diff --git a/apiserver/Dockerfile.api b/apiserver/Dockerfile.api
index 15c3f53a9..a2ce4a7b2 100644
--- a/apiserver/Dockerfile.api
+++ b/apiserver/Dockerfile.api
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ USER captain
 COPY manage.py manage.py
 COPY plane plane/
 COPY templates templates/
-
+COPY package.json package.json
 COPY gunicorn.config.py ./
 USER root
 RUN apk --no-cache add "bash~=5.2"
diff --git a/apiserver/bin/instance_registration.py b/apiserver/bin/instance_registration.py
index b6e813ec2..3cd7b9c37 100644
--- a/apiserver/bin/instance_registration.py
+++ b/apiserver/bin/instance_registration.py
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ import os, sys
 import json
 import uuid
 import requests
+
 # Django imports
 from django.utils import timezone
 
-# Module imports
-from plane.db.models import User
-from plane.license.models import Instance
 
 sys.path.append("/code")
 
@@ -20,61 +18,76 @@ django.setup()
 
 
 def instance_registration():
-    # Check if the instance is registered
-    instance = Instance.objects.first()
+    try:
+        # Module imports
+        from plane.db.models import User
+        from plane.license.models import Instance
 
-    # If instance is None then register this instance
-    if instance is None:
-        with open("package.json", "r") as file:
-            # Load JSON content from the file
-            data = json.load(file)
+        # Check if the instance is registered
+        instance = Instance.objects.first()
 
-        admin_email = os.environ.get("ADMIN_EMAIL")
-        # Raise an exception if the admin email is not provided
-        if not admin_email:
-            raise Exception("ADMIN_EMAIL is required")
+        # If instance is None then register this instance
+        if instance is None:
+            with open("/code/package.json", "r") as file:
+                # Load JSON content from the file
+                data = json.load(file)
 
-        # Check if the admin email user exists
-        user = User.objects.filter(email=admin_email).first()
+            admin_email = os.environ.get("ADMIN_EMAIL")
+            # Raise an exception if the admin email is not provided
+            if not admin_email:
+                raise Exception("ADMIN_EMAIL is required")
 
-        # If the user does not exist create the user and add him to the database
-        if user is None:
-            user = User.objects.create(email=admin_email, username=uuid.uuid4().hex)
-            user.set_password(uuid.uuid4().hex)
-            user.save()
+            # Check if the admin email user exists
+            user = User.objects.filter(email=admin_email).first()
 
-        license_engine_base_url = os.environ.get("LICENSE_ENGINE_BASE_URL")
+            # If the user does not exist create the user and add him to the database
+            if user is None:
+                user = User.objects.create(email=admin_email, username=uuid.uuid4().hex)
+                user.set_password(uuid.uuid4().hex)
+                user.save()
 
-        if not license_engine_base_url:
-            raise Exception("LICENSE_ENGINE_BASE_URL is required")
-        
-        headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
+            license_engine_base_url = os.environ.get("LICENSE_ENGINE_BASE_URL")
 
-        payload = {
-            "email": user.email,
-            "version": data.get("version", 0.1),
-        }
+            if not license_engine_base_url:
+                raise Exception("LICENSE_ENGINE_BASE_URL is required")
 
-        response = requests.post(
-            f"{license_engine_base_url}/api/instances",
-            headers=headers,
-            data=json.dumps(payload),
-        )
+            headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
 
-        if response.status_code == 201:
-            data = response.json()
-            instance = Instance.objects.create(
-                instance_name="Plane Free",
-                instance_id=data.get("id"),
-                license_key=data.get("license_key"),
-                api_key=data.get("api_key"),
-                version=data.get("version"),
-                email=data.get("email"),
-                owner=user,
-                last_checked_at=timezone.now(),
+            payload = {
+                "email": user.email,
+                "version": data.get("version", 0.1),
+            }
+
+            response = requests.post(
+                f"{license_engine_base_url}/api/instances",
+                headers=headers,
+                data=json.dumps(payload),
             )
-            print("Instance succesfully registered")
 
-        print("Instance could not be registered")
-    else:
-        print(f"Instance already registered with instance owner: {instance.owner.email}")
+            if response.status_code == 201:
+                data = response.json()
+                instance = Instance.objects.create(
+                    instance_name="Plane Free",
+                    instance_id=data.get("id"),
+                    license_key=data.get("license_key"),
+                    api_key=data.get("api_key"),
+                    version=0.1,
+                    email=data.get("email"),
+                    owner=user,
+                    last_checked_at=timezone.now(),
+                )
+                print(f"Instance succesfully registered with owner: {instance.owner.email}")
+                return
+            print("Instance could not be registered")
+            return
+        else:
+            print(
+                f"Instance already registered with instance owner: {instance.owner.email}"
+            )
+            return
+    except ImportError:
+        raise ImportError
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    instance_registration()