diff --git a/scheduler/Dockerfile b/scheduler/Dockerfile
index a17d956645cd8b2f892d2421ad7bf7465d7749f7..eeb9834c29d5a5da81d0f5ceaafbd7f3d4462491 100644
--- a/scheduler/Dockerfile
+++ b/scheduler/Dockerfile
@@ -16,10 +16,18 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 COPY . /app
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
 RUN pip install .
 
 #EXPOSE 5000
 #CMD ["scheduler", "run"]
 
+#Environment
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV /env
+ENV PATH /env/bin:$PATH
+
 Gunicorn Server
 CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", ":5000", "--workers", "3", "scheduler.wsgi"]