diff --git a/deployments/docker-compose.dev.yml b/deployments/docker-compose.dev.yml
index b522568..9310820 100644
--- a/deployments/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/deployments/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ services:
       retries: 3
   api-server:
     build:
-      context: ..
+      context: ${FETCHML_REPO_ROOT:-..}
       dockerfile: build/docker/simple.Dockerfile
     container_name: ml-experiments-api
     user: "0:0"
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ services:
     restart: "no"
   worker:
     build:
-      context: ..
+      context: ${FETCHML_REPO_ROOT:-..}
       dockerfile: build/docker/simple.Dockerfile
     container_name: ml-experiments-worker
     user: "0:0"
diff --git a/deployments/docker-compose.prod.smoke.yml b/deployments/docker-compose.prod.smoke.yml
index 84cdb07..5641c31 100644
--- a/deployments/docker-compose.prod.smoke.yml
+++ b/deployments/docker-compose.prod.smoke.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ services:
   api-server:
     build:
       context: ${FETCHML_REPO_ROOT:-..}
-      dockerfile: ${FETCHML_REPO_ROOT:-..}/build/docker/simple.Dockerfile
+      dockerfile: build/docker/simple.Dockerfile
     user: "0:0"
     restart: unless-stopped
     expose: