diff --git a/concierge_installer/launcher.py b/concierge_installer/launcher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fcfcf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concierge_installer/launcher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import subprocess
+from script_builder.util import get_venv_executable
+
+# TODO: these imports seem to mess up the venv
+from concierge_backend_lib.status import get_status
+from concierge_installer.functions import docker_compose_helper
+
+print("Checking Docker container status...\n")
+status = get_status()
+
+if not status["ollama"] or not status["milvus"]:
+    print("Docker container dependencies don't appear to be running properly.")
+    compute_method = input("Start docker containers with CPU or GPU? [CPU] or GPU:") or "CPU"
+    if compute_method == 'GPU':
+        docker_compose_helper('GPU')
+    else:
+        docker_compose_helper('CPU')
+
+
+subprocess.run([get_venv_executable(), '-m', 'streamlit', 'run', 'Concierge.py'])
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diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index 4dc32ef..d52cbbc 100644
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -1,20 +1,4 @@
 import subprocess
 from script_builder.util import get_venv_executable
 
-# TODO: these imports seem to mess up the venv
-# from concierge_backend_lib.status import get_status
-# from concierge_installer.functions import docker_compose_helper
-
-# print("Checking Docker container status...\n")
-# status = get_status()
-
-# if not status["ollama"] or not status["milvus"]:
-#     print("Docker container dependencies don't appear to be running properly.")
-#     compute_method = input("Start docker containers with CPU or GPU? [CPU] or GPU:") or "CPU"
-#     if compute_method == 'GPU':
-#         docker_compose_helper('GPU')
-#     else:
-#         docker_compose_helper('CPU')
-
-
-subprocess.run([get_venv_executable(), '-m', 'streamlit', 'run', 'Concierge.py'])
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+subprocess.run([get_venv_executable(), 'concierge_installer/launcher.py'])
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diff --git a/script_builder/util.py b/script_builder/util.py
index 41ebd8c..28dff42 100644
--- a/script_builder/util.py
+++ b/script_builder/util.py
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ def pip_loader():
     working_dir = os.getcwd()
     venv.create(working_dir, with_pip=True)
     # pip install command
-    subprocess.run([os.path.join(get_venv_executable(), "python"), "-m", "pip", "install", "-r", os.path.abspath("requirements.txt")], cwd=working_dir)
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+    subprocess.run([get_venv_executable(), "-m", "pip", "install", "-r", os.path.abspath("requirements.txt")], cwd=working_dir)
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