diff --git a/provision-lms.sh b/provision-lms.sh
index b6facf81b2..586d13ed10 100755
--- a/provision-lms.sh
+++ b/provision-lms.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ done
 for app in "${apps[@]}"; do
     docker compose exec -T  $app bash -e -c 'apt-get update && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends git'
 
-    docker compose exec -T  $app bash -e -c 'source /edx/app/edxapp/edxapp_env && cd /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform && NO_PYTHON_UNINSTALL=1 pip install -r requirements/edx/base.txt -r requirements/edx/assets.txt && npm clean-install'
+    docker compose exec -T  $app bash -e -c 'source /edx/app/edxapp/edxapp_env && cd /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform && NO_PYTHON_UNINSTALL=1 pip install -e . -r requirements/edx/base.txt -r requirements/edx/assets.txt && npm clean-install'
 
     #Installing prereqs crashes the process
     docker compose restart $app