diff --git a/api/Dockerfile-api b/api/Dockerfile-api
index 2ace21049..51d16a217 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile-api
+++ b/api/Dockerfile-api
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ FROM ghcr.io/biosimulators/bio-compose-server-base:latest
 
 SHELL ["/usr/bin/env", "bash", "-c"]
 
-COPY ./ ./
+COPY ./ .
 
 EXPOSE 3001
 
 RUN source ~/.bashrc \
-    && conda env update -n server -f environment.api.yml \
+    && conda env update -n server -f config/environment.api.yml \
+    && conda run pip install -e . \
     && conda clean --all --json -y
 
 # RUN source ~/.bashrc \
 #     && poetry install --without=composition,dev,worker --no-cache
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["bash", "-c", "source ~/.bashrc && uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 3001 --reload"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["bash", "-c", "source ~/.bashrc && conda run uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 3001 --reload"]
 
diff --git a/api/config/env.api.yml b/api/config/env.api.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b8053b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/config/env.api.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+name: server
+channels:
+  - defaults
+  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
+  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
+dependencies:
+  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1
+  - _openmp_mutex=5.1
+  - bzip2=1.0.8
+  - ca-certificates=2024.9.24
+  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40
+  - libffi=3.4.4
+  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0
+  - libgomp=11.2.0
+  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0
+  - libuuid=1.41.5
+  - ncurses=6.4
+  - openssl=3.0.15
+  - python=3.10.15
+  - readline=8.2
+  - setuptools=75.1.0
+  - sqlite=3.45.3
+  - tk=8.6.14
+  - tzdata=2024b
+  - wheel=0.44.0
+  - xz=5.4.6
+  - zlib=1.2.13
+  - pip:
+      - annotated-types==0.7.0
+      - anyio==4.6.2.post1
+      - cachetools==5.5.0
+      - certifi==2024.8.30
+      - charset-normalizer==3.4.0
+      - click==8.1.7
+      - dnspython==2.7.0
+      - exceptiongroup==1.2.2
+      - fastapi==0.115.4
+      - google-api-core==2.22.0
+      - google-auth==2.35.0
+      - google-cloud-core==2.4.1
+      - google-cloud-storage==2.18.2
+      - google-crc32c==1.6.0
+      - google-resumable-media==2.7.2
+      - googleapis-common-protos==1.65.0
+      - h11==0.14.0
+      - idna==3.10
+      - pip==24.3.1
+      - proto-plus==1.25.0
+      - protobuf==5.28.3
+      - pyasn1==0.6.1
+      - pyasn1-modules==0.4.1
+      - pydantic==2.9.2
+      - pydantic-core==2.23.4
+      - pydantic-settings==2.6.1
+      - pymongo==4.10.1
+      - python-dotenv==1.0.1
+      - python-multipart==0.0.17
+      - pyyaml==6.0.2
+      - requests==2.32.3
+      - requests-toolbelt==1.0.0
+      - rsa==4.9
+      - sniffio==1.3.1
+      - starlette==0.41.2
+      - toml==0.10.2
+      - typing-extensions==4.12.2
+      - urllib3==2.2.3
+      - uvicorn==0.32.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/config/environment.api.yml b/api/config/environment.api.yml
index 6b8053b53..b57389a0d 100644
--- a/api/config/environment.api.yml
+++ b/api/config/environment.api.yml
@@ -4,64 +4,10 @@ channels:
   - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
   - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
 dependencies:
-  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1
-  - _openmp_mutex=5.1
-  - bzip2=1.0.8
-  - ca-certificates=2024.9.24
-  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40
-  - libffi=3.4.4
-  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0
-  - libgomp=11.2.0
-  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0
-  - libuuid=1.41.5
-  - ncurses=6.4
-  - openssl=3.0.15
-  - python=3.10.15
-  - readline=8.2
-  - setuptools=75.1.0
-  - sqlite=3.45.3
-  - tk=8.6.14
-  - tzdata=2024b
-  - wheel=0.44.0
-  - xz=5.4.6
-  - zlib=1.2.13
+  - pip
+  - python=3.10
   - pip:
-      - annotated-types==0.7.0
-      - anyio==4.6.2.post1
-      - cachetools==5.5.0
-      - certifi==2024.8.30
-      - charset-normalizer==3.4.0
-      - click==8.1.7
-      - dnspython==2.7.0
-      - exceptiongroup==1.2.2
-      - fastapi==0.115.4
-      - google-api-core==2.22.0
-      - google-auth==2.35.0
-      - google-cloud-core==2.4.1
-      - google-cloud-storage==2.18.2
-      - google-crc32c==1.6.0
-      - google-resumable-media==2.7.2
-      - googleapis-common-protos==1.65.0
-      - h11==0.14.0
-      - idna==3.10
-      - pip==24.3.1
-      - proto-plus==1.25.0
-      - protobuf==5.28.3
-      - pyasn1==0.6.1
-      - pyasn1-modules==0.4.1
       - pydantic==2.9.2
-      - pydantic-core==2.23.4
       - pydantic-settings==2.6.1
-      - pymongo==4.10.1
-      - python-dotenv==1.0.1
-      - python-multipart==0.0.17
       - pyyaml==6.0.2
-      - requests==2.32.3
-      - requests-toolbelt==1.0.0
-      - rsa==4.9
-      - sniffio==1.3.1
-      - starlette==0.41.2
-      - toml==0.10.2
-      - typing-extensions==4.12.2
-      - urllib3==2.2.3
       - uvicorn==0.32.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/docker/config/environment.base.yml b/assets/docker/config/environment.base.yml
index eadd3934e..5be3b5795 100644
--- a/assets/docker/config/environment.base.yml
+++ b/assets/docker/config/environment.base.yml
@@ -4,27 +4,8 @@ channels:
   - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
   - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
 dependencies:
-  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1
-  - _openmp_mutex=5.1
-  - bzip2=1.0.8
-  - ca-certificates=2024.9.24
-  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40
-  - libffi=3.4.4
-  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0
-  - libgomp=11.2.0
-  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0
-  - libuuid=1.41.5
-  - ncurses=6.4
-  - openssl=3.0.15
-  - python=3.10.15
-  - readline=8.2
-  - setuptools=75.1.0
-  - sqlite=3.45.3
-  - tk=8.6.14
-  - tzdata=2024b
-  - wheel=0.44.0
-  - xz=5.4.6
-  - zlib=1.2.13
+  - pip
+  - python=3.10
   - pip:
       - annotated-types==0.7.0
       - anyio==4.6.2.post1
diff --git a/worker/Dockerfile-worker b/worker/Dockerfile-worker
index 456dc5d33..9d5536dd9 100644
--- a/worker/Dockerfile-worker
+++ b/worker/Dockerfile-worker
@@ -5,31 +5,13 @@ FROM ghcr.io/biosimulators/bio-compose-server-base:latest
 
