diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 79908eb3..ccbecec6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ logs/
 venv-dbt/
 .venv/
 .user.yml
+dbt_packages
diff --git a/.kubernetes/deployment.yaml b/.kubernetes/deployment.yaml
index ef5685a0..ab4e0932 100644
--- a/.kubernetes/deployment.yaml
+++ b/.kubernetes/deployment.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ spec:
             - name: credentials-prod
               mountPath: /credentials-prod/
               readOnly: true
-          command: 
+          command:
+            - "/bin/sh"
+            - "-c"
+          args:
+            - "dbt deps;"
             - "dbt-rpc"
             - "serve"
             - "--profiles-dir"
@@ -84,7 +88,11 @@ spec:
             - name: credentials-prod
               mountPath: /credentials-prod/
               readOnly: true
-          command: 
+          command:
+            - "/bin/sh"
+            - "-c"
+          args:
+            - "dbt deps;"
             - "dbt-rpc"
             - "serve"
             - "--profiles-dir"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 99f5d11f..e1f199e8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && rm requirements.txt
 WORKDIR /dbt
 COPY . .
 
-# Run dbt rpc
-CMD ["dbt-rpc", "serve", "--profiles-dir", ".", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8580"]
+# Run dbt deps and dbt rpc
+CMD ["/dbt/start-server.sh"]
diff --git a/packages.yml b/packages.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60f8dfb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+packages:
+  - package: dbt-labs/dbt_utils
+    version: 1.1.1
diff --git a/start-server.sh b/start-server.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ea2a6a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start-server.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+dbt deps
+dbt-rpc serve --profiles-dir "." --host "0.0.0.0" --port "8580"