diff --git a/backend/importer.Dockerfile b/backend/importer.Dockerfile
index 4411544..c652759 100644
--- a/backend/importer.Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/importer.Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     curl \
     ca-certificates \
     redis-tools \
+    bzip2 \
+    pbzip2 \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openmaptiles/openmaptiles.git /opt/openmaptiles
diff --git a/backend/scripts/04_import_geocoding.sh b/backend/scripts/04_import_geocoding.sh
index bdd3393..950f13b 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/04_import_geocoding.sh
+++ b/backend/scripts/04_import_geocoding.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ PHOTON_URL="https://download1.graphhopper.com/public/europe/${COUNTRY}/photon-db
 
 echo "=== Downloading Photon index: $PHOTON_URL ==="
 
-wget -O - "$PHOTON_URL" | bzip2 -cd | tar x -C "$PHOTON_DATA"
+wget -O "${PHOTON_DATA}/photon-db.tar.bz2" "$PHOTON_URL"
+
+echo "=== Extracting Photon index ==="
+pbzip2 -cd "${PHOTON_DATA}/photon-db.tar.bz2" | tar x -C "$PHOTON_DATA"
+rm "${PHOTON_DATA}/photon-db.tar.bz2"
 
 echo "Photon index extracted to $PHOTON_DATA"
 echo "Add a volume mount to the photon service: ../data/photon:/photon/photon_data"