diff --git a/radicale/build/Dockerfile b/radicale/build/Dockerfile
index 4ebd74c..d1dfa17 100644
--- a/radicale/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/radicale/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
-FROM debian:jessie
+FROM alpine:3.15
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip --no-install-recommends && \
-    apt-get clean && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apk add radicale
 
-RUN pip3 install --upgrade radicale
-
-## XXXvlab: TO REMOVE, Ugh, git is needed only to install radicale_auth_ldap
-## XXXvlab: This should be installed only if we link to ldap
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y git --no-install-recommends && \
-    cd /tmp && git clone https://github.com/marcoh00/radicale-auth-ldap && \
-    cd radicale-auth-ldap && python3 setup.py install && \
-    cd .. && rm -rf radicale-auth-ldap && \
-    apt-get clean && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-
-ENTRYPOINT [ "radicale" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "radicale", "--storage-filesystem-folder=/var/lib/radicale/collections" ]
diff --git a/radicale/build/README b/radicale/build/README
deleted file mode 100644
index c687132..0000000
--- a/radicale/build/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-To use nix for building this image:
-
-nix-build .
-
-it'll give a file "result" that you can load in docker:
-
-docker load < result
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/radicale/build/default.nix b/radicale/build/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 320f219..0000000
--- a/radicale/build/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
-
-with pkgs;
-let
-  # entrypoint = writeScript "entrypoint.sh" ''
-  #   #!${stdenv.shell}
-  #   set -e
-  #   exec "$@"
-  # '';
-in
-dockerTools.buildImage {
-  name = "radicale";
-  runAsRoot = ''
-    #!${stdenv.shell}
-    ${dockerTools.shadowSetup}
-  '';
-
-  contents = [ radicale ];
-
-  config = {
-    # Cmd = [ "radicale" ];
-    Entrypoint = [ "radicale" ];
-    ExposedPorts = {
-      "6379/tcp" = {};
-    };
-    WorkingDir = "/data";
-  };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/radicale/hooks/init b/radicale/hooks/init
index d024dee..52c33f1 100755
--- a/radicale/hooks/init
+++ b/radicale/hooks/init
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ set -u
 
 service_def=$(get_compose_service_def "$SERVICE_NAME")
 
-CONF="$SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE/etc/radicale/config"
+CONFIG_PATH="/etc/radicale/config"
+HOST_CONFIG_PATH="$SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE$CONFIG_PATH"
 
 config=$(echo "$service_def" | shyaml get-value options.config 2>/dev/null) || {
     die "Missing ${WHITE}config${NORMAL} option."
 }
 
-file_put "$CONF" <<EOF
+mkdir -p "${HOST_CONFIG_PATH%/*}"
+file_put "$HOST_CONFIG_PATH" <<EOF || exit 1
 $config
 
 [server]
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ EOF
 init-config-add "\
 $SERVICE_NAME:
   environment:
-    RADICALE_CONFIG: \"$CONF\"
+    RADICALE_CONFIG: \"$CONFIG_PATH\"
 "