diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3b21ba087..1588311c5 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 FROM php:8-apache
 
+# use docker-php-extension-installer for automatically get the right packages installed
+ADD --chmod=0755 https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/releases/latest/download/install-php-extensions /usr/local/bin/
+
+
 # Install extensions
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    libfreetype6-dev \
-    libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
-    libpng-dev \
-    libpq-dev \
-    && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) iconv \
-    && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype=/usr/include/ --with-jpeg=/usr/include/ \
-    && docker-php-ext-configure pgsql -with-pgsql=/usr/local/pgsql \
-    && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) gd pdo pdo_mysql pdo_pgsql pgsql \
-    && rm -f /usr/src/php.tar.xz /usr/src/php.tar.xz.asc \
-    && apt-get remove -y libfreetype6-dev \
-    libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
-    libpng-dev \
-    libpq-dev \
+RUN install-php-extensions iconv gd pdo pdo_mysql pdo_pgsql pgsql
+
+RUN rm -f /usr/src/php.tar.xz /usr/src/php.tar.xz.asc \
     && apt autoremove -y \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -43,11 +36,11 @@ ENV PASSWORD=password
 ENV TELEMETRY=false
 ENV ENABLE_ID_OBFUSCATION=false
 ENV REDACT_IP_ADDRESSES=false
-ENV WEBPORT=80
+ENV WEBPORT=8080
 
 # https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/stopping.html#gracefulstop
 STOPSIGNAL SIGWINCH
 
 # Final touches
-EXPOSE 80
+EXPOSE ${WEBPORT}
 CMD ["bash", "/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine b/Dockerfile.alpine
index 0fbc59a08..89d8297cf 100755
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
 FROM php:8-alpine
-
-# Install extensions
 RUN apk add --quiet --no-cache \
     bash \
     apache2 \
-    apache2-ssl \
-    php83-apache2 \
-    php83-ctype \
-    php83-openssl \
-	 php-gd php-session php-sqlite3 \
-    php-pdo php-pgsql php83-pdo_mysql php-pdo_pgsql php-pdo_sqlite \
-    freetype-dev \
-    libjpeg-turbo-dev \
-    libpng-dev \
-    libpq-dev \
-    && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype=/usr/include/ --with-jpeg=/usr/include/ \
-    && docker-php-ext-configure pgsql -with-pgsql=/usr/local/pgsql \
-    && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) gd pdo pdo_mysql pdo_pgsql pgsql \
-    && rm -f /usr/src/php.tar.xz /usr/src/php.tar.xz.asc \
-    && apk del --quiet --no-cache \
-    freetype-dev \
-    libjpeg-turbo-dev \
-    libpng-dev \
-    libpq-dev
+    php-apache2 \
+    php-ctype \
+    php-gd \
+    php-openssl \
+    php-pdo \
+    php-pdo_mysql \
+    php-pdo_pgsql \
+    php-pdo_sqlite \
+    php-pgsql \
+    php-session \
+    php-sqlite3
+
+# use docker-php-extension-installer for automatically get the right packages installed
+ADD --chmod=0755 https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/releases/latest/download/install-php-extensions /usr/local/bin/
+
+
+
+# Install extensions
+RUN install-php-extensions iconv gd pdo pdo_mysql pdo_pgsql pgsql
 
 #RUN ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/apache2/access.log && \
 #    ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/apache2/error.log
@@ -54,11 +52,13 @@ ENV PASSWORD=password
 ENV TELEMETRY=false
 ENV ENABLE_ID_OBFUSCATION=false
 ENV REDACT_IP_ADDRESSES=false
-ENV WEBPORT=80
+ENV WEBPORT=8080
 
 # https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/stopping.html#gracefulstop
 STOPSIGNAL SIGWINCH
 
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
+
 # Final touches
-EXPOSE 80
+EXPOSE ${WEBPORT}
 CMD ["bash", "/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
index da18255fb..8bcfbe8ab 100755
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
+is_alpine() {
+  [ -f /etc/alpine-release ]
+}
+
 # Cleanup
 rm -rf /var/www/html/*
 
