diff --git a/Dockerfile.seed b/Dockerfile.seed
index 3b736e1..7048cda 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.seed
+++ b/Dockerfile.seed
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ FROM node:20-alpine
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install dependencies (need full install so tsx/esbuild get their binaries)
+# Install only production deps (skip sharp & other heavy devDeps),
+# then add tsx separately so we can run TypeScript seed scripts.
 COPY package*.json ./
-RUN npm ci
+RUN npm ci --omit=dev && npm install --no-save tsx
 
 # Copy only what the seed scripts need
 COPY scripts/ ./scripts/
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 936c466..84abba5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "7777:7777"
     depends_on:
-      seeder:
-        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      - relay
     networks:
       - indeedhub-network
     labels: