diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index aef81e0..3f39349 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,42 +1,36 @@
-FROM python:3.10-slim
+FROM continuumio/miniconda3
 
 ARG TESTING=0
 
-# make sure it doesnt fail if the docker file doesnt know the git commit
-ARG GIT_PYTHON_REFRESH=quiet
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-l", "-c"]
 
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install git -y
 RUN apt-get install g++ gcc libgeos++-dev libproj-dev proj-data proj-bin -y
 
-# copy files
+# Copy files
 COPY setup.py app/setup.py
 COPY README.md app/README.md
 COPY requirements.txt app/requirements.txt
-RUN pip install git+https://github.com/SheffieldSolar/PV_Live-API#pvlive_api
-
-
-# install requirements
-RUN pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-RUN conda install -c conda-forge esmpy xarray numpy shapely cf_xarray sparse numba
-RUN pip install -r app/requirements.txt
-
-# copy library files
 COPY pvnet_app/ app/pvnet_app/
 COPY tests/ app/tests/
 COPY scripts/ app/scripts/
 COPY data/ app/data/
 
-# change to app folder
+# Install requirements
+RUN conda install python=3.10
+RUN conda install -c conda-forge xesmf esmpy -y
+RUN echo "export ESMFMKFILE='/opt/conda/lib/esmf.mk'" >> ~/.bashrc
+RUN pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+RUN pip install -r app/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install git+https://github.com/SheffieldSolar/PV_Live-API#pvlive_api
+
+# Change to app folder
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# install library
+# Install library
 RUN pip install -e .
 
-# download models so app can used cached
-RUN python scripts/cache_default_models.py
-
-
 RUN if [ "$TESTING" = 1 ]; then pip install pytest pytest-cov coverage; fi
 
-CMD ["python", "-u","pvnet_app/app.py"]
+CMD ["python", "-u","pvnet_app/app.py"]
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f0bec76..7cb998b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-xesmf
 torch[cpu]>=2.0
 PVNet-summation>=0.0.8
 pvnet>=2.3.0
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ fsspec[s3]
 xarray
 zarr
 numpy
-pandas==2.0
+pandas
 sqlalchemy
 torchdata
 pytest