diff --git a/Dockerfile.worker b/Dockerfile.worker
index 9aff680b6..fd01e368f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.worker
+++ b/Dockerfile.worker
@@ -1,38 +1,14 @@
 FROM gw000/keras
 MAINTAINER Brian Broll <brian.broll@gmail.com>
 
-# install nodejs v6
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gnupg2 curl unzip && \
-  groupadd --gid 1000 node \
-  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node
-
-# gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-team
-RUN set -ex \
-  && for key in \
-    94AE36675C464D64BAFA68DD7434390BDBE9B9C5 \
-    FD3A5288F042B6850C66B31F09FE44734EB7990E \
-    71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1 \
-    DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D \
-    C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8 \
-    B9AE9905FFD7803F25714661B63B535A4C206CA9 \
-    56730D5401028683275BD23C23EFEFE93C4CFFFE \
-    77984A986EBC2AA786BC0F66B01FBB92821C587A \
-  ; do \
-    (gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys "$key" \
-     || gpg --keyserver keyserver.pgp.com --recv-keys "$key" \
-     || gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys "$key") \
-  done
-
-ENV NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL info
-ENV NODE_VERSION 8.9.0
-
-RUN curl -SLO "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-x64.tar.xz" \
-  && curl -SLO "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
-  && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
-  && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-x64.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
-  && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-x64.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 \
-  && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-x64.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
-  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs
+# Install the python dependencies
+RUN pip install dill pillow matplotlib simplejson
+
+# install nodejs v8
+RUN apt-get update -yq \
+    && apt-get install curl gnupg -yq \
+    && curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash \
+    && apt-get install nodejs -yq
 
 # install deepforge
 RUN echo '{"allow_root": true}' > /root/.bowerrc && mkdir -p /root/.config/configstore/ && \
@@ -47,6 +23,7 @@ RUN npm install --production
 RUN ln -s /deepforge/bin/deepforge /usr/local/bin
 
 # configure the worker
+RUN apt-get install -y unzip
 RUN deepforge config blob.dir /data/blob && \
     deepforge config mongo.dir /data/db && \
     deepforge config worker.cache.useBlob false && \