diff --git a/Docker/appsettings.json b/Docker/appsettings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e581ac93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Docker/appsettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "LibationFiles": "/config"
+}
diff --git a/Docker/liberate.sh b/Docker/liberate.sh
index 83249b87..036d629d 100755
--- a/Docker/liberate.sh
+++ b/Docker/liberate.sh
@@ -19,18 +19,6 @@ fi
 
 echo ""
 
-# Check if the config directory is passed in, and there is no link to it then create the link.
-if [ -d "/config" ] && [ ! -d "/root/Libation" ]; then
-    echo "Linking config directory to the Libation config directory"
-    ln -s /config/ /root/Libation
-fi
-
-# If no config error and exit
-if [ ! -d "/config" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: No /config directory. You must pass in a volume containing your config mapped to /config"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # If user passes in db from a /db/ folder and a db does not already exist / is not already linked
 FILE=/db/LibationContext.db
 if [ -f "${FILE}" ] && [ ! -f "/config/LibationContext.db" ]; then
@@ -38,12 +26,6 @@ if [ -f "${FILE}" ] && [ ! -f "/config/LibationContext.db" ]; then
     ln -s $FILE /config/LibationContext.db
 fi
 
-# Confirm we have a db in the config direcotry.
-if [ ! -f "/config/LibationContext.db" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: No Libation database detected, exiting."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # ################################
 # Loop and liberate
 # ################################
@@ -65,4 +47,4 @@ do
     sleep "${SLEEP_TIME}"
 done
 
-echo "Exiting"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Exiting"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ef274842..c976b3c2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Dockerfile
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 as build-env
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build-env
 
 COPY Source /Source
 RUN dotnet publish -c Release -o /Source/bin/Publish/Linux-chardonnay /Source/LibationCli/LibationCli.csproj -p:PublishProfile=/Source/LibationCli/Properties/PublishProfiles/LinuxProfile.pubxml
@@ -7,16 +7,21 @@ COPY Docker/liberate.sh /Source/bin/Publish/Linux-chardonnay
 
 
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:8.0
+ARG USER_UID=1001
 
-ENV SLEEP_TIME "30m"
 
-# Sets the character set that will be used for folder and filenames when liberating
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-ENV LC_ALL C.UTF-8
+ENV SLEEP_TIME=30m
 
-RUN mkdir /db /config /data
+# Set the character set that will be used for folder and filenames when liberating
+ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && \
+    mkdir /db /config /data
 
 COPY --from=build-env /Source/bin/Publish/Linux-chardonnay /libation
+COPY Docker/appsettings.json /libation/
 
+USER ${USER_UID}
 
 CMD ["./libation/liberate.sh"]