diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 493ef049d9fbc8559a57325a4ff56f55990b0d4a..f13d303a12bc5eefa81bd7ab40c831b8fc2cbf67 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ WORKDIR /app/DeepLabCut
 # Create a virtual environment and activate it
 RUN python3 -m venv venv
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install numpy<2
+
 # Install dependencies
 RUN /bin/bash -c "source venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt && pip install .[gui]"
 RUN pip install --upgrade typing-extensions==4.5.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..11c409ceffdd064a1dfe6588287ca5538c93f6dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Deeplabcut Docker Container