diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ea9345b..75049a9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.7
-#
 # Guildhall production image — Elixir/Phoenix umbrella release.
 # Multi-stage: builder produces a mix release; runtime is a slim debian
 # carrying only the OTP release + runtime libs.
@@ -8,27 +6,14 @@
 # Target registry: git.guildhouse.dev/tking/guildhall:<tag>
 
 # ---------- Stage 1: builder ---------------------------------------------
-FROM hexpm/elixir:1.17.3-erlang-27.1.2-debian-bookworm-20241202-slim AS builder
+FROM git.guildhouse.dev/guildhouse/substrate/elixir-builder:1.17.3 AS builder
 
 ENV MIX_ENV=prod \
     LANG=C.UTF-8 \
     LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
-RUN apt-get update -qq && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        build-essential \
-        git \
-        ca-certificates \
-        curl \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-RUN mix local.hex --force && \
-    mix local.rebar --force
-
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Dep resolution needs every apps/*/mix.exs in an umbrella. Copy them
-# before any source so dep-layer cache survives source-only edits.
 COPY mix.exs mix.lock ./
 COPY config/config.exs config/prod.exs config/runtime.exs config/
 COPY apps/guildhall_chronicle/mix.exs apps/guildhall_chronicle/
@@ -40,62 +25,24 @@ COPY apps/guildhall_web/mix.exs apps/guildhall_web/
 RUN mix deps.get --only prod && \
     mix deps.compile
 
-# Source — copied after dep layers so app-source changes don't bust
-# the dep cache.
 COPY apps/ apps/
 
-# Asset pipeline for guildhall_web — tailwind + esbuild + phx.digest.
-# The aliases in apps/guildhall_web/mix.exs define `assets.deploy` as
-# `tailwind guildhall_web --minify` + `esbuild guildhall_web --minify`
-# + `phx.digest`. `tailwind.install` and `esbuild.install` pull the
-# binaries on first use.
 COPY apps/guildhall_web/assets apps/guildhall_web/assets
 RUN cd apps/guildhall_web && \
     mix assets.setup && \
     mix assets.deploy
 
-# Compile the full umbrella + cut the release. Release name `guildhall`
-# is derived from the umbrella mix.exs (no explicit releases: block, so
-# it defaults to the project's apps_path-rooted umbrella name).
 RUN mix compile --warnings-as-errors && \
     mix release --overwrite
 
-# ---------- Stage 2: runtime --------------------------------------------
-FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS runtime
-
-ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
-    LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 \
-    LANGUAGE=en_US:en
-
-# Runtime deps the compiled release needs. locales for the en_US.UTF-8
-# generation; libstdc++6 for the erlang ports; libncurses6 for the
-# beam; openssl for tls; libsystemd0 for the logger integration some
-# releases use; tini as a minimal pid-1 for reapability.
-RUN apt-get update -qq && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        openssl \
-        libncurses6 \
-        libstdc++6 \
-        libsystemd0 \
-        locales \
-        ca-certificates \
-        curl \
-        tini \
-    && sed -i '/^# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/s/^# //' /etc/locale.gen \
-    && locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Non-root user. uid 1000 matches the rest of the cluster's convention.
-RUN groupadd --system --gid 1000 guildhall && \
-    useradd --system --uid 1000 --gid guildhall --shell /usr/sbin/nologin \
-        --home /app --create-home guildhall
+# ---------- Stage 2: runtime (Wolfi — golden elixir-runtime) -------------
+FROM git.guildhouse.dev/guildhouse/substrate/elixir-runtime:latest AS runtime
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Release name `guildhall` produces the release at this path.
-COPY --from=builder --chown=guildhall:guildhall /app/_build/prod/rel/guildhall /app
+COPY --from=builder --chown=substrate:substrate /app/_build/prod/rel/guildhall /app
 
-USER guildhall
+USER 1000
 
 ENV HOME=/app \
     PHX_SERVER=true \
@@ -106,5 +53,5 @@ EXPOSE 4000
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=30s --retries=3 \
     CMD curl -fsS http://localhost:4000/health || exit 1
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/tini", "--"]
 CMD ["/app/bin/guildhall", "start"]