diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 374a6e614b01100dd43686ebc6be7e71dba35cad..f14d99286bb79cb7b4a2f05f83f9032ee3704143 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # base img
 FROM condaforge/mambaforge:4.12.0-0
 
-# add yaml config to /conf
-ADD conda/ /conf/
-
 # install basic dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y curl wget && \
@@ -17,6 +14,9 @@ RUN seqdb_vers="1.0" && \
     echo "export PATH=/seqdb-${seqdb_vers}/:\$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && \
     . ~/.bashrc
 
+# add yaml config to /conf
+ADD conda/ /conf/
+
 # create a conda env for each yaml config
 RUN CONDA_DIR="/opt/conda" && \
     for file in $(ls /conf); do mamba env create --file /conf/$file; done