diff --git a/install/mealie-install.sh b/install/mealie-install.sh
index a52c890a4..8b330fab4 100644
--- a/install/mealie-install.sh
+++ b/install/mealie-install.sh
@@ -25,27 +25,14 @@ msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
 PYTHON_VERSION="3.12" setup_uv
 POSTGRES_VERSION="16" setup_postgresql
-NODE_MODULE="yarn" NODE_VERSION="20" setup_nodejs
-
+NODE_MODULE="yarn" NODE_VERSION="24" setup_nodejs
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mealie" "mealie-recipes/mealie" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/mealie"
+PG_DB_NAME="mealie_db" PG_DB_USER="mealie_user" PG_DB_GRANT_SUPERUSER="true" setup_postgresql_db
 
-msg_info "Setup Database"
-DB_NAME=mealie_db
-DB_USER=mealie__user
-DB_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 18 | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | cut -c1-13)
-$STD sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE ROLE $DB_USER WITH LOGIN PASSWORD '$DB_PASS';"
-$STD sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE $DB_NAME WITH OWNER $DB_USER ENCODING 'UTF8' TEMPLATE template0;"
-$STD sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER ROLE $DB_USER SET client_encoding TO 'utf8';"
-$STD sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER ROLE $DB_USER SET default_transaction_isolation TO 'read committed';"
-$STD sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER ROLE $DB_USER SET timezone TO 'UTC'"
-$STD sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER $DB_USER WITH SUPERUSER;"
-{
-  echo "Mealie-Credentials"
-  echo "Mealie Database User: $DB_USER"
-  echo "Mealie Database Password: $DB_PASS"
-  echo "Mealie Database Name: $DB_NAME"
-} >>~/mealie.creds
-msg_ok "Set up Database"
+msg_info "Installing Python Dependencies with uv"
+cd /opt/mealie
+$STD uv sync --frozen --extra pgsql
+msg_ok "Installed Python Dependencies"
 
 msg_info "Building Frontend"
 export NUXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
@@ -54,33 +41,35 @@ $STD yarn install --prefer-offline --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive --product
 $STD yarn generate
 msg_ok "Built Frontend"
 
-msg_info "Copying Built Frontend into Backend Package"
-cp -r /opt/mealie/frontend/dist /opt/mealie/mealie/frontend
+msg_info "Copying Built Frontend"
+mkdir -p /opt/mealie/mealie/frontend
+cp -r /opt/mealie/frontend/dist/* /opt/mealie/mealie/frontend/
 msg_ok "Copied Frontend"
 
-msg_info "Preparing Backend (Poetry)"
-$STD uv venv /opt/mealie/.venv
-$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
-$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/pip install uv
+msg_info "Downloading NLTK Data"
+mkdir -p /nltk_data/
 cd /opt/mealie
-$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/uv pip install poetry==2.0.1
-$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry self add "poetry-plugin-export>=1.9"
-msg_ok "Prepared Poetry"
+$STD uv run python -m nltk.downloader -d /nltk_data averaged_perceptron_tagger_eng
+msg_ok "Downloaded NLTK Data"
 
 msg_info "Writing Environment File"
+SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
+mkdir -p /run/secrets
 cat <<EOF >/opt/mealie/mealie.env
-HOST=0.0.0.0
-PORT=9000
+MEALIE_HOME=/opt/mealie
+NLTK_DATA=/nltk_data
+SECRET=${SECRET}
+
 DB_ENGINE=postgres
 POSTGRES_SERVER=localhost
 POSTGRES_PORT=5432
-POSTGRES_USER=${DB_USER}
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASS}
-POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME}
-NLTK_DATA=/nltk_data
+POSTGRES_USER=${PG_DB_USER}
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${PG_DB_PASS}
+POSTGRES_DB=${PG_DB_NAME}
+
 PRODUCTION=true
-STATIC_FILES=/opt/mealie/frontend/dist
+HOST=0.0.0.0
+PORT=9000
 EOF
 msg_ok "Wrote Environment File"
 
@@ -90,60 +79,32 @@ cat <<'EOF' >/opt/mealie/start.sh
 set -a
 source /opt/mealie/mealie.env
 set +a
-exec /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/mealie
+exec uv run mealie
 EOF
 chmod +x /opt/mealie/start.sh
 msg_ok "Created Start Script"
 
-msg_info "Building Mealie Backend Wheel"
-cd /opt/mealie
-$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry build --output dist
-MEALIE_VERSION=$(/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry version --short)
-$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry export --only=main --extras=pgsql --output=dist/requirements.txt
-echo "mealie[pgsql]==$MEALIE_VERSION \\" >>dist/requirements.txt
-/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry run pip hash dist/mealie-$MEALIE_VERSION*.whl | tail -n1 | tr -d '\n' >>dist/requirements.txt
-echo " \\" >>dist/requirements.txt
-/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry run pip hash dist/mealie-$MEALIE_VERSION*.tar.gz | tail -n1 >>dist/requirements.txt
-msg_ok "Built Wheel + Requirements"
-
-msg_info "Installing Mealie via uv"
-cd /opt/mealie
-$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/uv pip install --require-hashes -r /opt/mealie/dist/requirements.txt --find-links dist
-msg_ok "Installed Mealie"
-
-msg_info "Downloading NLTK Data"
-mkdir -p /nltk_data/
-$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/python -m nltk.downloader -d /nltk_data averaged_perceptron_tagger_eng
-msg_ok "Downloaded NLTK Data"
-
-msg_info "Set Symbolic Links for Mealie"
-ln -sf /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/mealie /usr/local/bin/mealie
-ln -sf /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry /usr/local/bin/poetry
-msg_ok "Set Symbolic Links"
-
 msg_info "Creating Systemd Service"
-cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/mealie.service
+cat <<'EOF' >/etc/systemd/system/mealie.service
 [Unit]
-Description=Mealie Backend Server
+Description=Mealie Recipe Manager
 After=network.target postgresql.service
+Wants=postgresql.service
 
 [Service]
+Type=simple
 User=root
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/mealie
 ExecStart=/opt/mealie/start.sh
-Restart=always
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 EOF
 systemctl enable -q --now mealie
-msg_ok "Created Service"
+msg_ok "Created and Started Service"
 
 motd_ssh
 customize
-
-msg_info "Cleaning up"
-$STD apt -y autoremove
-$STD apt -y autoclean
-$STD apt -y clean
-msg_ok "Cleaned"
+cleanup_lxc