diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e46c8cbc..ed1f15a8 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -48,12 +48,7 @@ COPY composer.json composer.lock ./
 # Note: for Laravel, the COPY . . needs to be before the composer install
 COPY . .
 
-RUN composer install \
-    --no-dev \
-    --prefer-dist \
-    --no-interaction \
-    --optimize-autoloader
-
+# Make sure the storage and cache directories exist and are writeable before running composer install
 RUN mkdir -p \
     storage/app \
     storage/framework/cache/data \
@@ -64,4 +59,10 @@ RUN mkdir -p \
  && chown -R www-data:www-data storage bootstrap/cache \
  && chmod -R ug+rwX storage bootstrap/cache
 
+RUN composer install \
+    --no-dev \
+    --prefer-dist \
+    --no-interaction \
+    --optimize-autoloader
+
 EXPOSE 80