diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index eb4caf0b..9ad630bb 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ WORKDIR /qira
 
 # install python packages, build qemu, and link qira
 RUN pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --upgrade ./qiradb
 RUN cd tracers && ./qemu_build.sh
 RUN ln -sf /qira/middleware/qira.py /usr/local/bin/qira
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 0a52b85d..fbd39d5c 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ fi
 $VIRTUALENV venv
 source venv/bin/activate
 $PIP install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
+$PIP install --upgrade ./qiradb
 
 echo "making symlink"
 sudo ln -sf $(pwd)/qira /usr/local/bin/qira
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ae26fc91..e3f2ca75 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,3 @@ socketIO-client==0.7.2
 urllib3==1.24.1
 websocket-client==0.56.0
 Werkzeug==0.15.1
-
-./qiradb
-