diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e4a3998..0b08704 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 ## Dockerfile for gitit
-FROM debian:bookworm-slim
-MAINTAINER Glenn Y. Rolland <glenux@glenux.net>
-
+# FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+FROM bitnami/minideb:bookworm
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 
 ##
 ## make the "en_US.UTF-8" locale
 ##
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends locales wget \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+RUN install_packages locales \ 
     && localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LANG en_US.utf8
 
@@ -24,12 +21,9 @@ ENV GITIT_VERSION 0.15.1.0+dfsg-2+b4
 #     && apt-get install -y -f \
 #     && rm -f libghc-filestore-dev_0.6.5-2+b3_amd64.deb
 
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-cache policy gitit \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+RUN install_packages \
          mime-support gitit=$GITIT_VERSION \
-         openssh-client \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+         openssh-client
 
 VOLUME ["/data"]