diff --git a/docker/base/Dockerfile b/docker/base/Dockerfile
index 4075444a9..3cb063e47 100644
--- a/docker/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/base/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ ARG LANGUAGE="en"
 ARG PIP_INDEX_URL="https://pypi.org/simple"
 ENV PIP_INDEX_URL=$PIP_INDEX_URL
 
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip -i $PIP_INDEX_URL \
+    && (if [ "${LANGUAGE}" = "zh" ]; \
+        # language is zh, download zh_core_web_sm from github
+        then wget https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download/zh_core_web_sm-3.5.0/zh_core_web_sm-3.5.0-py3-none-any.whl -O /tmp/zh_core_web_sm-3.5.0-py3-none-any.whl \
+        && pip3 install /tmp/zh_core_web_sm-3.5.0-py3-none-any.whl -i $PIP_INDEX_URL \
+        && rm /tmp/zh_core_web_sm-3.5.0-py3-none-any.whl; \
+        # not zh, download directly
+        else python3 -m spacy download zh_core_web_sm; \
+    fi;)
+
 RUN mkdir -p /app
 
 # COPY only requirements.txt first to leverage Docker cache
@@ -29,21 +39,11 @@ WORKDIR /app
 #     && pip3 install -r /tmp/requirements.txt -i $PIP_INDEX_URL --no-cache-dir \
 #     && rm /tmp/requirements.txt
 
-RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip -i $PIP_INDEX_URL \
-    && cd /app && pip3 install -i $PIP_INDEX_URL .
+RUN pip3 install -i $PIP_INDEX_URL .
 
 # ENV CMAKE_ARGS="-DLLAMA_CUBLAS=ON -DLLAMA_AVX2=OFF -DLLAMA_F16C=OFF -DLLAMA_FMA=OFF"
 # ENV FORCE_CMAKE=1
-RUN cd /app && pip3 install -i $PIP_INDEX_URL .[llama_cpp]
-
-RUN (if [ "${LANGUAGE}" = "zh" ]; \
-        # language is zh, download zh_core_web_sm from github
-        then wget https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download/zh_core_web_sm-3.5.0/zh_core_web_sm-3.5.0-py3-none-any.whl -O /tmp/zh_core_web_sm-3.5.0-py3-none-any.whl \
-        && pip3 install /tmp/zh_core_web_sm-3.5.0-py3-none-any.whl -i $PIP_INDEX_URL \
-        && rm /tmp/zh_core_web_sm-3.5.0-py3-none-any.whl; \
-        # not zh, download directly
-        else python3 -m spacy download zh_core_web_sm; \
-    fi;) \
+RUN pip3 install -i $PIP_INDEX_URL .[llama_cpp] \
     && rm -rf `pip3 cache dir`
 
 ARG BUILD_LOCAL_CODE="false"
diff --git a/pilot/connections/rdbms/conn_sqlite.py b/pilot/connections/rdbms/conn_sqlite.py
index 339af025a..1740537cf 100644
--- a/pilot/connections/rdbms/conn_sqlite.py
+++ b/pilot/connections/rdbms/conn_sqlite.py
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ class SQLiteConnect(RDBMSDatabase):
 
     def _sync_tables_from_db(self) -> Iterable[str]:
         table_results = self.session.execute(
-            "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table'"
+            text("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table'")
         )
         view_results = self.session.execute(
-            "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='view'"
+            text("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='view'")
         )
         table_results = set(row[0] for row in table_results)
         view_results = set(row[0] for row in view_results)
diff --git a/pilot/connections/rdbms/tests/test_conn_sqlite.py b/pilot/connections/rdbms/tests/test_conn_sqlite.py
index efe4ddf76..01ef51878 100644
--- a/pilot/connections/rdbms/tests/test_conn_sqlite.py
+++ b/pilot/connections/rdbms/tests/test_conn_sqlite.py
@@ -121,3 +121,17 @@ def test_get_database_list(db):
 
 def test_get_database_names(db):
     db.get_database_names() == []
+
+
+def test_db_dir_exist_dir():
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+        new_dir = os.path.join(temp_dir, "new_dir")
+        file_path = os.path.join(new_dir, "sqlite.db")
+        db = SQLiteConnect.from_file_path(file_path)
+        assert os.path.exists(new_dir) == True
+        assert list(db.get_table_names()) == []
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as existing_dir:
+        file_path = os.path.join(existing_dir, "sqlite.db")
+        db = SQLiteConnect.from_file_path(file_path)
+        assert os.path.exists(existing_dir) == True
+        assert list(db.get_table_names()) == []