diff --git a/Dockerfile.development b/Dockerfile.development
index 0f29d95..cb659f3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.development
+++ b/Dockerfile.development
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ COPY ./app ./app
 # Install FastAPI separately to leverage Docker cache
 RUN pip install "fastapi[standard]"
 
-CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8080", "--reload"]
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+CMD ["sh", "-c", "python app/events/watch.py & uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --reload"]
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diff --git a/app/events/watch.py b/app/events/watch.py
index 5cb1c17..996cbe8 100644
--- a/app/events/watch.py
+++ b/app/events/watch.py
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 from crud import insert_event_vector, update_event_vector, eventCollections
 
-
-change_stream = eventCollections.watch()
-for change in change_stream:
-    if change["operationType"] == "insert":
-        insert_event_vector(change["fullDocument"])
-    elif change["operationType"] == "update":
-        print(change["documentKey"]["_id"])
-        update_event_vector(
-            change["documentKey"]["_id"],
-            change["updateDescription"]["updatedFields"],
-        )
-    print(dumps(change))
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    change_stream = eventCollections.watch()
+    for change in change_stream:
+        if change["operationType"] == "insert":
+            insert_event_vector(change["fullDocument"])
+        elif change["operationType"] == "update":
+            print(change["documentKey"]["_id"])
+            update_event_vector(
+                change["documentKey"]["_id"],
+                change["updateDescription"]["updatedFields"],
+            )
+        print(dumps(change))