diff --git a/voice_conversion/so-vits-svc-paul/Dockerfile b/voice_conversion/so-vits-svc-paul/Dockerfile
index b4370e3..67065d4 100644
--- a/voice_conversion/so-vits-svc-paul/Dockerfile
+++ b/voice_conversion/so-vits-svc-paul/Dockerfile
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ COPY requirements-without-poetry.txt .
 
 #RUN pip install -r requirements-without-poetry.txt 
 
-RUN python3 -m venv python \
+# NB: --copies flag creates a "thick" venv that copies the system python binary
+RUN python3 -m venv --copies python \
   && . python/bin/activate \
   && pip install -r requirements-without-poetry.txt