diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 57070719d5e6b265ed16529bc48b5c1d3c1f8c79..d691bbd5b1ea12f5266d2923c959cf37e93b9557 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ services:
   app:
     image: gradingscript:latest
     build:
-      context: .
+      context: ~/git/gradingscript #change this to the location of the repository
       dockerfile: ./gradingscript.dockerfile
     environment:
       ASSIGNMENT_TITLE: "Assignment Title"