diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 5fc08647..652a4ad0 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -46,14 +46,15 @@ FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y debian-archive-keyring \
+    && apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     vim \
     procps \
     curl \
     unzip \
     libstdc++6 \
-    python3 \
-    python3-pip \
+    python3 python3-pip \
+    libpq-dev postgresql-client \
     --no-install-recommends \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ RUN if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
     fi && \
     curl -LJO https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-Shell/mysql-shell-9.1.0-linux-glibc2.28-${ARCH}-64bit.tar.gz \
     && tar -zxvf mysql-shell-9.1.0-linux-glibc2.28-${ARCH}-64bit.tar.gz \
+    && rm mysql-shell-9.1.0-linux-glibc2.28-${ARCH}-64bit.tar.gz \
     && mv mysql-shell-9.1.0-linux-glibc2.28-${ARCH}-64bit /usr/local/mysqlsh \
     && ln -s /usr/local/mysqlsh/bin/mysqlsh /usr/local/bin/mysqlsh \
     && mysqlsh --version
@@ -85,13 +87,6 @@ RUN if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
     && rm duckdb_cli-linux-$ARCH.zip \
     && duckdb -c 'SELECT extension_name, loaded, install_path FROM duckdb_extensions() where installed'
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y debian-archive-keyring && \
-    apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y libpq-dev postgresql-client \
-    --no-install-recommends \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
 RUN duckdb -version
 
 RUN useradd --create-home --user-group --shell /bin/bash admin \
@@ -111,6 +106,9 @@ COPY --chown=admin:admin --chmod=755 devtools/replica-setup-postgres ./replica-s
 # ENV LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
 # ENV LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
 
+# Install the required DuckDB extensions
+RUN myduckserver --init
+
 # Expose the ports your server will run on (if applicable)
 EXPOSE 3306
 EXPOSE 5432
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 466f0cdc..82dbf5da 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ import (
 // The included MySQL client is used in this example, however any MySQL-compatible client will work.
 
 var (
+	initMode = false
+
 	address       = "0.0.0.0"
 	port          = 3306
 	socket        string
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
+	flag.BoolVar(&initMode, "init", initMode, "Initialize the program and exit. The necessary extensions will be installed.")
+
 	flag.StringVar(&address, "address", address, "The address to bind to.")
 	flag.IntVar(&port, "port", port, "The port to bind to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&socket, "socket", socket, "The Unix domain socket to bind to.")
@@ -95,6 +99,12 @@ func main() {
 
 	ensureSQLTranslate()
 
+	if initMode {
+		provider := catalog.NewInMemoryDBProvider()
+		provider.Close()
+		return
+	}
+
 	provider, err := catalog.NewDBProvider(dataDirectory, dbFileName)
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatalln("Failed to open the database:", err)