diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e6b8226..5d47d34 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ FROM openjdk:8-slim
 
 WORKDIR /mc_server
 COPY ./server .
-WORKDIR /mc_data
 
+RUN groupadd -r minecraft && useradd --no-log-init -r -g minecraft minecraft
+USER minecraft
+WORKDIR /mc_data
 # Copy files only if they don't yet exist (server.jar, server.properties, etc) and start the server
-CMD for file in $(ls /mc_server); do if test ! -s $file; then echo "copying $file" && cp -r /mc_server/$file .; fi; done && java -Xmx"$MAX_RAM"G -Xms"$MIN_RAM"G -jar server.jar nogui
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+CMD for file in $(ls /mc_server); do if test ! -s $file; then echo "copying $file" && cp -r /mc_server/$file .; fi; done && \
+java -server -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalPacing -XX:ParallelGCThreads="$THREADS" -XX:+AggressiveOpts -Xmx"$MAX_RAM"G -Xms"$MIN_RAM"G -jar server.jar nogui
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 9aaec43..b4a5698 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   mc:
     build: .
-    image: ducoterra/minecraft_1.15.1:0.0.5
+    image: ducoterra/minecraft_1.15.1:0.0.8
     ports:
       - 25565:25565
     volumes:
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ services:
     restart: always
     environment: 
       - MAX_RAM=2
-      - MIN_RAM=1
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+      - MIN_RAM=1
+      - THREADS=2
+    user: minecraft
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diff --git a/k8s/deploy.yaml b/k8s/deploy.yaml
index 2e223ff..0a6eb88 100644
--- a/k8s/deploy.yaml
+++ b/k8s/deploy.yaml
@@ -13,27 +13,29 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: minecraft-1-15-1
-        image: ducoterra/minecraft_1.15.1:0.0.4
+        image: ducoterra/minecraft_1.15.1:0.0.8
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 25565
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /mc_data
+          name: data
+        tty: true
+        stdin: true
+        env:
+        - name: MAX_RAM
+          value: "2"
+        - name: MIN_RAM
+          value: "1"
+        - name: THREADS
+          value: "4"
         resources:
           requests:
             memory: 1Mi
             cpu: 1m
           limits:
-            memory: "8Gi"
-            cpu: "4"
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 25565
-        volumeMounts:
-          - mountPath: /mc_data
-            name: data
-        tty: true
-        stdin: true
-        env:
-          - name: MAX_RAM
-            value: "8"
-          - name: MIN_RAM
-            value: "1"
+            memory: "2Gi"
+            cpu: "2"
       volumes:
-        - name: data
-          persistentVolumeClaim:
-            claimName: minecraft-1-15-1
+      - name: data
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: minecraft-1-15-1
diff --git a/k8s/service.yaml b/k8s/service.yaml
index 385417d..ab418bf 100644
--- a/k8s/service.yaml
+++ b/k8s/service.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ spec:
   ports:
   - port: 25565
     targetPort: 25565
-  type: LoadBalancer
+  type: NodePort
+  externalIPs:
+    - 3.14.1.101