diff --git a/arches/Dockerfile b/arches/Dockerfile
index ff05e1c..454e45d 100644
--- a/arches/Dockerfile
+++ b/arches/Dockerfile
@@ -3,56 +3,37 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
 USER root
 
-# Set environment variables to make installations non-interactive
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ENV TZ="America/La_Paz"
-
-# Update package lists and install basic packages first
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    curl \
-    wget \
-    gnupg \
-    lsb-release \
-    software-properties-common \
-    && apt-get clean \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Add Python 3.12 repository and install Python packages
-RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa \
-    && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+# Do the apt installation also install git
+RUN apt-get update && && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     python3.12 \
     python3.12-dev \
     python3.12-venv \
     python3-pip \
-    && apt-get clean \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Install system dependencies
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    make \
+    make software-properties-common \
+    curl \
     gcc \
     build-essential \
     mime-support \
     libgdal-dev \
     dos2unix \
-    nano \
-    git \
-    postgresql-client-14 \
-    && apt-get clean \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    nano
+RUN apt-get update --fix-missing && apt-get install -y git
 
+
+# Install the postgres client
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y postgresql-client-14
+
+FROM python:3.12
 # set environment variables
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
 # Set up a virual environment to use for all later commands.
-RUN python3.12 -m venv /opt/venv \
-    && . /opt/venv/bin/activate \
-    && pip install --upgrade pip
-# Make sure we use the virtualenv:
-ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv
+RUN python3 -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
+ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 
 ## Setting default environment variables
 ARG ARCHES_ROOT
@@ -61,19 +42,13 @@ ARG ARCHES_PROJECT
 # Project specific paths
 ARG APP_ROOT
 ARG APP_COMP_FOLDER
-ARG UPLOADED_FILES_FOLDER
-ARG ARCHES_PIP_VERSION
-
 # settings_local.py provides the DB credentials, etc. to the Arches project.
-ENV SETTINGS_PATH=${APP_COMP_FOLDER}/settings.py
 ENV SETTINGS_LOCAL_PATH=${APP_COMP_FOLDER}/settings_local.py
 ENV CELERY_PATH=${APP_COMP_FOLDER}/celery.py
 ENV URLS_PATH=${APP_COMP_FOLDER}/urls.py
 ENV GUNICORN_CONFIG_PATH=${APP_COMP_FOLDER}/gunicorn_config.py
 ENV ARCHES_DATA=${ARCHES_ROOT}/arches_data
 ENV PACKAGE_PATH=${APP_COMP_FOLDER}/package.json
-ENV ESLINT_CONFIG_MJS_PATH_USE=${APP_ROOT}/eslint.config.mjs
-ENV UPLOADED_FILES_FOLDER=${UPLOADED_FILES_FOLDER}
 ENV WHEELS=/wheels
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
@@ -104,16 +79,16 @@ RUN set -ex \
         python3-dev \
         postgresql-client-14 \
         dos2unix \
-        wait-for-it \
-        nano \
+        gettext \
     " \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl \
     && curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - \
-    && curl -sL https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/postgresql-keyring.gpg \
-    && echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/postgresql-keyring.gpg] http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/postgresql.list \
+    && curl -sL https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | apt-key add - \
+    && add-apt-repository "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ $(lsb_release -sc)-pgdg main" \
     && apt-get update -y \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $RUN_DEPS \
-    && apt-get clean \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
+    && apt-get install -y "wait-for-it" \
+    && apt-get install -y nano \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $RUN_DEPS
 
 
 
@@ -154,25 +129,10 @@ WORKDIR ${ARCHES_ROOT}
 RUN rm -rf /root/.cache/pip/*
 
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install --force-reinstall -U setuptools
-
 # Install the current stable release of the Arches application and make an Arches project.
-RUN pip install supervisor \
-    && pip install pytz --upgrade \
-    && pip install tzdata --upgrade \
-    && pip install Redis \
-    && pip install gunicorn \
-    && pip install boto3==1.26 \
-    && pip install django-storages==1.14.4 \
-    && pip install arches==${ARCHES_PIP_VERSION}
+RUN pip install supervisor && pip install pytz --upgrade && pip install tzdata --upgrade && pip install Redis && pip install gunicorn && pip install boto3==1.26 && pip install django-storages==1.14.4 && pip install arches && arches-admin startproject ${ARCHES_PROJECT}
 
-# create a new Arches project
-RUN mkdir -p /new_arches_proj
-RUN arches-admin startproject ${ARCHES_PROJECT} --directory /new_arches_proj
-RUN mv /new_arches_proj ${APP_ROOT}
-
-# create the uploaded files folder
-RUN mkdir -p ${UPLOADED_FILES_FOLDER}
+# Make sure we have the environment variables in the python app?
 
 # copia de archivos de idioma es
 COPY ./arches/es /opt/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/arches/locale/es
@@ -190,10 +150,9 @@ RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g' ${CELERY_PATH}
 RUN echo "copied urls to ${URLS_PATH}";
 COPY ./arches/urls.py ${URLS_PATH}
 RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g' ${URLS_PATH}
-
 # Copy the gunicorn_config.py file into our new Arches project. This is used
 # for running Arches in production (not DEBUG mode)
-# NOTE: We're NOT actually using this, because it will throw an error with urls.py
+# NOTE: We're NOT actually using this, because it will throw an error with urls.py 
 # So this is here for reference only in case someone wants to edit gunicorn_config.py
 # and figure out how to make it work.
 RUN echo "copy gunicorn_config.py to ${GUNICORN_CONFIG_PATH}";