diff --git a/.github/actions/functional-test-backend/action.yml b/.github/actions/functional-test-backend/action.yml
index 9495b36..e02c0d1 100644
--- a/.github/actions/functional-test-backend/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/functional-test-backend/action.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ runs:
         set +e
         npm ci
         export CI=true
+        docker compose run --rm kuzzle npm install
         docker compose up -d
         bash ./.github/actions/functional-test-backend/wait-kuzzle.sh
-        npm run test:functional
+        docker compose exec api npm run test:functional
         exitcode="$?"
         [[ "$exitcode" == "0" ]] || docker compose logs api
         exit "$exitcode"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 103d2e1..2560e76 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ This is a product under license that require private packages in order to work.
 ## Installation and run
 
 Requirement:
- - Node.js = 18
+ - Node.js >= 18
  - NPM = 10.1.0
  - Docker
  - Docker-Compose
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ This turborepo uses [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) as a package manager. It inclu
 
 ### Install dependencies
 
-Log to Kuzzle npm private repository : https://docs.kuzzle.io/paas-console/1/guides/access-private-plugins/ 
+Log to Kuzzle npm private repository : https://docs.kuzzle.io/paas-console/1/guides/access-private-plugins/
 
 Go to the repository root and run `npm install`
 
 ### Run the stack
 
 ```bash
+docker compose run --rm api npm install
 docker compose up -d
 ```
 
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 0c5824b..f8e06cd 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-echo "$CI"
-
-if [ "$CI" != "true" ] && [ ! -d "node_modules" ]; then
-  echo "node_modules directory not found. Installing dependencies from..."
-  npm ci
-fi
-
-echo "Starting application $1..."
-
 # Run the npm run dev command
 if [ "$1" = "web" ]; then
   echo "Running npm run dev with host..."
@@ -16,4 +7,4 @@ if [ "$1" = "web" ]; then
 else
   echo "Running npm run dev..."
   npm run dev --prefix /var/app/apps/api
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi