diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index ab6181f..bfa5dbd 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Brief summary of what's in this release:
 - Added logic to change ownership of moved files off of root user
 - Removed logic that required connection to spectrack for dlu-watcher
 - updated logic for handling nested folders
+- updated base image of DluWatcher container
+- set install of requirements as 'progress-banner off' to address issue with installing Flask and using all threads in DluWatcher container
 
 ### Breaking changes
 
diff --git a/data_management/DluWatcher b/data_management/DluWatcher
index 4dfd2dc..fa8cada 100644
--- a/data_management/DluWatcher
+++ b/data_management/DluWatcher
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-FROM python:3.10-slim
+FROM python:3.10-slim-bullseye
 
 COPY requirements.txt ./
 
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install --progress-bar off --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install -U flask-cors
+
 COPY ./lib/ ./lib
 COPY ./services/dlu_filesystem.py ./services/dlu_filesystem.py
 COPY ./services/dlu_package_inventory.py ./services/dlu_package_inventory.py
@@ -12,4 +14,4 @@ COPY ./services/dlu_mongo.py ./services/dlu_mongo.py
 COPY ./model ./model
 COPY ./watch_files.py ./
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "watch_files.py"]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "watch_files.py"]
diff --git a/data_management/lib/mongo_connection.py b/data_management/lib/mongo_connection.py
index d155c68..3a0b293 100644
--- a/data_management/lib/mongo_connection.py
+++ b/data_management/lib/mongo_connection.py
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ def get_mongo_connection(self):
             )
             database = mongo_client[self.database]
             return database
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             logger.error(
                 f"Can't connect to Mongo\nMake sure you have filled out the correct environment variables in the .env file"
             )
+            logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
             logger.error(self.host)
             os.sys.exit()
 
diff --git a/data_management/rebuild.sh b/data_management/rebuild.sh
index 69b787c..b230e4e 100644
--- a/data_management/rebuild.sh
+++ b/data_management/rebuild.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 python3 setup.py install --user
-docker build -t kingstonduo/data-management:1.7 .
+docker build -t kingstonduo/data-management:1.8 .
diff --git a/data_management/requirements.txt b/data_management/requirements.txt
index 075f075..a468132 100644
--- a/data_management/requirements.txt
+++ b/data_management/requirements.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ python_dotenv
 python-dateutil
 zarr-checksum
 pyyaml
-gunicorn
\ No newline at end of file
+gunicorn