@@ -13,7 +17,7 @@ cp /speedtest/*.js /var/www/html/
 cp /speedtest/favicon.ico /var/www/html/
 
 # Set custom webroot on alpine
-if [ -f /etc/alpine-release ]; then
+if is_alpine; then
   sed -i "s#\"/var/www/localhost/htdocs\"#\"/var/www/html\"#g" /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
 fi
 
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ if [ "$MODE" != "backend" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Apply Telemetry settings when running in standalone or frontend mode and telemetry is enabled
-if [[ "$TELEMETRY" == "true" && ( "$MODE" == "frontend" || "$MODE" == "standalone" || "$MODE" == "dual" ) ]]; then
+if [[ "$TELEMETRY" == "true" && ("$MODE" == "frontend" || "$MODE" == "standalone" || "$MODE" == "dual") ]]; then
   cp -r /speedtest/results /var/www/html/results
 
   if [ "$MODE" == "frontend" ]; then
@@ -47,16 +51,16 @@ if [[ "$TELEMETRY" == "true" && ( "$MODE" == "frontend" || "$MODE" == "standalon
     cp /speedtest/backend/getIP_util.php /var/www/html/backend
   fi
 
-  if  [ "$DB_TYPE" == "mysql" ]; then
+  if [ "$DB_TYPE" == "mysql" ]; then
     sed -i 's/$db_type = '\''.*'\''/$db_type = '\'$DB_TYPE\''/g' /var/www/html/results/telemetry_settings.php
     sed -i 's/$MySql_username = '\''.*'\''/$MySql_username = '\'$DB_USERNAME\''/g' /var/www/html/results/telemetry_settings.php
     sed -i 's/$MySql_password = '\''.*'\''/$MySql_password = '\'$DB_PASSWORD\''/g' /var/www/html/results/telemetry_settings.php
     sed -i 's/$MySql_hostname = '\''.*'\''/$MySql_hostname = '\'$DB_HOSTNAME\''/g' /var/www/html/results/telemetry_settings.php
     sed -i 's/$MySql_databasename = '\''.*'\''/$MySql_databasename = '\'$DB_NAME\''/g' /var/www/html/results/telemetry_settings.php
-    if  [ "$DB_PORT" != "" ]; then
+    if [ "$DB_PORT" != "" ]; then
       sed -i 's/$MySql_port = '\''.*'\''/$MySql_port = '\'$DB_PORT\''/g' /var/www/html/results/telemetry_settings.php
     fi
-  elif  [ "$DB_TYPE" == "postgresql" ]; then
+  elif [ "$DB_TYPE" == "postgresql" ]; then
     sed -i 's/$db_type = '\''.*'\''/$db_type = '\'$DB_TYPE\''/g' /var/www/html/results/telemetry_settings.php
     sed -i 's/$PostgreSql_username = '\''.*'\''/$PostgreSql_username = '\'$DB_USERNAME\''/g' /var/www/html/results/telemetry_settings.php
     sed -i 's/$PostgreSql_password = '\''.*'\''/$PostgreSql_password = '\'$DB_PASSWORD\''/g' /var/www/html/results/telemetry_settings.php
@@ -78,14 +82,22 @@ if [[ "$TELEMETRY" == "true" && ( "$MODE" == "frontend" || "$MODE" == "standalon
   fi
 
   mkdir -p /database/
-  chown www-data /database/
+  if is_alpine; then
+    chown apache /database/
+  else
+    chown www-data /database/
+  fi
 fi
 
-chown -R www-data /var/www/html/*
+if is_alpine; then
+  chown -R apache /var/www/html/*
+else
+  chown -R www-data /var/www/html/*
+fi
 
