diff --git a/.docker/entrypoint.sh b/.docker/entrypoint.sh
index 210c1fe..b6a9950 100644
--- a/.docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Install ODBC driver
+./install_odbc.sh
+
 # Start Dash and run in background
 echo "Starting Dash app..."
+if [ -f "/app/env.sh" ]; then
+    . "/app/env.sh"
+    echo "env.sh has been sourced."
+fi
+
 poetry run gunicorn app:server -b 0.0.0.0:8000
diff --git a/.docker/install_odbc.sh b/.docker/install_odbc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0f8b7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.docker/install_odbc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y curl gnupg2 apt-transport-https
+
+# Debian 12
+curl -fsSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/microsoft-prod.gpg
+
+#Download appropriate package for the OS version
+#Choose only ONE of the following, corresponding to your OS version
+
+#Debian 12
+curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/12/prod.list | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list
+
+apt-get update
+ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y msodbcsql18
+# optional: for bcp and sqlcmd
+ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y mssql-tools18
+echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools18/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
+. ~/.bashrc
+# optional: for unixODBC development headers
+apt-get install -y unixodbc-dev
+# optional: kerberos library for debian-slim distributions
+apt-get install -y libgssapi-krb5-2
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1b4dcf2..6bedef8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ COPY app/ app/
 RUN poetry install --no-interaction --no-dev
 
 COPY ./.docker/entrypoint.sh /app/entrypoint.sh
+COPY ./.docker/install_odbc.sh /app/install_odbc.sh
+
 RUN chmod +x /app/entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /app/install_odbc.sh
 
 WORKDIR /app