diff --git a/DEPLOY.md b/DEPLOY.md
index 5708d24..3f026c4 100644
--- a/DEPLOY.md
+++ b/DEPLOY.md
@@ -70,13 +70,14 @@ starts, and passes its health check, before the old one stops:
 ```
 
 The image already has a health check. Only if you want to change its timing, set **Health
-Check** (times are in nanoseconds). The image has no `curl`, so the check uses Node:
+Check** (times are in nanoseconds). The image is distroless, with no shell or `curl`, so the check
+runs Node directly:
 
 ```json
 {
   "Test": [
     "CMD",
-    "node",
+    "/nodejs/bin/node",
     "-e",
     "fetch('http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/health').then((r) => process.exit(r.ok ? 0 : 1), () => process.exit(1))"
   ],
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c4bf779..141c902 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,49 +1,25 @@
-# Hexlode: one container serving the Nitro build. See DEPLOY.md for running it on Dokploy.
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-# The build output is plain JavaScript and WebAssembly, so it is built once on the build machine's
-# own platform and shared by every image platform.
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM node:24.17.0-slim AS build
 WORKDIR /app
-ENV HUSKY=0 \
-    PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD=1 \
-    SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION=1
+ENV HUSKY=0 PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD=1 SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION=1
 RUN corepack enable
 COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml pnpm-workspace.yaml ./
 RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 COPY . .
-# Optional fallbacks. The server reads these from its environment at runtime, which wins.
-ARG VITE_POSTHOG_KEY=""
-ARG VITE_POSTHOG_HOST=""
-ARG VITE_SENTRY_DSN=""
-ENV VITE_POSTHOG_KEY=$VITE_POSTHOG_KEY \
-    VITE_POSTHOG_HOST=$VITE_POSTHOG_HOST \
-    VITE_SENTRY_DSN=$VITE_SENTRY_DSN
-RUN pnpm build && chmod -R a+rX .output \
-    && node -p "require('@sentry/tanstackstart-react/package.json').version" > .output/sentry-version
+RUN pnpm build && chmod -R a+rX .output
+# Nitro leaves Sentry out of the server bundle, so install it on its own at the locked version.
+RUN SENTRY=$(node -p "require('@sentry/tanstackstart-react/package.json').version") \
+    && npm install --prefix /runtime --omit=dev --omit=optional --ignore-scripts \
+      --no-package-lock --no-audit --no-fund "@sentry/tanstackstart-react@$SENTRY"
 
-FROM node:24.17.0-slim AS runtime
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/nodejs24-debian13:nonroot
 WORKDIR /app
 ARG HEXLODE_VERSION=dev
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="Hexlode" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.description="Image pipelines that run in your browser" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/pixelactstudio/hexlode" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0"
-ENV NODE_ENV=production \
-    HOST=0.0.0.0 \
-    PORT=3000 \
-    HEXLODE_VERSION=$HEXLODE_VERSION
-# The server keeps Sentry outside its bundle, so it is installed next to it, at the version the
-# lockfile pins.
-COPY --from=build /app/.output/sentry-version /tmp/sentry-version
-RUN npm install --omit=dev --no-save --no-audit --no-fund \
-      "@sentry/tanstackstart-react@$(cat /tmp/sentry-version)" \
-    && npm cache clean --force \
-    && rm /tmp/sentry-version
-COPY --from=build --chown=1000:1000 /app/.output ./.output
-# The node image's unprivileged user.
-USER 1000:1000
+ENV NODE_ENV=production HOST=0.0.0.0 PORT=3000 HEXLODE_VERSION=$HEXLODE_VERSION
+COPY --from=build /runtime/node_modules ./node_modules
+COPY --from=build /app/.output ./.output
 EXPOSE 3000
-# Dokploy's zero-downtime updates wait for this before moving traffic to a new container.
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=15s --timeout=5s --start-period=20s --retries=3 \
-    CMD ["node", "-e", "fetch('http://127.0.0.1:' + (process.env.PORT || 3000) + '/api/health').then((r) => process.exit(r.ok ? 0 : 1), () => process.exit(1))"]
-CMD ["node", "--import", "./.output/server/instrument.server.mjs", ".output/server/index.mjs"]
+  CMD ["/nodejs/bin/node", "-e", "fetch('http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/health').then(r => process.exit(r.ok ? 0 : 1), () => process.exit(1))"]
+CMD ["--import", "./.output/server/instrument.server.mjs", ".output/server/index.mjs"]