diff --git a/.copier-template/.docker/docker.app.env.jinja b/.copier-template/.docker/docker.app.env.jinja
index 50573f0..2e7b026 100644
--- a/.copier-template/.docker/docker.app.env.jinja
+++ b/.copier-template/.docker/docker.app.env.jinja
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ APP_USER_EMAIL=${USER_EMAIL:-"`{{ email }}`"}                       # The email
 
 APP_SOURCE_REPO=${`{{ docker_name_prefix }}`_SOURCE_REPO:-"`{{ app_source_repo }}`"}       # The GitHub repository name of the project
 APP_SOURCE_BRANCH=${`{{ docker_name_prefix }}`_SOURCE_BRANCH:-"`{{ app_source_branch }}`"} # The branch of the project to clone
-APP_INSTALL_ROOT=${`{{ docker_name_prefix }}`_INSTALL_ROOT:-"`{{ app_install_root }}`"}    # The directory in the container where the project will be installed or cloned
-APP_CLONE_DIRNAME=${`{{ docker_name_prefix }}`_CLONE_DIRNAME:-"`{{ app_clone_dirname }}`"} # The directory name for the cloned project
 
 #######################################################################################
 # Please do not make any changes below this line if you don't know what you are doing #
diff --git a/.copier-template/.docker/docker.common.env.jinja b/.copier-template/.docker/docker.common.env.jinja
index 5e8d4de..706dcfd 100644
--- a/.copier-template/.docker/docker.common.env.jinja
+++ b/.copier-template/.docker/docker.common.env.jinja
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+#########################################################
+# Configuration parameters for the docker project       #
+# Change the variables below to your need:              #
+#########################################################
+APP_INSTALL_ROOT=${`{{ docker_name_prefix }}`_INSTALL_ROOT:-"`{{ app_install_root }}`"}    # The directory in the container where the project will be installed or cloned
+APP_CLONE_DIRNAME=${`{{ docker_name_prefix }}`_CLONE_DIRNAME:-"`{{ app_clone_dirname }}`"} # The directory name for the cloned project
+APP_SRC_DIR=${APP_INSTALL_ROOT}/${APP_CLONE_DIRNAME}
+APP_VIRTUAL_ENV=${APP_INSTALL_ROOT}/.venvs/${APP_CLONE_DIRNAME}
+APP_WORKSPACE_ROOT=${APP_INSTALL_ROOT}/workspace
+
 #######################################################################################
 # Host machine environment variables                                                  #
 #######################################################################################
diff --git a/.copier-template/.docker/scripts/requirements-base.txt b/.copier-template/.docker/scripts/{% if install_pip_requirements -%}requirements-base.txt{% endif %}
similarity index 100%
rename from .copier-template/.docker/scripts/requirements-base.txt
rename to .copier-template/.docker/scripts/{% if install_pip_requirements -%}requirements-base.txt{% endif %}
diff --git a/.copier-template/.docker/scripts/requirements.txt b/.copier-template/.docker/scripts/{% if install_pip_requirements -%}requirements.txt{% endif %}
similarity index 100%
rename from .copier-template/.docker/scripts/requirements.txt
rename to .copier-template/.docker/scripts/{% if install_pip_requirements -%}requirements.txt{% endif %}
diff --git a/.copier-template/.docker/{% if build_images_from_dockerfile %}Dockerfile.app{% endif %}.jinja b/.copier-template/.docker/{% if build_images_from_dockerfile %}Dockerfile.app{% endif %}.jinja
index f6cbf3c..440e27a 100644
--- a/.copier-template/.docker/{% if build_images_from_dockerfile %}Dockerfile.app{% endif %}.jinja	
+++ b/.copier-template/.docker/{% if build_images_from_dockerfile %}Dockerfile.app{% endif %}.jinja	
@@ -12,8 +12,47 @@ ENV USER_UID $ARG_USER_UID
 ENV USER_GID $ARG_USER_GID
 ENV WORKSPACE_ROOT $ARG_WORKSPACE_ROOT
 
+# Sets up the workspace for the user
+RUN if [ ! -d $WORKSPACE_ROOT/projects ]; then mkdir -p $WORKSPACE_ROOT/projects; fi
