diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a885f13..22c4bfc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -39,13 +39,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 COPY backend/requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-# Fix onnxruntime executable stack issue in containers
-# This clears the executable stack requirement from the onnxruntime library
-RUN execstack -c /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/onnxruntime/capi/onnxruntime_pybind11_state.cpython-311-x86_64-linux-gnu.so || true
-
-# Pre-download rembg model (u2net) to avoid first-run delay
-# Note: This downloads the U2-Net model (~170MB) during build
-RUN python -c "from rembg import remove; print('rembg model downloaded')"
+# Try to pre-download rembg model, but don't fail build if onnxruntime has issues
+# (onnxruntime can have executable stack issues in some Docker environments)
+# If this fails, Remove Background feature will be disabled
+RUN python -c "from rembg import remove; print('rembg ready')" || echo "WARNING: rembg not available - Remove Background will be disabled"
 
 # Copy backend application
 COPY backend/ .
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 8553437..906aabf 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ pydantic-settings==2.1.0
 email-validator==2.1.0
 opencv-python-headless==4.9.0.80
 scikit-image==0.22.0
-# rembg for background removal - use onnxruntime 1.15.1 to avoid executable stack issue
-onnxruntime==1.15.1
+# rembg for background removal - use onnxruntime 1.14.1 to avoid executable stack issue in Docker
+onnxruntime==1.14.1
 rembg==2.0.50
 # SAM (Segment Anything) for smart object selection - runs locally, no API needed
 torch==2.1.2