 SHELL ["/usr/bin/env", "bash", "-c"]
 
-COPY ./ ./
+COPY ./ .
 # COPY ../assets/docker/config/environment.base.yml ../assets/docker/config/environment.worker.yml .
 
 ENV TEST_SBML_FP="test_fixtures/Elowitz-Nature-2000-Repressilator/BIOMD0000000012_url.xml" \
     TEST_PSC_FP="/Pysces/psc/BIOMD0000000012_url.xml.psc" \
     TEST_OMEX_FP="test_fixtures/Elowitz-Nature-2000-Repressilator.omex"
 
-# os deps
-# RUN source ~/.bashrc \
-#     && apt-get update  \
-#     && apt-get install -y \
-#     meson \
-#     g++ \
-#     gfortran \
-#     libblas-dev \
-#     liblapack-dev \
-#     libgfortran5 \
-#     && conda install -c conda-forge -c pysces pysces -y \
-# 	&& conda env update -n conda-env -f config/environment.worker.yml \
-#     && poetry install --only=worker --no-cache \
-#     && rm -rf config \
-#     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-#     && apt-get autoremove -y \
-#     && apt-get clean
-
 # TODO: perhaps run --no-install-recommends?
 RUN source ~/.bashrc \
     && apt-get update  \
@@ -63,7 +45,8 @@ RUN source ~/.bashrc \
     libboost-chrono-dev \
     libboost-math-dev \
     libboost-serialization-dev \
-    && conda env update -n server -f environment.worker.yml \
+    && conda env update -n server -f config/environment.worker.yml \
+    && conda run pip install -e . \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && apt-get autoremove -y \
     && apt-get clean \
@@ -74,7 +57,7 @@ RUN source ~/.bashrc \
 # && conda install "numpy<1.22.0" \
 # && conda run pip install amici biosimulators-amici --root-user-action=ignore \
 # && rm -rf config \
-ENTRYPOINT ["bash", "-c", "source ~/.bashrc && python3 main.py"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["bash", "-c", "source ~/.bashrc && conda run python3 main.py"]
 
