diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 02b42f1..acafea1 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 cdir=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)
 source py3/bin/activate
 cd $cdir
+export PYTHONPATH=$cdir:$cdir/pkgs/rag-pipeline:$PYTHONPATH
 nohup py3/bin/python app/ragserver.py > logs/ragserver_stdout.log 2>&1 &
 echo $! > ragserver.pid
 echo "RAG Server started (pid $(cat ragserver.pid))"