diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 021ac7e6..a8327ea6 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ RUN \
     sudo git vim wget \
     nginx \
     python-dev python3-dev python-pip \
-    libmysqlclient-dev mysql-client-5.6 mysql-server-5.6 \
+    libmysqlclient-dev mysql-client-5.6 mysql-server-5.6 libffi-dev\
     npm && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/* && \
     rm -rf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
 
 RUN \
-    pip install virtualenv tox ipython ipdb httpie && \
+    pip install virtualenv tox httpie && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
 
 ADD /docker/scripts/* /usr/bin/
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ RUN  \
     api-init-db
 
 CMD start.sh -s
-EXPOSE 443
\ No newline at end of file
+EXPOSE 443
diff --git a/docker/scripts/start.sh b/docker/scripts/start.sh
index 26bdb7f5..1450cb88 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/start.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ build_refstack_env () {
     [ ! -d .venv ] && virtualenv .venv
     .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
     #Install some dev tools
-    .venv/bin/pip install ipython ipdb httpie
+    .venv/bin/pip install pymysql httpie
     cd /home/dev/refstack
     npm install
 #    bower install --config.interactive=false