diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c4294d9..2708391 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM alpine:3 AS build-env
-
+FROM alpine:3 AS build-env
 RUN apk add --update --no-cache \
   automake \
   autoconf \
@@ -14,11 +13,10 @@ RUN apk add --update --no-cache \
   libtool \
   linux-headers \
   make \
+  vim \
   wget
-
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG BUILDARCH
-
 RUN LIBDIR=/lib; \
     if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "arm64" ]; then \
       ARCH=aarch64; \
@@ -35,20 +33,17 @@ RUN LIBDIR=/lib; \
         mkdir -p $LIBDIR; \
       fi; \
     fi;
-
 # Build minimal busybox
 WORKDIR /
-# busybox v1.34.1 stable
 RUN git clone -b 1_34_1 --single-branch https://git.busybox.net/busybox
 WORKDIR /busybox
-ADD busybox.min.config .config
+COPY busybox.min.config .config
 RUN if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "arm64" ] && [ "${BUILDARCH}" != "arm64" ]; then \
       export CC=aarch64-linux-musl-gcc; \
     elif [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "amd64" ] && [ "${BUILDARCH}" != "amd64" ]; then \
       export CC=x86_64-linux-musl-gcc; \
     fi; \
     make
-
 # Static jq
 WORKDIR /
 RUN git clone --recursive -b jq-1.6 --single-branch https://github.com/stedolan/jq.git
@@ -60,7 +55,6 @@ RUN autoreconf -fi;\
 FROM boxboat/config-merge:0.2.1 as config-merge
 
 FROM alpine:3
-
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
   curl \
   lz4 \
@@ -69,7 +63,49 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
   rsync \
   tar \
   wget \
-  zstd-dev
+  zstd-dev \
+  python3 \
+  py3-pip \
+  tmux \
+  vim \
+  python3-dev \
+  sudo
+
+# Create operator user and group, and set up sudo
+RUN addgroup -g 1000 operator && \
+    adduser -D -u 1000 -G operator operator && \
+    echo "operator ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/operator && \
+    chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/operator
+
+# Install gcloud
+RUN apk add --no-cache python3 curl bash && \
+    curl -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-cli-453.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && \
+    tar -xf google-cloud-cli-453.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && \
+    ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --quiet --path-update=true --usage-reporting=false --additional-components beta gsutil && \
+    rm -f google-cloud-cli-453.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && \
+    ln -s /google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud /usr/local/bin/gcloud && \
+    ln -s /google-cloud-sdk/bin/gsutil /usr/local/bin/gsutil && \
+    chown -R operator:operator /google-cloud-sdk
+
+# Create and activate a virtual environment
+RUN python3 -m venv /opt/venv && \
+    chown -R operator:operator /opt/venv && \
+    chmod -R 755 /opt/venv/bin  # Ensure executables are runnable
+
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:/google-cloud-sdk/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Install gsutil and fix permissions
+USER operator
+RUN /opt/venv/bin/pip3 install --upgrade pip && \
+    /opt/venv/bin/pip3 install gsutil google-cloud-storage
+
+# Make sure all files in venv are owned by operator
+USER root
+RUN chown -R operator:operator /opt/venv && \
+    chmod -R 755 /opt/venv/bin
+
+# Switch back to operator for the remaining operations
+USER operator
 
 # Install busybox
 COPY --from=build-env /busybox/busybox /busybox/busybox
@@ -82,11 +118,10 @@ COPY --from=config-merge /usr/local/config-merge /usr/local/config-merge
 COPY --from=config-merge /usr/local/bin/config-merge /usr/local/bin/config-merge
 COPY --from=config-merge /usr/local/bin/envsubst /usr/local/bin/envsubst
 
-# Add dasel.
-# The dasel repository does not post checksums of the published binaries,
-# so use hardcoded binaries in order to avoid potential supply chain attacks.
-# Note, dasel does publish docker images, but only for amd64,
-# so we cannot copy the binary out like we do for config-merge.
+# Switch to root for dasel installation
+USER root
+
+# Add dasel
 RUN if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then \
       ARCH=arm64 DASELSUM="8e1f95b5f361f68ed8376d5a9593ae4249e28153a05b26f1f99f9466efeac5c9  /usr/local/bin/dasel"; \
     else \
@@ -95,3 +130,12 @@ RUN if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then \
     wget -O /usr/local/bin/dasel https://github.com/TomWright/dasel/releases/download/v1.26.0/dasel_linux_$ARCH && \
       sha256sum -c <(echo "$DASELSUM") && \
       chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dasel
+
+# Set ownership of working directory and home directory
+RUN mkdir -p /app && chown operator:operator /app && \
+    mkdir -p /home/operator && chown -R operator:operator /home/operator
+
+# Switch to operator user at the end
+USER operator
+WORKDIR /app
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh"]