diff --git a/docker/inference/Dockerfile.text-client b/docker/inference/Dockerfile.text-client
index 1a4c4ae0..23a54abe 100644
--- a/docker/inference/Dockerfile.text-client
+++ b/docker/inference/Dockerfile.text-client
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/pip \
 
 
 
-FROM python:3.10-alpine3.17 as dev
+FROM python:3.10-alpine3.17 as base-env
 ARG APP_USER
 ARG APP_RELATIVE_PATH
 
@@ -43,4 +43,8 @@ COPY --chown="${APP_USER}:${APP_USER}" --from=build /build/lib
 COPY --chown="${APP_USER}:${APP_USER}"              ./${APP_RELATIVE_PATH}/__main__.py .
 
 
+
+FROM base-env as prod
+
+
 CMD python3 __main__.py --backend-url "${BACKEND_URL}"