+
+# Sets the working directory to workspace root
+WORKDIR $WORKSPACE_ROOT
+{% if copy_scripts_dir -%}
+# Copies scripts from host into the image
+COPY ./.docker/scripts/ ./scripts/
+{%- endif %}
+{% if install_pip_requirements -%}
+# Installs Python dependencies listed in requirements.txt
+RUN if [ -f ./scripts/requirements.txt ]; then `{{ pip_command }}` install -r ./scripts/requirements.txt; fi
+{%- endif %}
+
+# Setting ARGs and ENVs for Stable-Diffusion-WebUI GitHub repository
+ARG ARG_APP_SOURCE_REPO="`{{ app_source_repo }}`"
+ARG ARG_APP_INSTALL_ROOT="`{{ app_install_root }}`"
+ARG ARG_APP_CLONE_DIRNAME="`{{ app_clone_dirname }}`"
+ARG ARG_APP_SOURCE_BRANCH="`{{ app_source_branch }}`"
+ARG ARG_APP_SERVICE_NAME="`{{ app_service_name }}`"
+ENV APP_SOURCE_REPO $ARG_APP_SOURCE_REPO
+ENV APP_INSTALL_ROOT $ARG_APP_INSTALL_ROOT
+ENV APP_CLONE_DIRNAME $ARG_APP_CLONE_DIRNAME
+ENV APP_SOURCE_BRANCH $ARG_APP_SOURCE_BRANCH
+ENV APP_SERVICE_NAME $ARG_APP_SERVICE_NAME
+ENV APP_SRC_DIR=${APP_INSTALL_ROOT}/${APP_CLONE_DIRNAME}
+ENV APP_VIRTUAL_ENV=${APP_INSTALL_ROOT}/.venvs/${APP_CLONE_DIRNAME}
+ENV APP_WORKSPACE_ROOT=${APP_INSTALL_ROOT}/workspace
+
+{% if clone_source_code and app_source_repo -%}
+# Clones the app repository from GitHub
+RUN git clone --branch $APP_SOURCE_BRANCH https://github.com/${ARG_APP_SOURCE_REPO}.git ${APP_SRC_DIR} &&\
+    cd ${APP_SRC_DIR} &&\
+    git checkout $APP_SOURCE_BRANCH
+{%- endif %}
+
+RUN chown -R $USERNAME:$USERNAME $WORKSPACE_ROOT
+RUN chown -R $USERNAME:$USERNAME $APP_INSTALL_ROOT
+
+{% if install_dotfiles -%}
 # Creates a non-root user with sudo privileges
-USER root
 # check if user exists and if not, create user
 RUN if id -u $USERNAME >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
     echo "User exists"; \
@@ -29,20 +68,7 @@ RUN if id -u $USERNAME >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 
 # Switches to the newly created user
 USER $USERNAME
-# Sets up the workspace for the user
-RUN sudo rm -rf $WORKSPACE_ROOT && sudo mkdir -p $WORKSPACE_ROOT/projects
-RUN sudo chown -R $USERNAME:$USERNAME $WORKSPACE_ROOT
 
-# Adds .local/bin to PATH
-ENV PATH="/home/$USERNAME/.local/bin:${PATH}"
-# Sets Python environment variables
-ENV PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 100
-ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
-# Sets the time zone within the container
-ENV TZ="`{{ docker_timezone }}`"
-
-{% if install_dotfiles -%}
 # Install dotfiles
 ARG ARG_USER_FULLNAME
 ARG ARG_USER_EMAIL
@@ -71,28 +97,5 @@ RUN if [ -d "/home/$USERNAME/.dotfiles" ]; then \
     fi
 {%- endif %}
 
-# Sets the working directory to workspace root
-WORKDIR $WORKSPACE_ROOT
-{% if copy_scripts_dir -%}
-# Copies scripts from host into the image
-COPY ./.docker/scripts/ ./scripts/
-{%- endif %}
-{% if install_pip_requirements -%}
-# Installs Python dependencies listed in requirements.txt
-RUN `{{ pip_command }}` install -r ./scripts/requirements.txt
-{%- endif %}
-
-# Setting ARGs and ENVs for Stable-Diffusion-WebUI GitHub repository
-ARG ARG_APP_SOURCE_REPO="`{{ app_source_repo }}`"
-ARG ARG_APP_INSTALL_ROOT="`{{ app_install_root }}`"
-ARG ARG_APP_CLONE_DIRNAME="`{{ app_clone_dirname }}`"
-ARG ARG_APP_SOURCE_BRANCH="`{{ app_source_branch }}`"
-ARG ARG_APP_SERVICE_NAME="`{{ app_service_name }}`"
-ENV APP_SOURCE_REPO $ARG_APP_SOURCE_REPO
-ENV APP_INSTALL_ROOT $ARG_APP_INSTALL_ROOT
-ENV APP_CLONE_DIRNAME $ARG_APP_CLONE_DIRNAME
-ENV APP_SOURCE_BRANCH $ARG_APP_SOURCE_BRANCH
-ENV APP_SERVICE_NAME $ARG_APP_SERVICE_NAME
-
 # Specifies the command that will be executed when the container is run
 CMD ["bash"]
diff --git a/.copier-template/.docker/{% if build_images_from_dockerfile %}Dockerfile.base{% endif %}.jinja b/.copier-template/.docker/{% if build_images_from_dockerfile %}Dockerfile.base{% endif %}.jinja
