diff --git a/transcoder/Dockerfile b/transcoder/Dockerfile
index 408a252f..95f62aeb 100644
--- a/transcoder/Dockerfile
+++ b/transcoder/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,26 @@
-FROM golang:1.21-alpine as build
-RUN apk add --no-cache build-base ffmpeg ffmpeg-dev libmediainfo-dev
+FROM golang:1.21 as build
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y \
+	ffmpeg libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libmediainfo-dev \
+	&& apt-get autoremove -y
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
 RUN go mod download
 COPY . .
 RUN go build -o ./transcoder
 
-FROM alpine
-RUN apk add --no-cache build-base ffmpeg libmediainfo-dev
+# debian is required for nvidia hardware acceleration
+FROM debian:12-slim
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y ffmpeg libmediainfo-dev \
+	&& apt-get autoremove -y
+
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /app/transcoder /app/transcoder
 
+# flags for nvidia acceleration on docker < 25.0
+ENV NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="all"
+ENV NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES="all"
+
 EXPOSE 7666
 CMD ./transcoder
diff --git a/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev b/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev
index 000fcd8d..843877ce 100644
--- a/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-FROM golang:1.21-alpine
-RUN apk add --no-cache build-base ffmpeg ffmpeg-dev libmediainfo-dev
+FROM golang:1.21
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y \
+	ffmpeg libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libmediainfo-dev \
+	&& apt-get autoremove -y
 RUN go install github.com/bokwoon95/wgo@latest
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# flags for nvidia acceleration on docker < 25.0
+ENV NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="all"
+ENV NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES="all"
+
 EXPOSE 7666
 CMD wgo run .