diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 36b3c99..4afe7b6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
-# Using the slim version of 8.4; it's much more stable with Podman
 FROM docker.io/php:8.4-fpm-alpine
 
 WORKDIR /var/www
 
-# Use the installer to get your specific extensions without the manual tar extraction
-ADD https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/releases/latest/download/install-php-extensions /usr/local/bin/
+# We use the community repository to get pre-compiled PHP 8.4 extensions
+# This skips the source-code extraction that is causing your permission errors
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+    php84-pecl-msgpack \
+    php84-pdo_mysql \
+    php84-mbstring \
+    php84-exif \
+    php84-pcntl \
+    php84-bcmath \
+    php84-gd \
+    php84-zip \
+    php84-intl \
+    icu-data-full
 
-RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/install-php-extensions && \
-    install-php-extensions pdo_mysql mbstring exif pcntl bcmath gd zip intl
+# Symlink the extensions so PHP can find them (Alpine puts them in a different path)
+RUN ln -s /usr/lib/php84/modules/*.so /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20240924/
 
 # Get latest Composer
 COPY --from=docker.io/composer:latest /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
@@ -15,9 +25,9 @@ COPY --from=docker.io/composer:latest /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
 # Copy application files
 COPY . /var/www
 
-# Fix permissions for the www-data user
+# Permission fix: Use a single RUN to reduce layer complexity
 RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www && \
-    chmod -R 755 /var/www/storage /var/www/bootstrap/cache
+    chmod -R 775 /var/www/storage /var/www/bootstrap/cache
 
 USER www-data