diff --git a/backend/Pipfile b/backend/Pipfile
index bb726905a34cc16bce8f6a244157109f82f39140..cda25f153d7cd56639cfe19d9f8845069cefa754 100644
--- a/backend/Pipfile
+++ b/backend/Pipfile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sqlparse = "*"
 urllib3 = "*"
 Django = "*"
 PyJWT = "*"
-metagenedb = {path = "."}
+metagenedb = {editable = true,path = "."}
 drf-yasg = "*"
 packaging = "*"
 python-slugify = "*"
diff --git a/backend/Pipfile.lock b/backend/Pipfile.lock
index 50b72d1c7020c99a074ae926e10ed2d67b2b29ba..85a326432080bf5b6374c86980b31c04d30a2c50 100644
--- a/backend/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/backend/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "0ab6318e3ebad7dbf2c7f1b4fc9123cd9125ff5507718d52c0a02bdef28c751b"
+            "sha256": "a537f0bc55008c51fb8a1e1193186dac3c57c78e9bf579b283775b7de8a5f791"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@
             "version": "==3.3.0"
         },
         "metagenedb": {
+            "editable": true,
             "path": "."
         },
         "numpy": {