diff --git a/container/Dockerfile b/container/Dockerfile
index 252f82a..afb7b81 100644
--- a/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/container/Dockerfile
@@ -1,77 +1,10 @@
-FROM alpine:3.15.0 as alpine-glibc
-
-LABEL src=https://github.com/frol/docker-alpine-glibc
-ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
-
-SHELL ["/bin/ash", "-eo", "pipefail", "-c"]
-
-# hadolint ignore=DL3018
-RUN ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_URL="https://github.com/sgerrand/alpine-pkg-glibc/releases/download" && \
-    ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION="2.34-r0" && \
-    ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_PACKAGE_FILENAME="glibc-$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION.apk" && \
-    ALPINE_GLIBC_BIN_PACKAGE_FILENAME="glibc-bin-$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION.apk" && \
-    ALPINE_GLIBC_I18N_PACKAGE_FILENAME="glibc-i18n-$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION.apk" && \
-    apk add -q --no-cache --virtual=.build-dependencies wget ca-certificates && \
-    echo \
-    "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\
-    MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEApZ2u1KJKUu/fW4A25y9m\
-    y70AGEa/J3Wi5ibNVGNn1gT1r0VfgeWd0pUybS4UmcHdiNzxJPgoWQhV2SSW1JYu\
-    tOqKZF5QSN6X937PTUpNBjUvLtTQ1ve1fp39uf/lEXPpFpOPL88LKnDBgbh7wkCp\
-    m2KzLVGChf83MS0ShL6G9EQIAUxLm99VpgRjwqTQ/KfzGtpke1wqws4au0Ab4qPY\
-    KXvMLSPLUp7cfulWvhmZSegr5AdhNw5KNizPqCJT8ZrGvgHypXyiFvvAH5YRtSsc\
-    Zvo9GI2e2MaZyo9/lvb+LbLEJZKEQckqRj4P26gmASrZEPStwc+yqy1ShHLA0j6m\
-    1QIDAQAB\
-    -----END PUBLIC KEY-----" | sed 's/   */\n/g' > "/etc/apk/keys/sgerrand.rsa.pub" && \
-    wget -q \
-    "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_URL/$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION/$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
-    "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_URL/$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION/$ALPINE_GLIBC_BIN_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
-    "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_URL/$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION/$ALPINE_GLIBC_I18N_PACKAGE_FILENAME" && \
-    apk add -q --no-cache \
-    "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
-    "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BIN_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
-    "$ALPINE_GLIBC_I18N_PACKAGE_FILENAME" && \
-    \
-    rm "/etc/apk/keys/sgerrand.rsa.pub" && \
-    /usr/glibc-compat/bin/localedef --force --inputfile POSIX --charmap UTF-8 "$LANG" || true && \
-    echo "export LANG=$LANG" > /etc/profile.d/locale.sh && \
-    \
-    apk del -q glibc-i18n && \
-    \
-    rm "/root/.wget-hsts" && \
-    apk del -q .build-dependencies && \
-    rm \
-    "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
-    "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BIN_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
-    "$ALPINE_GLIBC_I18N_PACKAGE_FILENAME"
-
-
-############################################################################################################
-# Prepare miniforge image to run nubison-model server
-#
-FROM alpine-glibc
+FROM python:3.12.8-slim-bookworm
 
 # Install necessary dependencies
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     bash \
     curl \
-    bzip2 \
-    ca-certificates \
-    libstdc++ \
-    && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
-
-# Set environment variables for Miniforge installation
-ENV MINIFORGE_VERSION=24.9.2-0
-ENV MINIFORGE_URL=https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/download/${MINIFORGE_VERSION}/Miniforge3-${MINIFORGE_VERSION}-Linux-x86_64.sh
-ENV CONDA_DIR=/opt/conda
-
-# Install Miniforge
-RUN curl -L -o /tmp/miniforge.sh $MINIFORGE_URL && \
-    bash /tmp/miniforge.sh -b -p $CONDA_DIR && \
-    rm /tmp/miniforge.sh && \
-    $CONDA_DIR/bin/conda clean -afy
-
-# Update PATH to include Conda
-ENV PATH=$CONDA_DIR/bin:$PATH
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Use bash as the default shell
 SHELL ["bash", "-c"]
@@ -92,5 +25,7 @@ ENV PORT=3000
 # Expose the port specified by the PORT environment variable
 EXPOSE ${PORT}
 
+RUN pip install uv==0.5.10
+
 # Define the command to run your application
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/start_server.sh" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/start_server.sh" ]
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diff --git a/container/start_server.sh b/container/start_server.sh
index 4add873..888dbc6 100755
--- a/container/start_server.sh
+++ b/container/start_server.sh
@@ -19,23 +19,11 @@ ENV_NAME="nubison"
 echo "MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI: '$MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI'"
 echo "MLFLOW_MODEL_URI: '$MLFLOW_MODEL_URI'"
 
-echo "Downloading conda.yaml for run $run_uuid"
+echo "Downloading conda.yaml & requirements.txt for run $run_uuid"
 curl -L -o conda.yaml "${MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI}/get-artifact?path=conda.yaml&run_uuid=${run_uuid}"
+curl -L -o requirements.txt "${MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI}/get-artifact?path=requirements.txt&run_uuid=${run_uuid}"
 
-# Create the Conda environment
-echo "Creating Conda environment from conda.yaml"
-conda env create -f conda.yaml -n $ENV_NAME
+python_version=$(grep "python=" conda.yaml | awk -F= '{print $2}')
 
-echo "Activating Conda environment '$ENV_NAME'"
-# Initialize Conda for bash
-source ${CONDA_DIR}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
-
-# Activate the environment
-conda activate "$ENV_NAME"
-
-# Verify that the environment is activated
-echo "Conda environment '$ENV_NAME' is activated"
-
-# Execute the BentoML serve command
 echo "Starting BentoML server..."
-exec bentoml serve nubison_model.Service:InferenceService --port ${PORT} ${DEBUG:+--debug}
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+exec uv run --python $python_version --with-requirements requirements.txt bentoml serve nubison_model.Service:InferenceService --port ${PORT} ${DEBUG:+--debug}
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