tons of stuff but working again

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@@ -2,31 +2,35 @@ FROM python:3.11-slim
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
-# Install build deps and netcat for the DB-wait
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    gcc \
-    default-libmysqlclient-dev \
-    pkg-config \
-    netcat-openbsd \
-    curl \
-  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+# 1) Install build deps, netcat, curl—and gosu for privilege dropping
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y \
+      gcc \
+      default-libmysqlclient-dev \
+      pkg-config \
+      netcat-openbsd \
+      curl \
+      gosu \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 WORKDIR /app
+
+# 2) Copy & install Python requirements
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
  && pip install -r requirements.txt
 
+# 3) Copy the rest of the app
 COPY . .
 
-# Create a non-root user and give it ownership of /app
-RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash appuser \
- && chown -R appuser:appuser /app
+# 4) Create the non-root user and make sure the upload dir exists and is chown’d
+RUN groupadd -g 1000 appuser \
+ && useradd -u 1000 -ms /bin/bash -g appuser appuser \
+ && mkdir -p /app/data/uploads \
+ && chown -R appuser:appuser /app/data/uploads
 
-# Switch to appuser for everything below
-USER appuser
-
-# Prepare entrypoint
-COPY --chown=appuser:appuser entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+# 5) Install the entrypoint (keep this as root so it can chown the volume at runtime)
+COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]