diff --git a/backend/docker/Dockerfile b/backend/docker/Dockerfile
index 4c694c6f..0c05c635 100644
--- a/backend/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Install system dependencies
 RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache gcc musl-dev python3-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev cargo netcat-openbsd
 
+
 # Install python dependencies
+# This is required to install pyyaml==6.0 with the alpine image, it's still in the requirements file
+# but will be skipped over since we've already installed it here
 COPY ./requirements/base.txt ./requirements/base.txt
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install "cython<3.0.0" && pip install --no-build-isolation pyyaml==6.0
+RUN pip install "cython<3.0.0"
+RUN pip install --no-build-isolation pyyaml==6.0
 RUN pip install -r requirements/base.txt
 
 # Copy project