diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f8dd608..f27bd47 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM lsiobase/alpine.nginx:3.7
+FROM lsiobase/alpine.nginx:3.8
 
 # set version label
 ARG BUILD_DATE
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DA
 LABEL maintainer="sparklyballs"
 
 RUN \
- echo "**** install packages ****" && \
+ echo "**** install runtime packages ****" && \
  apk add --no-cache \
 	git \
 	php7-ctype \
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ RUN \
 	php7-gmp \
 	php7-iconv \
 	php7-intl \
-	php7-mbstring \
 	php7-mysqli \
 	php7-mysqlnd \
 	php7-pdo_mysql \
@@ -24,9 +23,7 @@ RUN \
 	php7-pdo_sqlite \
 	php7-pgsql \
 	php7-sqlite3 \
-	php7-xml \
 	php7-zip \
-	php7-zlib \
 	sqlite
 
 # copy local files
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 546caf7..a2bae2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Create a user and database in your mysql/mariadb server (not root) and then foll
 
 ## Versions
 
++ **05.09.18:** Rebase to alpine linux 3.8
 + **17.03.18:** Update nginx config to resolve api not working.
 + **08.01.18:** Rebase to alpine linux 3.7
 + **25.05.17:** Rebase to alpine linux 3.6