diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index eeade7c1..fd37d15f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ RUN apt update -y && apt -y install \
     libgl1 \
     libglx-mesa0 \
     libglib2.0-0 \
+    docker.io \
     # Required by llama-cpp-python pre-built wheels. See #1628
     musl-dev && \
     ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-musl/libc.so /lib/libc.musl-x86_64.so.1 && \
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a604a788..27815179 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ services:
   # Creates Computer for Khoj to use.
   # Set KHOJ_OPERATOR_ENABLED=True in the server service environment variable to enable.
   computer:
+    container_name: khoj-computer
     image: ghcr.io/khoj-ai/khoj-computer:latest
     ports:
       - "5900:5900"
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ services:
       - khoj_config:/root/.khoj/
       - khoj_models:/root/.cache/torch/sentence_transformers
       - khoj_models:/root/.cache/huggingface
+      # uncomment line below to mount docker socket to allow khoj to use its computer.
+      # - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
     # Use 0.0.0.0 to explicitly set the host ip for the service on the container. https://pythonspeed.com/articles/docker-connection-refused/
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_DB=postgres
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5ed90660..641466a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ prod = [
 ]
 local = [
     "pgserver == 0.1.4",
-    "playwright >= 1.49.0",
-    "pyautogui == 0.9.54",
 ]
 dev = [
     "khoj[prod,local]",
diff --git a/src/khoj/processor/operator/README.md b/src/khoj/processor/operator/README.md
index 6b835099..afcacf5c 100644
--- a/src/khoj/processor/operator/README.md
+++ b/src/khoj/processor/operator/README.md
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ Give Khoj its own computer to operate in a transparent, controlled manner. Accom
     wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/khoj-ai/khoj/master/docker-compose.yml
     ```
 
-2. Configure environment variables in `docker-compose.yml`
+2. Update the `docker-compose.yml` to enable computer operator
     - Set `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` to your [Anthropic API key](https://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys)
     - Uncomment `KHOJ_OPERATOR_ENABLED=True` to enable the operator tool
+    - Uncomment `- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock` to mount docker socket to allow khoj to operate its computer container.
 
 3. Start Khoj services
     ```shell