diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 09b4d9124..3bd6b447c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 WORKDIR /app/litellm-proxy 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-CMD ["python3", "-m", "uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", $PORT]
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+CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "${PORT}"]
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