index 4fc1970..7c6dcb5 100644
--- a/.copier-template/.docker/{% if build_images_from_dockerfile %}Dockerfile.base{% endif %}.jinja	
+++ b/.copier-template/.docker/{% if build_images_from_dockerfile %}Dockerfile.base{% endif %}.jinja	
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ RUN sudo rm -rf $WORKSPACE_ROOT && sudo mkdir -p $WORKSPACE_ROOT
 RUN sudo chown -R $USERNAME:$USERNAME $WORKSPACE_ROOT
 RUN sh -c "$(wget -qO- https://dotfiles.entelecheia.ai/install)"
 
-RUN sudo chown -R $USERNAME:$USERNAME $WORKSPACE_ROOT
+USER root
 {%- endif %}
 
+RUN chown -R $USERNAME:$USERNAME $WORKSPACE_ROOT
+
 # Specifies the command that will be executed when the container is run
 CMD ["bash"]
diff --git a/tmp/.copier-docker-config.yaml b/tmp/.copier-docker-config.yaml
index 06a27b3..e8c84a5 100644
--- a/tmp/.copier-docker-config.yaml
+++ b/tmp/.copier-docker-config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier; do NOT edit manually
-_commit: v0.22.1-7-gc101bef
+_commit: v0.22.1-10-g60d98aa
 _src_path: .
 app_clone_dirname: entelecheia/entelecheia
 app_install_root: /workspace/projects
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ app_service_name: app
 app_source_branch: main
 app_source_repo: entelecheia/entelecheia
 author: Young Joon Lee
-build_images_from_dockerfile: false
+build_images_from_dockerfile: true
 clone_source_code: true
 container_workspace_root: /workspace
 copy_scripts_dir: true
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ enable_nvidia_gpu: true
 friendly_name: Hyperfast Docker Template
 github_repo_name: hyperfast-docker-template
 github_username: entelecheia
-install_dotfiles: true
+install_dotfiles: false
 install_pip_requirements: true
 jupyter_host_port: 18888
 jupyter_port: 8585
diff --git a/tmp/.docker/Dockerfile.app b/tmp/.docker/Dockerfile.app
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80cd829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/.docker/Dockerfile.app
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Sets the base image for subsequent instructions
+ARG ARG_BUILD_FROM="ghcr.io/entelecheia/hyperfast-docker:latest-base"
+FROM $ARG_BUILD_FROM
+
+# Setting ARGs and ENVs for user creation and workspace setup
+ARG ARG_USERNAME="app"
+ARG ARG_USER_UID=9001
+ARG ARG_USER_GID=$ARG_USER_UID
+ARG ARG_WORKSPACE_ROOT="/workspace"
+ENV USERNAME $ARG_USERNAME
+ENV USER_UID $ARG_USER_UID
+ENV USER_GID $ARG_USER_GID
+ENV WORKSPACE_ROOT $ARG_WORKSPACE_ROOT
+
+# Creates a non-root user with sudo privileges
+USER root
+# check if user exists and if not, create user
+RUN if id -u $USERNAME >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+    echo "User exists"; \
+    else \
+    groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME && \
+    adduser --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID --force-badname --disabled-password --gecos "" $USERNAME && \
+    echo "$USERNAME:$USERNAME" | chpasswd && \
+    adduser $USERNAME sudo && \
+    echo "$USERNAME ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers && \
+    echo "$USERNAME ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME && \
+    chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME; \
+    fi
+
+# Switches to the newly created user
+USER $USERNAME
+# Sets up the workspace for the user
+RUN sudo rm -rf $WORKSPACE_ROOT && sudo mkdir -p $WORKSPACE_ROOT/projects
+RUN sudo chown -R $USERNAME:$USERNAME $WORKSPACE_ROOT
+
+# Adds .local/bin to PATH
+ENV PATH="/home/$USERNAME/.local/bin:${PATH}"
+# Sets Python environment variables
+ENV PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 100
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+# Sets the time zone within the container
+ENV TZ="Asia/Seoul"
