diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2608f1e..ad55491 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ARG PRINCE_VERSION=15.1
 ARG SAXON_VERSION=SaxonHE11-5
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=22.04
+ARG VEROVIO_VERSION=3.15.0
 ARG XERCES_VERSION=25.1.0.1
 ARG DEB_FILE=prince_${PRINCE_VERSION}-1_ubuntu${UBUNTU_VERSION}_${TARGETARCH}.deb
 
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ ENV ANT_VERSION=1.10.13
 
 ENV ANT_HOME=/opt/apache-ant-${ANT_VERSION}
 ENV PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin
-ENV NODE_ENV=production
 
 USER root
 
@@ -31,14 +31,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     wget -O - https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/api/gpg/key/public | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/adoptium.asc && \
     echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/adoptium.asc] https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb $(awk -F= '/^VERSION_CODENAME/{print$2}' /etc/os-release) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/adoptium.list
 # install packages
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-utils temurin-${JAVA_VERSION}-jdk curl unzip git libc6 aptitude libaom-dev gdebi fonts-stix && \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-utils temurin-${JAVA_VERSION}-jdk curl unzip git build-essential python3-pip python3-dev swig libc6 aptitude libaom-dev gdebi fonts-stix && \
     # install prince
     curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -O https://www.princexml.com/download/${DEB_FILE} && \
     gdebi --non-interactive ./${DEB_FILE} && \
-    # install nodejs
-    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x -o nodesource_setup.sh && \
-    bash nodesource_setup.sh && \
-    apt install nodejs && \
     # link ca-certificates
     ln -sf /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /usr/lib/prince/etc/curl-ca-bundle.crt
 
@@ -56,10 +52,10 @@ ADD https://www.oxygenxml.com/maven/com/oxygenxml/oxygen-patched-xerces/${XERCES
 # cleanup
 RUN apt-get purge -y aptitude apt-utils gdebi curl unzip wget apt-transport-https && \
     apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get clean && \
-    rm ${DEB_FILE} nodesource_setup.sh && \
+    rm ${DEB_FILE} && \
     rm -r /tmp
 
-# setup node app for rendering MEI files to SVG using Verovio Toolkit
+# setup verovio via python
 WORKDIR /opt/docker-mei
-COPY ["index.js", "package.json", "package-lock.json*", "./"]
-RUN npm install --production
+RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    python3 -m pip install verovio==${VEROVIO_VERSION}
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