diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1e92abde..c25e6cde 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y build-essential libxml2-dev python3-dev python3-pip zlib1g-dev && \
+    apt-get install -y build-essential libxml2-dev python3-dev python3-pip zlib1g-dev python3-requests && \
     pip3 install cellxgene
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["cellxgene"]
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+ENTRYPOINT ["cellxgene"]