diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ad62595..1e189ee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-FROM phusion/baseimage:0.9.15
+FROM phusion/baseimage:0.11
+
+RUN ls /
 
 # Ensure UTF-8
 RUN locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
@@ -13,22 +15,28 @@ CMD ["/sbin/my_init"]
 
 # Nginx-PHP Installation
 RUN apt-get update
-RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -y vim curl wget build-essential python-software-properties
-RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php5
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -y vim curl wget build-essential software-properties-common
+RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
 RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:nginx/stable
 RUN apt-get update
-RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -y --force-yes php5-cli php5-fpm php5-mysql php5-pgsql php5-sqlite php5-curl\
-		       php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-intl php5-imap php5-tidy
 
-RUN sed -i "s/;date.timezone =.*/date.timezone = UTC/" /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
-RUN sed -i "s/;date.timezone =.*/date.timezone = UTC/" /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -y php7.3-cli php7.3-fpm php7.3-mysql php7.3-curl\
+		       php7.3-gd php7.3-intl php7.3-imap php7.3-tidy php7.3-memcache \
+					 php7.3-redis php7.3-mbstring php7.3-dom
+
+RUN phpenmod mcrypt
 
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -y nginx
 
 RUN echo "daemon off;" >> /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-RUN sed -i -e "s/;daemonize\s*=\s*yes/daemonize = no/g" /etc/php5/fpm/php-fpm.conf
-RUN sed -i "s/;cgi.fix_pathinfo=1/cgi.fix_pathinfo=0/" /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
- 
+RUN mkdir /run/php
+
+RUN sed -i "/;clear_env = .*/c\clear_env = no" /etc/php/7.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf \
+    && sed -i "/;catch_workers_output = .*/c\catch_workers_output = yes" /etc/php/7.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf \
+    && sed -i "/pid = .*/c\;pid = /run/php/php7.3-fpm.pid" /etc/php/7.3/fpm/php-fpm.conf \
+    && sed -i "/;daemonize = .*/c\daemonize = no" /etc/php/7.3/fpm/php-fpm.conf \
+    && sed -i "/session\.cache_limiter = .*/c\session.cache_limiter = " /etc/php/7.3/fpm/php.ini
+
 RUN mkdir -p        /var/www
 ADD build/default   /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
 RUN mkdir           /etc/service/nginx
diff --git a/build/default b/build/default
index d86e728..8bf2e79 100644
--- a/build/default
+++ b/build/default
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ server {
 
     error_page 404 /index.php;
 
-    # pass the PHP scripts to php5-fpm
+    # pass the PHP scripts to php7-fpm
     # Note: \.php$ is susceptible to file upload attacks
     # Consider using: "location ~ ^/(index|app|app_dev|config)\.php(/|$) {"
     location ~ \.php$ {
         fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
-        # With php5-fpm:
-        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
+        # With php7-fpm:
+        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
         fastcgi_index index.php;
         include fastcgi_params;
         include fastcgi.conf;
diff --git a/build/phpfpm.sh b/build/phpfpm.sh
index bb5d63d..eb98ed3 100755
--- a/build/phpfpm.sh
+++ b/build/phpfpm.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-php5-fpm -c /etc/php5/fpm
+php-fpm7.3