diff --git a/images/etherpad/Dockerfile b/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
index f91a1bf..292adfc 100644
--- a/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ FROM ${REPO_LOCATION}minideb
 
 COPY --from=builder /srv/etherpad /srv/etherpad
 COPY settings.json /srv/etherpad/
-ENV PYTHON /usr/bin/python3
 
 ENV NVM_DIR /root/.nvm
 ENV NODE_VERSION lts/erbium
@@ -40,10 +39,10 @@ RUN mkdir -p /.npm \
 	&& nvm alias default $NODE_VERSION \
 	&& nvm use default \
 	&& cd /srv/etherpad \
-	&& install_packages python3 make gcc g++ libc-dev libc++-dev \
+	&& install_packages python3 make sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev gcc g++ libc-dev libc++-dev \
 	&& ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python \
 	&& src/bin/installDeps.sh \
-	&& npm install sqlite3 \
+	&& cd src && npm install sqlite3 && cd .. \
 	&& rm -rf /srv/etherpad/.git /.npm/_cacache \
 	&& chown -R 70:70 /.npm /srv/etherpad