+
+
+
+# Sets the working directory to workspace root
+WORKDIR $WORKSPACE_ROOT
+# Copies scripts from host into the image
+COPY ./.docker/scripts/ ./scripts/
+# Installs Python dependencies listed in requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install -r ./scripts/requirements.txt
+
+# Setting ARGs and ENVs for Stable-Diffusion-WebUI GitHub repository
+ARG ARG_APP_SOURCE_REPO="entelecheia/entelecheia"
+ARG ARG_APP_INSTALL_ROOT="/workspace/projects"
+ARG ARG_APP_CLONE_DIRNAME="entelecheia/entelecheia"
+ARG ARG_APP_SOURCE_BRANCH="main"
+ARG ARG_APP_SERVICE_NAME="app"
+ENV APP_SOURCE_REPO $ARG_APP_SOURCE_REPO
+ENV APP_INSTALL_ROOT $ARG_APP_INSTALL_ROOT
+ENV APP_CLONE_DIRNAME $ARG_APP_CLONE_DIRNAME
+ENV APP_SOURCE_BRANCH $ARG_APP_SOURCE_BRANCH
+ENV APP_SERVICE_NAME $ARG_APP_SERVICE_NAME
+
+# Specifies the command that will be executed when the container is run
+CMD ["bash"]
diff --git a/tmp/.docker/Dockerfile.base b/tmp/.docker/Dockerfile.base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f7324b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/.docker/Dockerfile.base
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Sets the base image for subsequent instructions
+ARG ARG_BUILD_FROM="python:3.9-slim-bookworm"
+FROM $ARG_BUILD_FROM
+
+# Sets labels for the image
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/entelecheia/hyperfast-docker-template"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="Hyperfast Docker Template is a powerful tool that leverages copier to streamline the creation of new Docker projects. It simplifies and accelerates Docker configurations, fostering a highly efficient and user-friendly development experience."
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses="MIT"
+
+# Setting this argument prevents interactive prompts during the build process
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+# Updates the image and installs necessary packages
+RUN apt-get update --fix-missing \
+    && apt-get install -y curl wget jq sudo \
+    # !! Without python3-launchpadlib, software-properties-common fails to install
+    python3-launchpadlib software-properties-common \
+    locales locales-all fontconfig fonts-nanum \
+    tzdata openssh-server \
+    # Adds PPA for the latest git version
+    && add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends git \
+    # Cleans up unnecessary packages to reduce image size
+    && apt-get autoremove -y \
+    && apt-get clean -y
+
+# Installs the latest pip and setuptools from PyPI
+RUN curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py \
+    && python3 get-pip.py \
+    && rm get-pip.py
+# Sets Python environment variables
+ENV PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 100
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# Sets the working directory to workspace root
+ARG ARG_WORKSPACE_ROOT="/workspace"
+ENV WORKSPACE_ROOT $ARG_WORKSPACE_ROOT
+# Sets up the workspace for the user
+RUN rm -rf $WORKSPACE_ROOT && mkdir -p $WORKSPACE_ROOT/projects
+WORKDIR $WORKSPACE_ROOT
+# Copies scripts from host into the image
+COPY ./.docker/scripts/ ./scripts/
+RUN if [ -f ./scripts/requirements-base.txt ]; then pip3 install -r ./scripts/requirements-base.txt; fi
+
+# Sets the time zone within the container
+ENV TZ="Asia/Seoul"
+# Sets up the locale to en_US.UTF-8
+RUN localedef -v -c -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 || true
+
+# Setting ARGs and ENVs for user creation and workspace setup
+ARG ARG_USERNAME="app"
+ARG ARG_USER_UID=9001
+ARG ARG_USER_GID=$ARG_USER_UID
+ENV USERNAME $ARG_USERNAME
+ENV USER_UID $ARG_USER_UID
+ENV USER_GID $ARG_USER_GID
+
+# Creates a non-root user with sudo privileges
+RUN groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME \
