diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 973a5ca..f3a761c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ COPY frontend/package.json frontend/package-lock.json ./
 RUN npm ci
 
 COPY frontend/ ./
+ENV VITE_API_BASE_URL=/api/v1
 RUN npm run build
 
 # Stage 2: Production runtime
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 7a5e7b5..5a8f76c 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ uvicorn[standard]==0.27.0
 pydantic==2.5.3
 pydantic-settings==2.1.0
 chromadb==0.4.22
+numpy<2.0
 python-docx==1.1.0
 pypdf==4.0.2
 python-dotenv==1.0.0