diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2f1f5822..5496d4b2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
-FROM debian:12-slim AS downloader
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM alpine AS downloader_start
 ARG VERSION
-
+ARG TARGETARCH
 WORKDIR /tmp/download
+RUN apk update && apk add unzip wget --no-cache
 
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install unzip -y
-
+FROM downloader_start AS downloader_amd64
 ADD "https://github.com/kinode-dao/kinode/releases/download/${VERSION}/kinode-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip" kinode-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip
 RUN unzip kinode-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip
 
+FROM downloader_start AS downloader_arm64
+ADD "https://github.com/kinode-dao/kinode/releases/download/${VERSION}/kinode-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip" kinode-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip
+RUN unzip kinode-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip
+
+FROM downloader_${TARGETARCH} AS downloader
+
 FROM debian:12-slim
 
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install openssl -y
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install openssl -y
 
 COPY --from=downloader /tmp/download/kinode /bin/kinode
 
@@ -20,4 +24,4 @@ ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/kinode" ]
 CMD [ "/kinode-home" ]
 
 EXPOSE 8080
-EXPOSE 9000
\ No newline at end of file
+EXPOSE 9000
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c79b5e53..11464cb0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -150,7 +150,12 @@ To build a local Docker image, run the following command in this project root.
 
 ```bash
 # The `VERSION` may be replaced with the tag of a GitHub release
-docker buildx build -t 0xlynett/kinode . --build-arg VERSION=v0.9.1 --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+
+# Build for your system's architecture
+docker build . -t 0xlynett/kinode --build-arg VERSION=v0.9.1
+
+# Build a multiarch image
+docker buildx build . --platform arm64,amd64 --build-arg VERSION=v0.9.1 -t 0xlynett/kinode
 ```
 
 For example: