
-RUN apk add git
+# Install git & python/pip
+RUN apk add git python3
+RUN ln -sf python3 /usr/bin/python
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+RUN python3 -m ensurepip
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache --upgrade pip setuptools
 
 # install app dependencies
 COPY package.json .
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d5cbe4ed..3c32c4a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prestart": "yarn downloadCustomTypes",
     "start": "PORT=3001 react-app-rewired start",
+    "prebuild": "yarn downloadCustomTypes",
     "build": "react-app-rewired build",
     "test:e2e": "jest -c e2e/jest.config.js",
     "test:e2e-s": "serve -s build -l 4000 & jest -c e2e/jest.config.js",