diff --git a/dev/docker/Dockerfile b/dev/docker/Dockerfile
index 50d528faf..edab90ca1 100644
--- a/dev/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,34 +1,38 @@
 FROM php:8.3-apache
 
-ENV APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT /app/public
-WORKDIR /app
-
-RUN <<EOR
 # Install additional dependencies
-apt-get update
-apt-get install -y \
-	git \
-	zip \
-	unzip \
-	libpng-dev \
-	libldap2-dev \
-	libzip-dev \
-	wait-for-it
-rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y \
+        git \
+        zip \
+        unzip \
+        libfreetype-dev \
+        libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
+        libldap2-dev \
+        libpng-dev \
+        libzip-dev \
+        wait-for-it && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Configure apache
-docker-php-ext-configure ldap --with-libdir="lib/$(gcc -dumpmachine)"
-docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql gd ldap zip
-pecl install xdebug
-docker-php-ext-enable xdebug
-a2enmod rewrite
-sed -ri -e 's!/var/www/html!${APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT}!g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/*.conf
-sed -ri -e 's!/var/www/!${APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT}!g' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/*.conf
+# Install PHP extensions
+RUN docker-php-ext-configure ldap --with-libdir="lib/$(gcc -dumpmachine)" && \
+    docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg && \
+    docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) pdo_mysql gd ldap zip && \
+    pecl install xdebug && \
+    docker-php-ext-enable xdebug
 
 # Install composer
-curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
+RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
+
+# Configure apache
+RUN a2enmod rewrite && \
+    sed -ri -e 's!/var/www/html!${APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT}!g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/*.conf && \
+    sed -ri -e 's!/var/www/!${APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT}!g' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/*.conf
 
 # Use the default production configuration and update it as required
-mv "$PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini-production" "$PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini"
-sed -i 's/memory_limit = 128M/memory_limit = 512M/g' "$PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini"
-EOR
+RUN mv "$PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini-production" "$PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini" && \
+    sed -i 's/memory_limit = 128M/memory_limit = 512M/g' "$PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini"
+
+ENV APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT="/app/public"
+
+WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/dev/docker/entrypoint.app.sh b/dev/docker/entrypoint.app.sh
index e91d34a71..b09edda88 100755
--- a/dev/docker/entrypoint.app.sh
+++ b/dev/docker/entrypoint.app.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
 else
     composer install
     wait-for-it db:3306 -t 45
-    php artisan migrate --database=mysql
-    chown -R www-data:www-data storage
+    php artisan migrate --database=mysql --force
+    chown -R www-data storage public/uploads bootstrap/cache
     exec apache2-foreground
 fi
diff --git a/dev/docs/development.md b/dev/docs/development.md
index 3c7a6e9d2..0324140f8 100644
--- a/dev/docs/development.md
+++ b/dev/docs/development.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ If all the conditions are met, you can proceed with the following steps:
 
 1. **Copy `.env.example` to `.env`**, change `APP_KEY` to a random 32 char string and set `APP_ENV` to `local`.
 2. Make sure **port 8080 is unused** *or else* change `DEV_PORT` to a free port on your host.
-3. **Run `chgrp -R docker storage`**. The development container will chown the `storage` directory to the `www-data` user inside the container so BookStack can write to it. You need to change the group to your host's `docker` group here to not lose access to the `storage` directory.
+3. **Run `chgrp -R docker storage`**. The development container will chown the `storage`, `public/uploads` and `bootstrap/cache` directories to the `www-data` user inside the container so BookStack can write to it. You need to change the group to your host's `docker` group here to not lose access to the `storage` directory.
 4. **Run `docker-compose up`** and wait until the image is built and all database migrations have been done.
 5. You can now login with `admin@admin.com` and `password` as password on `localhost:8080` (or another port if specified).