diff --git a/BUILD_README.md b/BUILD_README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23ebb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BUILD_README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Manual Build Process
+
+```
+docker container run -it \
+--platform linux/amd64 \
+-e SDKMAN_DIR=/root/.sdkman \
+-e GRAILS_VERSION=1.3.9 \
+-p 8080:8080 \
+-v ./openboxes-config.properties:/root/.grails/openboxes-config.properties \
+-v ./openboxes-setenv.sh:/usr/share/tomcat7/bin/setenv.sh \
+-v ./openboxes-run.sh:/root/openboxes-run.sh \
+-v ./openboxes:/app \
+azul/zulu-openjdk:7u352-7.56.0.11
+```
+
+```
+docker run -d --name mysql-openboxes \
+--platform linux/amd64 \
+-e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=openboxes \
+-p 3306:3306 \
+mysql:5.7.44
+```
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b58ed1e..e5e3e74 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 version: "3"
 services:
   db:
-    image: mysql:5.7
+    image: mysql:5.7.44
+    platform: linux/amd64
     environment:
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
       MYSQL_DATABASE: openboxes
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ services:
   grails:
     build: ./grails-java7
     command: sh /root/openboxes-run.sh
+    platform: linux/amd64
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
     volumes:
diff --git a/grails-java7/Dockerfile b/grails-java7/Dockerfile
index 452fb26..23cd50e 100644
--- a/grails-java7/Dockerfile
+++ b/grails-java7/Dockerfile
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
-FROM openjdk:7-jdk
+FROM azul/zulu-openjdk:7u352-7.56.0.11
 
-MAINTAINER Michael Seaton <mseaton@pih.org>
+LABEL maintainer="Michael Seaton mseaton@pih.org"
 
 # Environment variables
 
 ENV SDKMAN_DIR /root/.sdkman
 ENV GRAILS_VERSION 1.3.9
+ENV NODE_VERSION=14.21.3
 
-# Install Base Packages required and Node
-RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | apt-key add -
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl zip python g++ make gcc build-essential \
-    && curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_13.x | bash - \
-    && apt-get install -y nodejs \
-    && curl -L https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh
+
+# Install Base Packages required
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl zip python2 g++ make gcc build-essential git
+
+# Download node + extract
+RUN curl -LO https://nodejs.org/dist/v${NODE_VERSION}/node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz &&\
+    tar -xvf node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz
+
+# Update our PATH to include the node binary
+ENV PATH=${PATH}:/node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-x64/bin
 
 # Install Grails and Set Path
 RUN rm /bin/sh && ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh
@@ -37,10 +42,11 @@ RUN bash -c "source $SDKMAN_DIR/bin/sdkman-init.sh && sdk install grails $GRAILS
 RUN bash -c "source $SDKMAN_DIR/bin/sdkman-init.sh && sdk default grails $GRAILS_VERSION"
 
 # set envs
-ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64
+ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/zulu7-ca-amd64
 ENV GRAILS_HOME /root/.sdkman/candidates/grails/current
 ENV PATH $GRAILS_HOME/bin:$PATH
-ENV GRAILS_OPTS -XX:-UseSplitVerifier -Xverify:none
+# Memory settings were required or else things would fail with OOM errors or stall forever
+ENV GRAILS_OPTS -XX:MaxPermSize=8192m -Xmx8192M -XX:-UseSplitVerifier -Xverify:none
 
 # Set the directory that an existing Grails app should be mounted into with a volume
 RUN mkdir /app
@@ -48,4 +54,4 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD ["grails"]
+CMD ["grails"]
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diff --git a/openboxes-run.sh b/openboxes-run.sh
index c83c746..11a35d2 100644
--- a/openboxes-run.sh
+++ b/openboxes-run.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # grails doesn't run without it for some reason
-export GRAILS_OPTS="-XX:-UseSplitVerifier -Xverify:none"
+export GRAILS_OPTS="-XX:MaxPermSize=8192m -Xmx8192M -XX:-UseSplitVerifier -Xverify:none"
 
 if [ ! -f /app/web-app/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml ]; then
    echo "Forcing grails upgrade"
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ npm config set engine-strict true
 # npm update
 
 # some dependencies don't get resolved on thier own
-npm i --no-package-lock --legacy-peer-deps --force --verbose --stacktrace
+npm i --no-package-lock --legacy-peer-deps --force --verbose --stacktrace --unsafe-perm
 grails run-app --stacktrace
 
 # if you want to compile enable this and stop grails run-app
-# grails -Dgrails.env=staging war
+# grails -Dgrails.env=staging war
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