diff --git a/serverless.yml b/serverless.yml
index 67d731a9..b6454349 100644
--- a/serverless.yml
+++ b/serverless.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ provider:
 
 
 package:
-  individually: true
+  #  individually: true
   #  include:
   #    - backend/**
   #    # Might need to refine the paths that are included
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ custom:
     dockerFile: backend/docker/Dockerfile
     useDocker: true
     dockerSsh: true
-    #    fileName: backend/requirements/base.txt
+    fileName:
+      - serverless_requirements.txt
     dockerBuildCmdExtraArgs:
       - '--progress=plain'
   customDomain:
diff --git a/serverless_requirements.txt b/serverless_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11ec7436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serverless_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-r backend/requirements/base.txt
+-r model_data/requirements/requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file