diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9463f69..d7d48fb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ For installing Docker, please check out [Installing Docker Desktop on Windows](h
 
 For installing Podman, please check out [Podman Desktop Download](https://podman-desktop.io/downloads) and follow the Podman's installation instructions to properly set up both Podman and [Podman Compose](https://podman-desktop.io/docs/compose/setting-up-compose).
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> You need to copy env.sample file to .env and set the default passwords for the services listed in that file.
+> On Mac, you may have to open a terminal, run command "cp env.sample .env" and then "nano .env" to be able to edit the file.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > If you just want to install the Streamlit Apps without installing the whole OllaLab stack,
diff --git a/jupyter_lab/Dockerfile b/jupyter_lab/Dockerfile
index cee0f86..17f2b32 100644
--- a/jupyter_lab/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyter_lab/Dockerfile
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ WORKDIR /home/notebooks
 COPY ./requirements.txt .
 
 # Install dependencies
+RUN pip install -U pip
 RUN pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir -r ./requirements.txt
 
 # Add a JupyterLab extension for version control if needed
-RUN jupyter labextension install @jupyterlab/git
-RUN python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
+# RUN jupyter labextension install @jupyterlab/git
+# RUN python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
 
 # Switch back to the notebook user
 USER ${NB_UID}
diff --git a/jupyter_lab/requirements.txt b/jupyter_lab/requirements.txt
index 220ebd2..3fded5e 100644
--- a/jupyter_lab/requirements.txt
+++ b/jupyter_lab/requirements.txt
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ transformers
 peft
 accelerate
 duckdb
-autogluon
+#autogluon
 autoviz
 python-dateutil
 lxml
 pypdf2
 python-docx
 openpyxl
-tesseract
-textblob
-gensim
-cryptography
-spacy
+#tesseract
+#textblob
+#gensim
+#cryptography
+#spacy
 # Add other necessary packages
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/streamlit_app/Dockerfile b/streamlit_app/Dockerfile
index 9e90df7..d1acd92 100644
--- a/streamlit_app/Dockerfile
+++ b/streamlit_app/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY requirements.txt ./
+RUN pip install -U pip
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
-RUN python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
+# RUN python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
 
 COPY app/ ./