diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a357298..f076daa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@
 # Dockerfile for Sphinx SE
-# https://hub.docker.com/_/alpine/
-FROM --platform=linux/amd64 alpine:3.21
+# https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/minideb
+FROM bitnami/minideb:bookworm
 
 # https://sphinxsearch.com/blog/
-ENV SPHINX_VERSION 3.8.1-d25e0bb
+ENV SPHINX_VERSION=3.8.1-d25e0bb
 
 # install dependencies
-RUN apk add --no-cache mariadb-connector-c-dev \
-	postgresql-dev \
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+	libgomp1 \
+	libmariadb3 libmariadb-dev \
+	libpq-dev \
 	wget
 
 # set up and expose directories
 RUN mkdir -pv /opt/sphinx/logs /opt/sphinx/indexes
 VOLUME /opt/sphinx/indexes
 
-# https://sphinxsearch.com/files/sphinx-3.8.1-d25e0bb-linux-amd64-musl.tar.gz
-RUN wget http://sphinxsearch.com/files/sphinx-${SPHINX_VERSION}-linux-amd64-musl.tar.gz -O /tmp/sphinxsearch.tar.gz \
+# https://sphinxsearch.com/files/sphinx-3.8.1-d25e0bb-linux-amd64-musl.tar.gz - Alpine
+# https://sphinxsearch.com/files/sphinx-3.8.1-d25e0bb-linux-amd64.tar.gz - Debian
+RUN wget http://sphinxsearch.com/files/sphinx-${SPHINX_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz -O /tmp/sphinxsearch.tar.gz \
 	&& cd /opt/sphinx && tar -xf /tmp/sphinxsearch.tar.gz \
 	&& rm /tmp/sphinxsearch.tar.gz
 
 # point to sphinx binaries
-ENV PATH "${PATH}:/opt/sphinx/sphinx-3.8.1/bin"
+ENV PATH="${PATH}:/opt/sphinx/sphinx-3.8.1/bin"
 RUN indexer -v
 
 # redirect logs to stdout
@@ -34,9 +38,9 @@ VOLUME /opt/sphinx/conf
 
 # allow custom config file to be passed
 ARG SPHINX_CONFIG_FILE=/opt/sphinx/conf/sphinx.conf
-ENV SPHINX_CONFIG_FILE ${SPHINX_CONFIG_FILE}
+ENV SPHINX_CONFIG_FILE=${SPHINX_CONFIG_FILE}
 
 # prepare a start script
 RUN echo "exec searchd --nodetach --config \${SPHINX_CONFIG_FILE}" > /opt/sphinx/start.sh
 
-CMD sh /opt/sphinx/start.sh
+CMD ["sh", "/opt/sphinx/start.sh"]