diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index e10c6c90..d9373c29 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-pytorch.txt && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-sentence-transformers.txt && \
-    python manage.py collectstatic && \
+    python manage.py collectstatic --noinput && \
     echo "installing sentence-transformers" && \
     pip install sentence-transformers==3.4.1 && \
     cd /app/frontend && \
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
index e3a1f7d5..76a2cb0c 100755
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -198,13 +198,6 @@ fi
 cd /app
 echo_with_timestamp "Running Django commands..."
 python manage.py migrate --noinput || true
-echo_with_timestamp "Checking if Django superuser exists..."
-if ! python manage.py shell -c "from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model; exit(0) if get_user_model().objects.filter(username='${DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME}').exists() else exit(1)"; then
-    echo_with_timestamp "Superuser does not exist. Creating..."
-    python manage.py createsuperuser --noinput || true
-else
-    echo_with_timestamp "Superuser already exists. Skipping creation."
-fi
 
 # Always start Gunicorn
 echo "🚀 Starting Gunicorn..."