 # --root-user-action=ignore
 #############################
diff --git a/worker/config/environment.worker.yml b/worker/config/environment.worker.yml
index ec0b985d0..aa3c807eb 100644
--- a/worker/config/environment.worker.yml
+++ b/worker/config/environment.worker.yml
@@ -6,242 +6,18 @@ channels:
   - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
   - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
 dependencies:
-  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1
-  - _openmp_mutex=4.5
-  - assimulo=3.5.2
-  - asttokens=2.4.1
-  - brotli=1.1.0
-  - brotli-bin=1.1.0
-  - bzip2=1.0.8
-  - ca-certificates=2024.9.24
-  - certifi=2024.8.30
-  - colorama=0.4.6
-  - comm=0.2.2
-  - contourpy=1.3.0
-  - cycler=0.12.1
-  - dbus=1.13.18
-  - debugpy=1.8.7
-  - decorator=5.1.1
-  - dill=0.3.9
-  - entrypoints=0.4
-  - exceptiongroup=1.2.2
-  - executing=2.1.0
-  - expat=2.6.3
-  - fontconfig=2.14.1
-  - fonttools=4.54.1
-  - freetype=2.12.1
-  - glib=2.78.4
-  - glib-tools=2.78.4
-  - gmp=6.3.0
-  - gst-plugins-base=1.14.1
-  - gstreamer=1.14.1
-  - icu=73.2
-  - importlib-metadata=8.5.0
-  - ipykernel=6.29.5
-  - ipyparallel=8.8.0
-  - ipython=8.29.0
-  - jedi=0.19.1
-  - jpeg=9e
-  - jupyter_client=8.6.3
-  - jupyter_core=5.7.2
-  - keyutils=1.6.1
-  - kiwisolver=1.4.7
-  - krb5=1.20.1
-  - lcms2=2.15
-  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40
-  - lerc=3.0
-  - libblas=3.9.0
-  - libbrotlicommon=1.1.0
-  - libbrotlidec=1.1.0
-  - libbrotlienc=1.1.0
-  - libcblas=3.9.0
-  - libclang=14.0.6
-  - libclang13=14.0.6
-  - libcups=2.4.2
-  - libdeflate=1.17
-  - libedit=3.1.20191231
-  - libexpat=2.6.3
-  - libffi=3.4.4
-  - libgcc=14.2.0
-  - libgcc-ng=14.2.0
-  - libgfortran=14.2.0
-  - libgfortran-ng=14.2.0
-  - libgfortran5=14.2.0
-  - libglib=2.78.4
-  - libgomp=14.2.0
-  - libhwloc=2.11.2
-  - libiconv=1.17
-  - liblapack=3.9.0
-  - libllvm14=14.0.6
-  - libopenblas=0.3.28
-  - libpng=1.6.39
-  - libpq=12.20
-  - libsodium=1.0.18
-  - libstdcxx=14.2.0
-  - libstdcxx-ng=14.2.0
-  - libtiff=4.5.1
-  - libuuid=1.41.5
-  - libwebp-base=1.4.0
-  - libxcb=1.17.0
-  - libxkbcommon=1.7.0
-  - libxml2=2.13.1
-  - lz4-c=1.9.4
-  - matplotlib-base=3.9.1
-  - matplotlib-inline=0.1.7
-  - metis=5.1.0
-  - mpfr=4.2.1
-  - munkres=1.1.4
-  - mysql=5.7.20
-  - ncurses=6.4
-  - nest-asyncio=1.6.0
-  - openjpeg=2.5.2
-  - openssl=3.3.2
-  - packaging=24.1
-  - parso=0.8.4
-  - pcre2=10.42
-  - pexpect=4.9.0
-  - pickleshare=0.7.5
-  - pip=24.2
-  - platformdirs=4.3.6
-  - prompt-toolkit=3.0.48
-  - psutil=6.1.0
-  - pthread-stubs=0.4
-  - ptyprocess=0.7.0
-  - pure_eval=0.2.3
-  - pygments=2.18.0
-  - pyparsing=3.2.0
-  - pyqt=5.15.4
-  - pyqt5-sip=12.9.0
-  - pysces=1.2.2
-  - python=3.10.15
-  - python_abi=3.10
-  - pyzmq=26.2.0
-  - qhull=2020.2
-  - qt-main=5.15.2
-  - readline=8.2
-  - scipy=1.14.1
-  - setuptools=75.1.0
-  - sip=6.5.1
-  - six=1.16.0
-  - sqlite=3.45.3
-  - stack_data=0.6.2
-  - suitesparse=7.8.3
-  - sundials=7.1.1
-  - tbb=2022.0.0
-  - tk=8.6.14
-  - toml=0.10.2
-  - tornado=6.4.1
-  - tqdm=4.66.6
-  - traitlets=5.14.3
