diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a87cb84e..7a509cfe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ services:
     security_opt:
       - no-new-privileges:true
     command: >
-      sh -c "ollama serve & SERVE_PID=$! && until curl -sf http://localhost:11434/api/tags; do sleep 1; done && ollama pull qwen2.5:7b-instruct-q4_K_M && kill $SERVE_PID"
+      sh -c "ollama serve & SERVE_PID=$$! && until curl -sf http://localhost:11434/api/tags; do sleep 1; done && ollama pull qwen2.5:7b-instruct-q4_K_M && kill $$SERVE_PID"
 
   # --- Ollama: LLM inference server ---
   # Serves the pre-pulled model for NL search inference.