diff --git a/Dockerfile.fastapi b/Dockerfile.fastapi
index 7c8672c..773ee1a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.fastapi
+++ b/Dockerfile.fastapi
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements_prod.txt
 #COPY server/py/fastapi_server/ ./
 COPY ./server/py/fastapi_server/*.py ./
 
+# Copy the entrypoint to root
+COPY ./server/py/fastapi_server/entrypoint.sh /
+
 ENV PORT=8000
 ENV HOST=0.0.0.0
 ENV DOWNLOAD_FOLDER=/tmp/downloads
@@ -22,4 +25,6 @@ ENV ROOT_PATH=/
 
 VOLUME ["/tmp/downloads"]
 
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["python3", "main.py"]
diff --git a/server/py/fastapi_server/entrypoint.sh b/server/py/fastapi_server/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fe0c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/py/fastapi_server/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# make sure it remains updated (don't crash if fails)
+/usr/local/bin/pip install -U --no-cache-dir "yt-dlp[default]" || true
+
+exec "$@"