diff --git a/services/our/Dockerfile b/services/our/Dockerfile
index 432c652..e22f80c 100644
--- a/services/our/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/our/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-# build off of YOLO
+# Use ultralytics (YOLO) as base image
 FROM ultralytics/ultralytics:8.3.203-cpu AS base
 
+# prevent docker-clean apt rules from deleting our cache
+RUN rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean
 
-# Get NodeJS
+# Get NodeJS & npm
 COPY --from=node:22 /usr/local/bin /usr/local/bin
-# Get npm
 COPY --from=node:22 /usr/local/lib/node_modules /usr/local/lib/node_modules
 
 
@@ -12,18 +13,20 @@ COPY --from=node:22 /usr/local/lib/node_modules /usr/local/lib/node_modules
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install system-level dependencies required only for building
+# Install system-level dependencies
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
     apt-get update -y && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         build-essential \
         inotify-tools \
-    && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+        ffmpeg \
+        wget
+
 
 # Copy and install node package dependencies
 COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
-RUN npm install --ignore-scripts=false --foreground-scripts --verbose
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.npm npm install --ignore-scripts=false --foreground-scripts --verbose
 
 # Copy Prisma schema and generate client
 COPY prisma ./prisma
@@ -32,34 +35,24 @@ RUN npx prisma generate
 # Copy the rest of the app code
 COPY . .
 
-# Build the app
+# Build the node app
 RUN npm run build
 
 
     
-# we are avoiding installing using requirements.txt file because doing so with ultralytics would install 7GB worth of unecessary dependencies.
 
 
-# === Runtime stage ===
-# FROM node:22-slim AS release
+
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
-# ENV PATH="/app/venv/bin:$PATH"
 
 
-# Install runtime dependencies
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
-    apt-get update -y && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        ca-certificates \
-        ffmpeg \
-        wget \
-    && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 
 
 # Install pip dependencies
+# we are avoiding installing using requirements.txt file because doing so with ultralytics would install 7GB worth of unecessary dependencies.
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv pip install --system vcsi
 
@@ -67,22 +60,14 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     # Install Shaka Packager
 ADD https://github.com/shaka-project/shaka-packager/releases/download/v3.4.2/packager-linux-x64 /usr/local/bin/packager
 
-# RUN wget -q https://github.com/shaka-project/shaka-packager/releases/download/v3.4.2/packager-linux-x64 \
-#     -O /usr/local/bin/packager \
-#  && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/packager \
-#  && packager --version
-# we can't copy from the shaka-packager image because that's an alpine image missing gcc
-# COPY --from=google/shaka-packager:v3.4.2 /usr/bin /usr/local/bin
-
 
 # Install IPFS Kubo
 COPY --from=ipfs/kubo:v0.36.0 /usr/local/bin/ipfs /usr/local/bin/ipfs
 
 
 # Bundle the vibeui pytorch model
-RUN mkdir -p /app/vibeui \
-  && wget -q https://gitea.futureporn.net/futureporn/fp/raw/branch/main/apps/vibeui/public/vibeui.pt -O /app/vibeui/vibeui.pt \
-  && wget -q https://gitea.futureporn.net/futureporn/fp/raw/branch/main/apps/vibeui/public/data.yaml -O /app/vibeui/data.yaml
+ADD https://gitea.futureporn.net/futureporn/fp/raw/branch/main/apps/vibeui/public/vibeui.pt /app/vibeui/vibeui.pt
+ADD https://gitea.futureporn.net/futureporn/fp/raw/branch/main/apps/vibeui/public/data.yaml /app/vibeui/data.yaml
 
 # Install openwhisper
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/ggml-org/whisper.cpp:main-e7bf0294ec9099b5fc21f5ba969805dfb2108cea /app /app/whisper.cpp
@@ -96,17 +81,6 @@ RUN \
     chmod +x /usr/local/bin/packager && \
     ipfs init
 
-# # Copy runtime artifacts from builder
-# COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./dist
-# COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules
-# COPY --from=builder /app/package.json ./package.json
-# COPY --from=builder /app/prisma ./prisma
-# COPY --from=builder /app/generated ./generated
-# COPY --from=builder /app/src ./src
-# COPY --from=builder /app/graphile.config.ts ./graphile.config.ts
-# COPY --from=builder /app/crontab ./crontab
-
-# RUN . /app/venv/bin/activate
 
 # Expose the port
 EXPOSE 5000
diff --git a/services/our/package.json b/services/our/package.json
index fd87132..a7bf836 100644
--- a/services/our/package.json
+++ b/services/our/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "futureporn-our",
 	"private": true,
-	"version": "2.8.17",
+	"version": "2.8.18",
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
 		"dev": "concurrently npm:dev:serve npm:dev:build:server npm:dev:build:client npm:dev:worker npm:dev:compose npm:dev:sftp npm:dev:qbittorrent npm:dev:tailscale",
@@ -116,4 +116,4 @@
 	"prisma": {
 		"seed": "tsx prisma/seed.ts"
 	}
-}
+}
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