diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index f9166db..0c8e1d0 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
+# Chain Service
+
 DATABASE_URL=REQUIRED. Example: DATABASE_URL=mongodb://chain-service:password@127.0.0.1:27017
 DATABASE_NAME=OPTOINAL. Default: chain-db
+
+# Poetry (Gitlab Auth Token for PyPi)
+POETRY_USERNAME=REQUIRED
+POETRY_PASSWORD=REQUIRED
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index de4d947..6051231 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ WORKDIR /app/
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 
+ARG POETRY_USERNAME
+ARG POETRY_PASSWORD
+
 RUN apk add --update --virtual .build-deps \
     build-base \
     python3-dev \
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@ RUN pip install poetry
 COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock* /app/
 
 RUN poetry config virtualenvs.create false
+RUN poetry config http-basic.gitlab ${POETRY_USERNAME} ${POETRY_PASSWORD}
 RUN poetry install --without dev --no-interaction --no-ansi
 
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 39941ea..d06c96e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
 
+      args:
+        - POETRY_USERNAME=${POETRY_USERNAME}
+        - POETRY_PASSWORD=${POETRY_PASSWORD}
+
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+
     environment:
       - DATABASE_URL=mongodb://chain-service:password@chain-db:27017