diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4bc9b51..4d3d007 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ jobs:
           context: .
           file: docker/Dockerfile
           push: false
+          load: true
           tags: chen:ci
           cache-from: type=gha
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 8f052bb..c5b594b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ COPY src/ ./src/
 
 # Install with server + dev extras (no hf — too large for default image)
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip \
-    && pip install --no-cache-dir -e ".[server,dev]"
+    && pip install --no-cache-dir ".[server,dev]"
 
 # ---------- Stage 2: runtime ----------
 FROM python:3.11-slim AS runtime