-  - typing_extensions=4.12.2
-  - unicodedata2=15.1.0
-  - wcwidth=0.2.13
-  - wheel=0.44.0
-  - xkeyboard-config=2.43
-  - xorg-libx11=1.8.10
-  - xorg-libxau=1.0.11
-  - xorg-libxdmcp=1.1.5
-  - xorg-xorgproto=2024.1
-  - xz=5.4.6
-  - zeromq=4.3.5
-  - zipp=3.20.2
-  - zlib=1.2.13
-  - zstd=1.5.6
+  - pip
+  - python=3.10
   - pip:
-      - annotated-types==0.7.0
-      - antimony==2.15.0
-      - anyio==4.6.2.post1
-      - appdirs==1.4.4
-      - biopython==1.84
       - biosimulators-copasi==0.2.22
       - biosimulators-pysces==0.1.33
       - biosimulators-tellurium==0.1.44
       - biosimulators-utils==0.2.3
-      - cachetools==5.5.0
-      - capturer==3.0
-      - cement==3.0.10
-      - chardet==5.2.0
-      - charset-normalizer==3.4.0
-      - copasi-basico==0.78
-      - dnspython==2.7.0
-      - docker==7.1.0
-      - et-xmlfile==2.0.0
-      - evalidate==2.0.3
-      - fastapi==0.115.4
-      - fastobo==0.12.3
-      - flexcache==0.3
-      - flexparser==0.3.1
-      - google-api-core==2.22.0
-      - google-auth==2.35.0
-      - google-cloud-core==2.4.1
-      - google-cloud-storage==2.18.2
-      - google-crc32c==1.6.0
-      - google-resumable-media==2.7.2
-      - googleapis-common-protos==1.65.0
       - h5py==3.12.1
-      - humanfriendly==10.0
-      - idna==3.10
-      - iniconfig==2.0.0
-      - isodate==0.7.2
-      - jinja2==3.1.4
-      - kisao==2.34
-      - libroadrunner==2.7.0
-      - lxml==4.9.4
-      - markupsafe==3.0.2
-      - matplotlib==3.9.2
-      - mpmath==1.3.0
-      - multiprocessing-on-dill==3.5.0a4
-      - natsort==8.4.0
-      - networkx==3.4.2
-      - numpy==1.26.4
-      - openpyxl==3.1.5
-      - pandas==2.2.3
-      - phrasedml==1.3.0
-      - pillow==11.0.0
-      - pint==0.24.3
-      - plotly==5.24.1
-      - pluggy==1.5.0
       - process-bigraph
-      - pronto==2.5.8
-      - proto-plus==1.25.0
-      - protobuf==5.28.3
-      - pyasn1==0.6.1
-      - pyasn1-modules==0.4.1
-      - pydantic==2.9.2
-      - pydantic-core==2.23.4
-      - pydot==3.0.2
-      - pymongo==4.10.1
-      - pyomexmeta==1.2.14
-      - pypdf2==3.0.1
-      - pytest==8.3.3
-      - python-copasi==4.44.295
-      - python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
-      - python-dotenv==1.0.1
-      - python-graphviz==0.20.3
-      - python-libcombine==0.2.20
-      - python-libnuml==1.1.6
-      - python-libsbml==5.20.4
-      - python-libsedml==2.0.32
-      - python-multipart==0.0.17
-      - pytz==2024.2
-      - pyyaml==6.0.2
-      - rdflib==7.1.1
-      - regex==2024.9.11
-      - requests==2.32.3
-      - requests-toolbelt==1.0.0
-      - rsa==4.9
-      - simplejson==3.19.3
       - simulariumio==1.11.0
       - smoldyn==2.73
-      - sniffio==1.3.1
-      - stack-data==0.6.3
-      - starlette==0.41.2
       - tellurium==2.2.10
-      - tenacity==9.0.0
-      - termcolor==2.5.0
-      - tomli==2.0.2
-      - tzdata==2024.2
-      - uritools==4.0.3
-      - urllib3==2.2.3
-      - yamldown==0.1.8
+      - copasi-basico
+      - amici
 prefix: /opt/conda/envs/server
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