diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
index f67b9c9..876dcda 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ RUN useradd -m -s /bin/bash -G sudo,docker_env PyGeM && \
     echo "PyGeM:docker" | chpasswd && \
     echo "PyGeM ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
 
-RUN touch /etc/service/syslog-forwarder/down
-COPY set-home-permissions.sh /etc/my_init.d/set-home-permissions.sh
-RUN chmod +x /etc/my_init.d/set-home-permissions.sh
 
 USER PyGeM
 ENV HOME /home/PyGeM
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ RUN id PyGeM
 RUN chown -R PyGeM:PyGeM $HOME
 
 RUN cd /tmp  && \
-    wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh  && \
+    wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh  && \
     chmod +x miniconda.sh && \
     bash miniconda.sh -b -p /usr/local/miniconda && \
     rm /tmp/*
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ RUN  hash -r  && \
     conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no  && \
     conda update -q conda  
 RUN  conda info -a  && \
-    conda create --yes -n test python="2.7";
+    conda create --yes -n test python="3.7";
 
 RUN /bin/bash -c 'source  activate test'  
 # The default sip version has api that is not compatible with qt4.
@@ -82,5 +79,3 @@ RUN cd $HOME  && \
     python setup.py install
 
 USER PyGeM
-
-
diff --git a/dockerfiles/set-home-permissions.sh b/dockerfiles/set-home-permissions.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e3c6d8..0000000
--- a/dockerfiles/set-home-permissions.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# User can pass e.g. --env HOST_UID=1003 so that UID in the container matches
-# with the UID on the host. This is useful for Linux users, Mac and Windows
-# already do transparent mapping of shared volumes.
-if [ "$HOST_UID" ]; then
-    usermod -u $HOST_UID PyGeM
-fi
-if [ "$HOST_GID" ]; then
-    groupmod -g $HOST_GID PyGeM
-fi
-# This makes sure that all files in /home/fenics are accessible by the user
-# fenics. We exclude the folder ~/shared to reduce IO out to the host. Docker
-# for Mac, Docker for Windows and the UID/GID trick above should mean that file
-# permissions work seamlessly now.
-cd /home/PyGeM
-find . -maxdepth 1 | grep -v "./shared" | xargs chown -R PyGeM:PyGeM
-