diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c8205a0..88ee84b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     working_directory: ~/daas
     steps:
       - checkout
-      - docker/install-docker
+      # Docker is pre-installed on machine executors, no need to install
       - docker/install-docker-compose
       - run: docker --version
       - run: docker compose version
diff --git a/meta_extractor/redis/task.py b/meta_extractor/redis/task.py
index c36972d..2261cb4 100644
--- a/meta_extractor/redis/task.py
+++ b/meta_extractor/redis/task.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # from .requeue import TaskRequeuer
 from .queue import TaskQueue
 from ..sample import Sample
+from .. import api_connector
 
 
 class Task:
@@ -60,4 +61,19 @@ def sample_found(self) -> bool:
     def split_into_subtasks_per_subfile(self) -> None:
         for subfile in self.sample.subfiles:
             subfile_seaweedfs_file_id = seaweedfs.upload_file(stream=subfile.content, name=subfile.file_name)
+            # Set the seaweedfs_file_id so it's included in metadata
+            subfile.seaweedfs_file_id = subfile_seaweedfs_file_id
+            # Immediately persist the Sample to Django
+            try:
+                response_data = {
+                    'force_reprocess': self.force_reprocess,
+                    'callback': self.callback,
+                    'sample': subfile.metadata
+                }
+                api_connector.send_result(self.api_url, response_data)
+                logging.info(f'Persisted Sample immediately after upload: sha1={subfile.sha1}, seaweedfs_file_id={subfile_seaweedfs_file_id}')
+            except Exception as e:
+                logging.error(f'Failed to persist Sample immediately after upload: {e}')
+                # Continue anyway - the task will be processed and Sample will be created later
+            # Then queue the task for processing
             TaskQueue().add_subfile_to_queue(self.settings, subfile_seaweedfs_file_id)
diff --git a/peWorkerDockerfile b/peWorkerDockerfile
index 8247149..f3e78ef 100644
--- a/peWorkerDockerfile
+++ b/peWorkerDockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ ENV WINEARCH=win32
 # Generic
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y build-essential apt-transport-https && \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y gnutls-bin \
+    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y ca-certificates \
+        openssl \
+        gnutls-bin \
         host \
         unzip \
         xauth \
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         zenity \
         zlib1g \
         zlib1g-dev && \
+    update-ca-certificates && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     apt-get clean
 
@@ -42,12 +45,19 @@ RUN dpkg --add-architecture i386 && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     apt-get clean
 
+# Add Microsoft TLS G2 ECC CA OCSP 02.crt to ca-certificates
+# Without this wget https://download.microsoft.com fails due to cert error.
+RUN wget --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64)" https://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/certs/Microsoft%20TLS%20G2%20ECC%20CA%20OCSP%2002.crt && \
+    openssl x509 -inform DER -in "Microsoft TLS G2 ECC CA OCSP 02.crt" -out microsoft-tls-g2-ecc-ocsp-02.crt && \
+    cp microsoft-tls-g2-ecc-ocsp-02.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ && \
+    update-ca-certificates
+
 
 # C#: Winetricks, dotnet45, vcrun2010
 RUN echo "Installing winetricks" && \
-    wget -nc -nv https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/archive/20210825.zip -O /tmp/winetricks.zip && \
+    wget -nc -nv https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/archive/20260125.zip -O /tmp/winetricks.zip && \
     unzip /tmp/winetricks.zip -d /tmp/winetricks/ && \
-    make -C /tmp/winetricks/winetricks-20210825 install && \
+    make -C /tmp/winetricks/winetricks-20260125 install && \
     rm -rf /tmp/winetricks.zip && \
     rm -rf /tmp/winetricks && \
     mkdir -p /home/root/.cache/winetricks/ && \
@@ -58,7 +68,7 @@ COPY winetricks/corefonts/ /home/root/.cache/winetricks/corefonts/
 
 # Dotnet45 should be installed on a different docker step. Otherwise, it will fail.
 RUN echo "Installing Dotnet45" && \
-    winetricks -q dotnet45 corefonts && \
+    winetricks -q --force dotnet45 corefonts && \
     echo "Dotnet45 installed"
 RUN xvfb-run winetricks -q vcrun2010 && \
     echo "vcrun2010 installed"