diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 25cbbcd..16e403e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.11-bookworm
+FROM python:3.11-alpine
+
+ARG UV_ARGS=""
+
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.11-alpine /uv /uvx /bin/
 
 # copy from the cache instead of linking since mounted volumes are used
 ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
 ENV UV_CACHE_DIR=/app/.cache/uv
 ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
 
-RUN useradd --shell /bin/bash --uid 1000 transip_client
+RUN useradd --uid 1000 transip_client
 
 USER transip_client
 
@@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock /app
 COPY transip_client /app/transip_client
 
 # install dependencies + project
-RUN --mount=type=cache,uid=1000,target=/app/.cache/uv uv sync --frozen --no-dev
+RUN --mount=type=cache,uid=1000,target=/app/.cache/uv \
+    uv sync --frozen --no-dev $UV_ARGS
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["transip-listen"]