diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9499173..ceeae9c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -49,9 +49,17 @@
 ENV SPACY_USE_GERMALEMMA="True"
 ENV SPACY_PARSE_TIMEOUT="30"
 ENV SPACY_MAX_SENTENCE_LENGTH="500"
+ENV SPACY_N_PROCESS="10"
+ENV SPACY_BATCH_SIZE="2000"
+ENV SPACY_CHUNK_SIZE="20000"
 
 WORKDIR /app
-RUN mkdir -p "/app/logs"
+RUN mkdir -p "/app/logs" "/app/tmp"
+
+# Set temp directories to use app directory instead of system /tmp
+ENV TMPDIR="/app/tmp"
+ENV TEMP="/app/tmp" 
+ENV TMP="/app/tmp"
 
 # Define the entry point
 CMD ["python", "/app/systems/parse_spacy_pipe.py"]
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