diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 FROM tiangolo/meinheld-gunicorn-flask:python3.9
 
-RUN apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xcbcb082a1bb943db
-RUN curl -LsS https://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/mariadb_repo_setup | bash
+# Currently unusable, mariadb is not available through installer for debian 12
+# RUN apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xcbcb082a1bb943db
+# RUN curl -LsS https://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/mariadb_repo_setup | bash
 
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get upgrade -y
 RUN apt-get dist-upgrade
 
+# In the meantime, acquire the mariadb packages through apt
+RUN apt-get install -y libmariadb3 libmariadb-dev
+
 COPY ./backend/requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /app/requirements.txt