diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e9c0d5c..90e0aa0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
-FROM python:3.8-alpine
+FROM ubuntu:latest
 
-# install required packages
-RUN apk add --no-cache gcc
-RUN apk add --no-cache python3-dev
-RUN apk add --no-cache libc-dev
-RUN apk add --no-cache libffi-dev
-RUN apk add --no-cache openssl
-RUN apk add --no-cache openssl-dev
+# update to the latest packages
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
 
 # add user that will be used to install and run the application
-RUN adduser -D deploy
+RUN groupadd -g 1000 deploy
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 -g deploy deploy
+
+# install required packages for debugging
+# RUN apt-get install -y vim curl lsof
+
+
+#
+# CUSTOM PART IS BELOW HERE
+#
+
+
+# install required packages
+RUN apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip
 
 # switch to the created user and install the application
 USER deploy
@@ -26,11 +35,9 @@ RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 RUN flit install --pth-file
 
 # switch back to root to remove header files
-USER root
-RUN apk delete python3-dev
-RUN apk delete libffi-dev
-RUN apk delete openssl-dev
+#USER root
+#RUN apk del libc-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev python3-dev
 
 # switch to the created user to run the application
-USER deploy
+#USER deploy
 CMD ["gunicorn", "--paster", "/app/production.ini", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile alpine b/Dockerfile alpine
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80fd363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile alpine	
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+FROM python:3.8-alpine
+
+# install required packages
+RUN apk add --no-cache gcc libc-dev libffi-dev openssl openssl-dev python3-dev 
+
+# add user that will be used to install and run the application
+RUN addgroup -g 1000 deploy
+RUN adduser -D -u 1000 -G deploy deploy
+
+# switch to the created user and install the application
+USER deploy
+ENV PATH "$PATH:/home/deploy/.local/bin"
+
+COPY . /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install gunicorn
+RUN pip install wheel
+
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN flit install --pth-file
+
+# switch back to root to remove header files
+USER root
+RUN apk del libc-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev python3-dev
+
+# switch to the created user to run the application
+USER deploy
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--paster", "/app/production.ini", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ddb0c6c..01d9ca6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Decisions and goals in this project:
 - have automatic unit test and functional tests, the coverage should be above 90%
 - complete data migration from the old system
 
-The new system is now online at https://ordr.cpi.imtek.uni-freiburg.de since late April 2020
+The new system is now online at https://ordr.cpi.imtek.uni-freiburg.de since late April 2020.
 
 ## Development