diff --git a/Dockerfile.qdrant b/Dockerfile.qdrant
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e3b3934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.qdrant
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM qdrant/qdrant:latest
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/docs/docs/using_rag.md b/apps/docs/docs/using_rag.md
index cf0a2e97..a6094652 100644
--- a/apps/docs/docs/using_rag.md
+++ b/apps/docs/docs/using_rag.md
@@ -80,6 +80,18 @@ By default, Rowboat uses OpenAI's `text-embedding-3-small` model for generating
 ```bash
 # Override the default embedding model
 export EMBEDDING_MODEL=your-preferred-model
+export EMBEDDING_VECTOR_SIZE=1536
+```
+
+**Important NOTE**
+
+The default size for the vectors index is 1536. If you change this value, then you must delete the index and set it up again:
+```bash
+docker-compose --profile delete_qdrant --profile qdrant up --build delete_qdrant qdrant
+```
+followed by:
+```bash
+./start # this will recreate the index
 ```
 
 You can also change the model provider like so:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 41a7acee..66d53cbe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ services:
       dockerfile: scripts.Dockerfile
     command: ["sh", "-c", "npm run setupQdrant"]
     profiles: [ "setup_qdrant" ]
+    depends_on:
+      qdrant:
+        condition: service_healthy
     environment:
       - QDRANT_URL=http://qdrant:6333
       - QDRANT_API_KEY=${QDRANT_API_KEY}
@@ -125,6 +128,9 @@ services:
       dockerfile: scripts.Dockerfile
     command: ["sh", "-c", "npm run deleteQdrant"]
     profiles: [ "delete_qdrant" ]
+    depends_on:
+      qdrant:
+        condition: service_healthy
     environment:
       - QDRANT_URL=http://qdrant:6333
       - QDRANT_API_KEY=${QDRANT_API_KEY}
@@ -240,7 +246,9 @@ services:
   #   restart: unless-stopped
 
   qdrant:
-    image: qdrant/qdrant
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.qdrant
     ports:
       - "6333:6333"
     environment:
@@ -249,3 +257,8 @@ services:
     profiles: [ "qdrant" ]
     volumes:
       - ./data/qdrant:/data/qdrant
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:6333/healthz"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3