diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 92ff2e6..5c66b34 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-FROM ubuntu:18.04
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
 
 LABEL maintainer="Specify Collections Consortium <github.com/specify>"
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
         ghostscript \
         imagemagick \
-        python3.6 \
-        python3-venv \
+        python3.12 \
+        python3.12-venv \
         && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN groupadd -g 999 specify && \
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ WORKDIR /home/specify
 
 COPY --chown=specify:specify requirements.txt .
 
-RUN python3.6 -m venv ve && ve/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+RUN python3.12 -m venv ve && ve/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY --chown=specify:specify *.py views ./
 
@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@ RUN echo \
         "\nDEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG_MODE', 'false').lower() == 'true'" \
         >> settings.py
 
-EXPOSE 8080
-CMD ve/bin/python server.py
+CMD ["ve/bin/python", "server.py"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..913f65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+services: 
+  asset-server:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    build:
+      context: ./.
+    init: true
+    volumes:
+      - "attachments:/home/specify/attachments"
+      # If you need to use the settings.py file, uncomment the following line.
+      # On container start-up, this bind mount will overwrite the changes made
+      # to the settings file during the Build process (e.g., parsing and 
+      # "applying" the environment variables)
+      # - './settings.py:/home/specify/settings.py'
+    environment:
+      - SERVER_NAME=host.docker.internal
+      - SERVER_PORT=8080
+      - ATTACHMENT_KEY=test_attachment_key
+      - DEBUG_MODE=true
+    ports:
+    # Instead of exposing the host machine's port, you can add this container
+    # to an existing Docker network (e.g., one that the Specify 7 instance is 
+    # on)
+    # See:
+    # https://docs.docker.com/compose/how-tos/networking/#use-an-existing-network
+      - "8080:8080"
+
+volumes:
+  attachments:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5e0c9a9..0c2083e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-ExifRead==2.3.1
-Paste==3.4.4
-sh==1.14.0
-Bottle>=0.12.23,<0.13
+ExifRead==3.5.1
+Paste==3.10.1
+sh==2.2.2
+Bottle>=0.12.23,<=0.13
+boto3>=1.26.0,<2.0
+boto3-stubs>=1.26.0,<2.0
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index b906f66..e112024 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                 except TokenException as e:
                     response.content_type = 'text/plain; charset=utf-8'
                     response.status = 403
-                    return e
+                    return response
             return func(*args, **kwargs)
 
         return wrapper