diff --git a/Dockerfile.build b/Dockerfile.build
index aff69ad3..917e1c87 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/Dockerfile.build
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #-----------------BUILDER-----------------
 #-----------------------------------------
-FROM node:18.19-bullseye AS builder
-RUN apt update && apt install -y --no-install-recommends libvips-dev python3
+FROM node:18-alpine3.17 AS builder
+RUN apk add --update-cache --repository https://alpine.global.ssl.fastly.net/alpine/v3.17/community/ \
+    python3 build-base sqlite-dev sqlite-libs vips-dev fftw-dev gcc g++ make libc6-compat && ln -snf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 COPY release /app
 WORKDIR /app
-RUN npm install --unsafe-perm --fetch-timeout=90000
+RUN npm install --unsafe-perm
 RUN mkdir -p /app/data/config && \
     mkdir -p /app/data/db && \
     mkdir -p /app/data/images && \
@@ -13,30 +14,27 @@ RUN mkdir -p /app/data/config && \
 
 #-----------------MAIN--------------------
 #-----------------------------------------
-FROM node:18-bullseye-slim AS main
+FROM node:18-alpine3.17 AS main
 WORKDIR /app
 ENV NODE_ENV=production \
     # overrides only the default value of the settings (the actualy value can be overwritten through config.json)
     default-Database-dbFolder=/app/data/db \
     default-Media-folder=/app/data/images \
     default-Media-tempFolder=/app/data/tmp \
-    default-Extensions-folder=/app/data/config/extensions \
     # flagging dockerized environemnt
     PI_DOCKER=true
 
 EXPOSE 80
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates wget ffmpeg libvips42 \
-    && apt-get clean -q -y \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apk add --update-cache --repository https://alpine.global.ssl.fastly.net/alpine/v3.17/community/ \
+    vips vips-cpp ffmpeg
 COPY --from=builder /app /app
 VOLUME ["/app/data/config", "/app/data/db", "/app/data/images", "/app/data/tmp"]
 
 # Run build time diagnostics to make sure the app would work after build is finished
 RUN ["node", "./src/backend/index", "--expose-gc",  "--run-diagnostics", "--config-path=/app/diagnostics-config.json"]
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=40s --timeout=30s --retries=3 --start-period=60s \
-  CMD wget --quiet --tries=1 --no-check-certificate --spider \
-  http://localhost:80/heartbeat || exit 1
+    CMD wget --quiet --tries=1 --no-check-certificate --spider \
+    http://localhost:80/heartbeat || exit 1
 
 # after a extensive job (like video converting), pigallery calls gc, to clean up everthing as fast as possible
 # Exec form entrypoint is need otherwise (using shell form) ENV variables are not properly passed down to the app