diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f6a5e40..aeb63c7 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -47,5 +47,6 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Docs (optional - include if you want them in container)
 docs/
-*.md
+# Keep README.md for Docker build
+# *.md
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b6b4e63..05fcbbf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -344,11 +344,15 @@ jobs:
             echo "⚠️ Warning: Could not verify SonarQube server connectivity (continuing anyway)"
           fi
 
+      - name: Install Python and dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip
+          pip3 install --upgrade pip
+
       - name: Generate coverage report
         run: |
           echo "Generating coverage report for SonarQube..."
-          pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e ".[dev]"
+          pip3 install -e ".[dev]"
           pytest tests/ --cov=src/pote --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term || true
 
       - name: Run SonarScanner
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 59ecdb0..7fb2e9c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 
 # Copy project files
 COPY pyproject.toml .
-COPY README.md .
 COPY src/ src/
 COPY alembic/ alembic/
 COPY alembic.ini .
 COPY scripts/ scripts/
+# Note: README.md excluded by .dockerignore (not needed in container)
 
 # Install Python dependencies
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip && \
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 44473ff..9291671 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic-settings>=2.0",
     "python-dotenv>=1.0",
     "requests>=2.31",
+    "httpx>=0.24",
     "pandas>=2.0",
     "numpy>=1.24",
     "yfinance>=0.2",