diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fdce03d..fa45aba 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     # Clean up
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# -------------------------------------------------------------
+# API on 5000
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/Fitness
+RUN python3 -m venv /opt/Fitness/venv
+COPY api/requirements.txt /opt/Fitness/
+RUN /opt/Fitness/venv/bin/pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r /opt/Fitness/requirements.txt
+# Copy the actual app code after installing deps
+COPY api/ /opt/Fitness/
+
 # Install Composer (stand‑alone)
-# -------------------------------------------------------------
 RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
 
 # Apache on 8069
@@ -32,14 +38,6 @@ WORKDIR /var/www/html/
 RUN composer require jumbojett/openid-connect-php
 RUN composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction
 
-# API on 5000
-RUN mkdir -p /opt/Fitness
-RUN python3 -m venv /opt/Fitness/venv
-COPY api/requirements.txt /opt/Fitness/
-RUN /opt/Fitness/venv/bin/pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r /opt/Fitness/requirements.txt
-# Copy the actual app code after installing deps
-COPY api/ /opt/Fitness/
-
 # Add supervisord configuration
 COPY supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf