diff --git a/backend/importer.Dockerfile b/backend/importer.Dockerfile
index db089fa..4411544 100644
--- a/backend/importer.Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/importer.Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     redis-tools \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+RUN git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openmaptiles/openmaptiles.git /opt/openmaptiles
+
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY scripts/ /app/scripts/
 RUN chmod +x /app/scripts/*.sh
diff --git a/backend/scripts/02_import_tiles.sh b/backend/scripts/02_import_tiles.sh
index f36dad3..d04bfcd 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/02_import_tiles.sh
+++ b/backend/scripts/02_import_tiles.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
 PBF_FILE="/data/osm/region.osm.pbf"
 PG_CONN="postgresql://maps:maps@postgres:5432/maps"
 
-# Clone openmaptiles toolchain (once)
-if [ ! -d "/opt/openmaptiles" ]; then
-    git clone https://github.com/openmaptiles/openmaptiles.git /opt/openmaptiles
-fi
-
 # Import OSM data into PostGIS using openmaptiles schema
 # This creates the tables that Martin reads for tile generation
 cd /opt/openmaptiles