diff --git a/docker/backend/Dockerfile b/docker/backend/Dockerfile
index 2b62c9eaba..b536873d0e 100644
--- a/docker/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ RUN python3 -m venv /opt/venv
 RUN set -x \
     && /opt/venv/bin/pip install .
 
+RUN ./scripts/docker/install-workers-deps.sh
+
 RUN ./scripts/docker/install-go.sh
 # RUN ./scripts/install/workers.sh 
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker/install-workers-deps.sh b/scripts/docker/install-workers-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cdd18a5c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker/install-workers-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+OLD=$(pwd)
+for i in $(find . | grep -i setup.py);
+do
+	
+	cd $(dirname $i)
+	/opt/venv/bin/pip install .
+	cd $OLD
+done
+
+# install nltk
+/opt/venv/bin/python -m nltk.downloader all