diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d8c9aa7..7e2285a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ COPY frontend/ ./
 RUN npm run build
 
 # Stage 2: Build Python virtual environment
-FROM python:3.11-slim AS python-builder
+FROM cgr.dev/chainguard/python:latest-dev AS python-builder
+USER root
 WORKDIR /build
 RUN python -m venv /opt/venv
 ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ COPY app/ ./app/
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip && pip install --no-cache-dir .
 
 # Stage 3: Production Runtime
-FROM python:3.11-slim AS runtime
+FROM cgr.dev/chainguard/python:latest-dev AS runtime
+USER root
 WORKDIR /app
 
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
@@ -24,8 +26,8 @@ ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
     PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH" \
     PORT=8000
 
-RUN groupadd --gid 1001 appgroup && \
-    useradd --uid 1001 --gid appgroup --create-home appuser && \
+RUN addgroup -g 1001 appgroup && \
+    adduser -D -u 1001 -G appgroup appuser && \
     mkdir -p /data && chown -R appuser:appgroup /app /data
 
 COPY --from=python-builder /opt/venv /opt/venv
@@ -44,4 +46,4 @@ HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=15s --retries=3 \
     CMD python -c "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8000/health', timeout=4)" || exit 1
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
-#harbor.freshbrewed.science/library/trymeapp
\ No newline at end of file
+#harbor.freshbrewed.science/library/trymeapp
diff --git a/version.ini b/version.ini
index 1a9b0ac..a52ab50 100644
--- a/version.ini
+++ b/version.ini
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [version]
-version = 0.1
+version = 0.2