diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c7da9f63b39..84a2673b163 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -185,12 +185,6 @@ RUN if [ "${IMAGE_TYPE}" = "extras" ]; then \
 	PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin make -C backend/python/petals \
     ; fi
 
-# Copy VALLE-X as it's not a real "lib"
-# TODO: this is wrong - we should copy the lib into the conda env path
-RUN if [ -d /usr/lib/vall-e-x ]; then \
-    cp -rfv /usr/lib/vall-e-x/* ./ ; \ 
-    fi
-
 # we also copy exllama libs over to resolve exllama import error
 # TODO: check if this is still needed
 RUN if [ -d /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/exllama ]; then \
diff --git a/backend/python/vall-e-x/Makefile b/backend/python/vall-e-x/Makefile
index a4031484d05..0aa19205a14 100644
--- a/backend/python/vall-e-x/Makefile
+++ b/backend/python/vall-e-x/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ttsvalle:
 	@echo "Creating virtual environment..."
 	@conda env create --name ttsvalle --file ttsvalle.yml
 	@echo "Virtual environment created."
+	bash install.sh
 
 .PHONY: run
 run:
diff --git a/backend/python/vall-e-x/install.sh b/backend/python/vall-e-x/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71ec3998d5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/vall-e-x/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+## A bash script installs the required dependencies of VALL-E-X and prepares the environment
+export PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin
+
+# Activate conda environment
+source activate ttsvalle
+
+echo $CONDA_PREFIX
+
+git clone https://github.com/Plachtaa/VALL-E-X.git $CONDA_PREFIX/vall-e-x && pushd $CONDA_PREFIX/vall-e-x && pip install -r requirements.txt && popd
+
+cp -rfv $CONDA_PREFIX/vall-e-x/* ./
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diff --git a/backend/python/vall-e-x/run.sh b/backend/python/vall-e-x/run.sh
index 6e359507f85..41936882172 100755
--- a/backend/python/vall-e-x/run.sh
+++ b/backend/python/vall-e-x/run.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ source activate ttsvalle
 # get the directory where the bash script is located
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-python $DIR/ttvalle.py $@
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+python $DIR/ttsvalle.py $@
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diff --git a/docs/content/advanced/_index.en.md b/docs/content/advanced/_index.en.md
index fa100e4ab19..5f6332eeaf9 100644
--- a/docs/content/advanced/_index.en.md
+++ b/docs/content/advanced/_index.en.md
@@ -354,3 +354,13 @@ docker run --env REBUILD=true localai
 # Option 2: set within an env file
 docker run --env-file .env localai
 ```
+
+### Build only a single backend
+
+You can control the backends that are built by setting the `GRPC_BACKENDS` environment variable. For instance, to build only the `llama-cpp` backend only:
+
+```bash
+make GRPC_BACKENDS=backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp build
+```
+
+By default, all the backends are built.
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