diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f6a5d23..3a35800 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ COPY ./requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
 
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /tmp/requirements.txt
 
-RUN echo "first_run" > "first_run"
+RUN echo "first_run" > "/tmp/first_run"
 
 CMD ["fastapi", "run", "app/main.py", "--proxy-headers", "--port", "80", "--reload"]
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diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 822269d..a2ceb21 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from starlette.middleware import Middleware
 from starlette_context import context, plugins
 from starlette_context.middleware import RawContextMiddleware
 
-if os.path.isfile("first_run") and (os.environ.get("RELOAD_ON_FIRST_RUN", "").lower() == "true"):
+if os.path.isfile("/tmp/first_run") and (os.environ.get("RELOAD_ON_FIRST_RUN", "").lower() == "true"):
     print("First run ... load data")
     with SessionLocal() as db:
         asyncio.run(admin.create_upload_file(include_non_singable=True, db=db))