diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,22 +5,21 @@ Code for what once was piazzaoptical.com. Backend and frontend.
 ## To use:
 
 ```bash
-podman run -it --rm -p 8000:8000 docker.io/
+podman run -it --rm -p 8000:8000 docker.io/library/alpine:3.14  # v3.15 can't seem to work with package "bsd-compat-headers"
 ```
 
-Then:
+Then within the container:
 
 ```bash
-apt update
-apt install m4 libssl-dev
-apt install libmagic-dev uuid-dev liblmdb-dev
-apt install git # for lua_uuid
-luarocks install luarocks-fetch-gitrec # for magic
-apt install libreadline-dev # for luaprompt
+apk add --no-cache build-base bsd-compat-headers m4 openssl-dev libmagic libuuid lmdb lmdb-dev git readline-dev autoconf automake libtool zlib-dev vips ncurses wget unzip openssl bash
 git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git:// # for luarocks pulling from github; it uses unencrypted
-apt install autoconf libtool libz-dev # for magic
-apt install libvips42 && ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvips.so.42 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvips.so
-apt install lua5.1  # for cqueues
+git clone https://git.sakal.us/brian/luaver.git ~/.luaver
+bash
+```
+
+Then in `bash` shell (not the default `ash`):
+
+```bash
 luarocks install compat53
 luarocks install cqueues 
 luarocks install lpeg