diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3edd658ef..0d1d2cffb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,25 +5,22 @@ RUN npm install
 COPY ./frontend/ .
 RUN npm run build
 
-FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.8
+FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.8-slim
 
-RUN apt-get update -y && \
-    apt-get install -y python-pip python-dev
-
-# We copy just the requirements.txt first to leverage Docker cache
 COPY ./requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN apt-get update -y && \
+    apt-get install -y python-pip python-dev git --no-install-recommends && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+    pip install -r requirements.txt 
 
 COPY ./mealie /app
-COPY ./mealie/data/templates/recipes.md /app/data/templates/recipes.md
 COPY --from=build-stage /app/dist /app/dist
 RUN rm -rf /app/test /app/temp
 
 ENV ENV prod
+ENV APP_MODULE "app:app"
 
 VOLUME [ "/app/data" ]
-
-CMD ["uvicorn", "app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "80"]
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b14cf8d73..fa3c6ad9a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ dnspython==2.0.0
 email-validator==1.1.1
 extruct==0.10.0
 fastapi==0.61.1
-fastapi-login==1.5.1
 future==0.18.2
 gitdb==4.0.5
 GitPython==3.1.11