diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7d969af..54570b6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ WORKDIR /opt/app
 # Copy the current directory contents into the container
 COPY . /opt/app/
 
-# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir Flask requests python-dotenv beautifulsoup4 gunicorn
+# Install system dependencies required for lxml
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev
+
+# Install Python packages
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir Flask requests python-dotenv beautifulsoup4 gunicorn lxml
 
 # Make port 8182 available to the world outside this container
 EXPOSE 8182