diff --git a/containers/serraplace/Dockerfile b/containers/serraplace/Dockerfile
index 8a47f9c..8a858a9 100644
--- a/containers/serraplace/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/serraplace/Dockerfile
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-FROM ubuntu:18.04
+##### Builder Image #######
+FROM base_img_serratus:latest
 # install all the dependencies
-RUN 	apt-get update &&\
-	apt-get -y install wget git cmake build-essential zlib1g-dev gzip unzip flex bison &&\
-	wget http://eddylab.org/software/hmmer/hmmer-3.3.tar.gz&& tar xzvf hmmer-3.3.tar.gz && cd hmmer-3.3/ &&\
-	./configure && make -j4 && make install && cd easel && make install && cd ../../ &&\
-	git clone --recursive https://github.com/Pbdas/epa-ng.git &&\
-	cd epa-ng && git checkout tags/v0.3.7 && git submodule update --init --recursive && make -j4 && cp bin/epa-ng /usr/local/bin && cd - &&\
-	git clone https://github.com/lh3/seqtk.git && cd seqtk && make && cp seqtk /usr/local/bin && cd - &&\
+RUN 	apk add cmake bison flex zlib-dev && git clone --recursive https://github.com/Pbdas/epa-ng.git &&\
+	cd epa-ng && git checkout tags/v0.3.7 && git submodule update --init --recursive && make -j4 && cd - &&\
+	git clone https://github.com/lh3/seqtk.git && cd seqtk && make && cd - &&\
 	git clone --recursive https://github.com/lczech/gappa.git &&\
-	cd gappa && git checkout f05e9fe && git submodule update --init --recursive && make -j4 && cp bin/gappa /usr/local/bin && cd - &&\
-	cd gappa/libs/genesis/apps && git clone https://github.com/Pbdas/genesis-apps.git && make -j4 -C .. && cp ../bin/apps/genesis-apps/msa-merge ../bin/libgenesis.so /usr/local/bin && cd - &&\
-	mkdir -p /serratus-data/serraplace && cd /serratus-data/serraplace && wget https://serratus-public.s3.amazonaws.com/pb/serraplace/reference/refpack.tar.gz && tar xzvf refpack.tar.gz && cd -
+	cd gappa && git checkout f05e9fe && git submodule update --init --recursive && make -j4 && cd - &&\
+	cd gappa/libs/genesis/apps && git clone https://github.com/Pbdas/genesis-apps.git && make -j4 -C .. && cd -
 
+#######  Final Image #########
+
+FROM base_img_serratus:latest
 WORKDIR /home/serratus
+COPY --from=builder epa-ng/bin/epa-ng  /usr/local/bin
+COPY --from=builder seqtk/seqtk /usr/local/bin
+COPY --from=builder gappa/libs/genesis/bin/gappa gappa/libs/genesis/bin/libgenesis.so /usr/local/bin
 COPY place.sh /home/serratus/
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/home/serratus/place.sh", "-d"]
diff --git a/containers/serraplace/Dockerfile_BaseImg b/containers/serraplace/Dockerfile_BaseImg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..876bbd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/serraplace/Dockerfile_BaseImg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FROM alpine:latest
+# install all the dependencies
+RUN 	apk add --update alpine-sdk && apk add wget git cmake unzip &&\
+	wget http://eddylab.org/software/hmmer/hmmer-3.3.tar.gz && tar xzvf hmmer-3.3.tar.gz && cd hmmer-3.3/ &&\
+	./configure && make -j4 && make install && cd easel && make install && cd ../../ &&\
+	mkdir -p /serratus-data/serraplace && cd /serratus-data/serraplace && wget https://serratus-public.s3.amazonaws.com/pb/serraplace/reference/refpack.tar.gz && tar xzvf refpack.tar.gz &&\
+	rm refpack.tar.gz && cd -
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