diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index a6e11805e9..960588b6f2 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@
 !workspace_hack/
 !neon_local/
 !scripts/ninstall.sh
+!scripts/combine_control_files.py
 !vm-cgconfig.conf
diff --git a/Dockerfile.compute-node b/Dockerfile.compute-node
index a7e3b8b651..6d69da1ef3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.compute-node
+++ b/Dockerfile.compute-node
@@ -769,10 +769,10 @@ COPY --from=pg-anon-pg-build /control_files/anon.control /control_files/anon.con
 COPY --from=pg-embedding-pg-build /extensions/embedding.tar.gz /extensions/embedding.tar.gz
 COPY --from=pg-embedding-pg-build /control_files/embedding.control /control_files/embedding.control
 
-# FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm
-RUN apt install python3
-COPY ./combine_control_files.py combine_control_files.py
-CMD [ "python3", "./scripts/combine_control_files.py"]
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm AS alekpython
+COPY scripts/combine_control_files.py combine_control_files.py
+COPY --from=postgres-extensions /control_files /control_files
+CMD [ "python3", "./combine_control_files.py"]
 
 #########################################################################################
 #
diff --git a/scripts/combine_control_files.py b/scripts/combine_control_files.py
index cf91e3e284..a16f4586f3 100644
--- a/scripts/combine_control_files.py
+++ b/scripts/combine_control_files.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import json
 import os
 
+with open("SOMETHING", "w") as f:
+    f.write("SOMETHING")
+
 # enable custom extensions for specific tenants
 enabled_extensions = {"123454321": ["anon"], "public": ["embedding"]}