diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1f2c4312..f874c2bf 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ LinkingTo:
     plogr (>= 0.2.0)
 VignetteBuilder: 
     knitr
+Config/Needs/build: decor
 Config/autostyle/scope: line_breaks
 Config/autostyle/strict: false
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5c0ac1e0..172477f4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ RUN mkdir -p /root/workspace
 
 COPY DESCRIPTION /root/workspace
 
-RUN R -q -e 'pak::pak()'
+RUN R -q -e 'pak::pak(dependencies = c("soft", "Config/Needs/build"))'