diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d888579e038b35af31b3dfbdf96b5ddc1a6a1dd2..372e09aa3f4c5f8046dd7b3880e6f1a5441de583 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ RUN groupadd -g 1000 nifi && \
     rm -f /xmlstarlet.rpm && \
     chmod +x /usr/bin/jq && \
     dnf clean all && \
-    rm -rf /var/cache/dnf
+    rm -rf /var/cache/dnf && \
+    mkdir -p  ${NIFI_BASE_DIR}/scripts
 
 COPY --chown=nifi:nifi --from=base ${NIFI_BASE_DIR} ${NIFI_BASE_DIR}
 COPY --chown=nifi:nifi nifi.properties ${NIFI_HOME}/conf/nifi.properties
+COPY scripts/ ${NIFI_BASE_DIR}/scripts/
 
 VOLUME ${NIFI_LOG_DIR} \
        ${NIFI_HOME}/conf \
@@ -60,6 +62,4 @@ WORKDIR ${NIFI_HOME}
 HEALTHCHECK --start-period=60s \
   CMD /opt/nifi/nifi-current/bin/nifi.sh status
 
-RUN mkdir -p  ${NIFI_BASE_DIR}/scripts
-
 ENTRYPOINT ["../scripts/start.sh"]