diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9fc53ede..f5ed3d09 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 9DA31620334BD75D9DC
 echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.0.list
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y mongodb-org
+service mongod start
 
 # install backend
 RUN pip install -U setuptools