+    && adduser --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID --force-badname --disabled-password --gecos "" $USERNAME  \
+    && echo "$USERNAME:$USERNAME" | chpasswd \
+    && adduser $USERNAME sudo \
+    && echo "$USERNAME ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers \
+    && echo "$USERNAME ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME \
+    && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME
+
+
+
+
+# Specifies the command that will be executed when the container is run
+CMD ["bash"]
diff --git a/tmp/.docker/docker-compose.app.yaml b/tmp/.docker/docker-compose.app.yaml
index 54badc6..53d452f 100644
--- a/tmp/.docker/docker-compose.app.yaml
+++ b/tmp/.docker/docker-compose.app.yaml
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       # Maps directories from the host to the container
       - "$PWD/.docker/scripts:$CONTAINER_WORKSPACE_ROOT/scripts"
-      - "$WORKSPACE_ROOT:$CONTAINER_WORKSPACE_ROOT"
-      - "$HOME/.cache:/home/$USERNAME/.cache"
-      - "$HOME/.ssh:/home/$USERNAME/.ssh"
-      - "$HOME/.config/gh:/home/$USERNAME/.config/gh"
-      - "$HOME/.passage:/home/$USERNAME/.passage"
     deploy:
       resources:
         reservations:
diff --git a/tmp/.docker/docker-compose.base.yaml b/tmp/.docker/docker-compose.base.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e89ca14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/.docker/docker-compose.base.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  # Defines a service name
+  workspace:
+    build:
+      # Sets the build context to the current directory
+      context: .
+      # Specifies the Dockerfile to use for the build
+      dockerfile: .docker/Dockerfile.base
+      # Specifies build-time variables (ARGs)
+      args:
+        ARG_BUILD_FROM: $BUILD_FROM
+        ARG_USERNAME: $CONTAINER_USERNAME
+        ARG_USER_UID: $CONTAINER_USER_UID
+        ARG_USER_GID: $CONTAINER_USER_GID
+        ARG_WORKSPACE_ROOT: $CONTAINER_WORKSPACE_ROOT
+        ARG_WORKSPACE_LOCATION: $CONTAINER_WORKSPACE_LOCATION
+        ARG_SYSTEM_HOSTNAME: $CONTAINER_HOSTNAME
+    # Sets the image name for the built image
+    image: $IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG
+    # Sets the hostname of the container
+    hostname: $CONTAINER_HOSTNAME
+    command:
+      # Specifies the command to be executed when the container is run
+      - $CONTAINER_RUN_COMMAND
+    ulimits:
+      # Sets the stack size and memory lock limits
+      stack: 67108864
+      memlock: -1
+    ipc: $CONTAINER_IPC
+networks:
+  default:
+    # Sets the name of the default network and makes it external
+    name: $CONTAINER_NETWORK_NAME
+    external: true
diff --git a/tmp/.docker/docker.base.env b/tmp/.docker/docker.base.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ad00cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/.docker/docker.base.env
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#######################################################################################
+# Please do not make any changes below this line if you don't know what you are doing #
+# change the variables above to your need                                             #
+#######################################################################################
+# docker build: Configuration parameters for building the Docker image
+BASE_VARIANT=${BASE_VARIANT:-"base"}          # The variant of the Docker image.
+IMAGE_TAG="${IMAGE_VERSION}-${BASE_VARIANT}"                        # The tag of the Docker image
+IMAGE_NAME="${CONTAINER_REGISTRY}/${DOCKER_USERNAME}/${DOCKER_PROJECT_NAME}" # The full name of the Docker image
+BUILD_FROM="python:3.9-slim-bookworm"                                     # The base image for the Docker build