 # Allow selection of Apache port for network_mode: host
 if [ "$WEBPORT" != "80" ]; then
-  if [ -f /etc/alpine-release ]; then
+  if is_alpine; then
     sed -i "s/^Listen 80\$/Listen $WEBPORT/g" /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
   else
     sed -i "s/^Listen 80\$/Listen $WEBPORT/g" /etc/apache2/ports.conf
@@ -96,7 +108,7 @@ fi
 echo "Done, Starting APACHE"
 
 # This runs apache
-if [ -f /etc/alpine-release ]; then
+if is_alpine; then
   exec httpd -DFOREGROUND
 else
   exec apache2-foreground
diff --git a/docker/test/.env b/docker/test/.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68023f010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/test/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=speedtest-test
diff --git a/docker/test/docker-compose.yml b/docker/test/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..918fe74a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/test/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+## this is a docker compose file used to test all scenarios
+## do not use it in production
+
+services:
+  ###################### POSTGRESQL ################################
+  pg:
+    image: postgres:alpine
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: Not4SecureProduction
+      POSTGRES_USER: librespeed
+    volumes:
+      # mount init script from source to create database tables
+      - ../../results/telemetry_postgresql.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/01-init.sql
+
+  speedtest-debian-pg:
+    build:
+      context: ../..
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    environment: &env_vars_pg
+      - PASSWORD=gimmeTheStats1337
+      - DB_HOSTNAME=pg
+      - DB_NAME=librespeed
+      - DB_PASSWORD=Not4SecureProduction
+      - DB_TYPE=postgresql
+      - DB_USERNAME=librespeed
+      - EMAIL=test@example.com
+      - ENABLE_ID_OBFUSCATION=true
+      - MODE=standalone
+      - REDACT_IP_ADDRESSES=true
+      - TELEMETRY=true
+    ports:
+      - 9123:8080
+
+  speedtest-alpine-pg:
+    build:
+      context: ../..
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.alpine
+    environment: *env_vars_pg
+    ports:
+      - 9124:8080
+
+  ####################### MYSQL ##############################
+
+  mysql:
+    image: mysql:lts
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: Not4SecureProduction
+      MYSQL_USER: librespeed
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: Not4SecureProduction
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: librespeed
+    volumes:
+      # mount init script from source to create database tables
+      - ../../results/telemetry_mysql.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/01-init.sql
+
+  speedtest-debian-mysql:
+    # check at http://localhost:9125/results/sanitycheck.php
+    build:
+      context: ../..
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    environment: &env_vars_mysql
+      - PASSWORD=gimmeTheStats1337
+      - DB_HOSTNAME=mysql
+      - DB_NAME=librespeed
+      - DB_PASSWORD=Not4SecureProduction
+      - DB_TYPE=mysql
+      - DB_USERNAME=librespeed
+      - EMAIL=test@example.com
+      - ENABLE_ID_OBFUSCATION=true
+      - MODE=standalone
+      - REDACT_IP_ADDRESSES=true
+      - TELEMETRY=true
+    ports:
+      - 9125:8080
+  speedtest-alpine-mysql:
+    build:
+      context: ../..
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.alpine
+    environment: *env_vars_mysql
+    ports:
+      - 9126:8080
+
+  ###### SQLITE ######
+  speedtest-debian-sqlite:
+    # check at http://localhost:9125/results/sanitycheck.php
+    build:
+      context: ../..
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    environment: &env_vars_sqlite
+      - PASSWORD=gimmeTheStats1337
+      - EMAIL=test@example.com
+      - ENABLE_ID_OBFUSCATION=true
+      - MODE=standalone
+      - REDACT_IP_ADDRESSES=true
+      - TELEMETRY=true
+    ports:
+      - 9127:8080
+
+  speedtest-alpine-sqlite:
+    build:
+      context: ../..
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.alpine
+    environment: *env_vars_sqlite
+    ports:
+      - 9128:8080