diff --git a/ct/mealie.sh b/ct/mealie.sh
index 161f3e1a1..d39c99a52 100644
--- a/ct/mealie.sh
+++ b/ct/mealie.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ source <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxV
 
 APP="Mealie"
 var_tags="${var_tags:-recipes}"
-var_cpu="${var_cpu:-2}"
-var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
+var_cpu="${var_cpu:-5}"
+var_ram="${var_ram:-4096}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-10}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
@@ -51,21 +51,22 @@ function update_script() {
     cp -r /opt/mealie/frontend/dist /opt/mealie/mealie/frontend
     msg_ok "Frontend rebuilt"
 
-    msg_info "Rebuilding Backend Environment"
+    msg_info "Updating Python dependencies"
     cd /opt/mealie
-    $STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry self add "poetry-plugin-export>=1.9"
-    MEALIE_VERSION=$(/opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry version --short)
-    $STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry build --output dist
-    $STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry export --only=main --extras=pgsql --output=dist/requirements.txt
-    echo "mealie[pgsql]==$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 "Backend prepared"
+    $STD uv sync --frozen
+    msg_ok "Python dependencies updated"
 
-    msg_info "Finalize Installation"
-    $STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/uv pip install --require-hashes -r /opt/mealie/dist/requirements.txt --find-links dist
-    msg_ok "Mealie installed"
+    msg_info "Recreating Start Script"
+    cat <<'EOF' >/opt/mealie/start.sh
+#!/bin/bash
+set -a
+source /opt/mealie/mealie.env
+set +a
+cd /opt/mealie
+exec uv run mealie
+EOF
+    chmod +x /opt/mealie/start.sh
+    msg_ok "Start Script recreated"
 
     msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
     mv -f /opt/mealie/mealie.env.bak /opt/mealie/mealie.env
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_info "Starting Service"
     systemctl start mealie
     msg_ok "Started Service"
-    msg_ok "Update Successful"
+    msg_ok "Updated successfully"
   fi
   exit
 }
diff --git a/install/mealie-install.sh b/install/mealie-install.sh
index a52c890a4..52a479ceb 100644
--- a/install/mealie-install.sh
+++ b/install/mealie-install.sh
@@ -29,23 +29,12 @@ NODE_MODULE="yarn" NODE_VERSION="20" setup_nodejs
 
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mealie" "mealie-recipes/mealie" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/mealie"
 
-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: $DB_NAME"
-} >>~/mealie.creds
-msg_ok "Set up Database"
+PG_DB_NAME="mealie_db" PG_DB_USER="mealie_user" PG_DB_GRANT_SUPERUSER="true" setup_postgresql_db
+
+msg_info "Setting up uv environment"
+cd /opt/mealie
+$STD uv sync --frozen
+msg_ok "Set up uv environment"
 
 msg_info "Building Frontend"
 export NUXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
@@ -58,15 +47,10 @@ msg_info "Copying Built Frontend into Backend Package"
 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
-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"
+msg_info "Downloading NLTK Data"
+mkdir -p /nltk_data/
+$STD python -m nltk.downloader -d /nltk_data averaged_perceptron_tagger_eng
+msg_ok "Downloaded NLTK Data"
 
 msg_info "Writing Environment File"
 cat <<EOF >/opt/mealie/mealie.env
@@ -75,9 +59,9 @@ PORT=9000
 DB_ENGINE=postgres
 POSTGRES_SERVER=localhost
 POSTGRES_PORT=5432
-POSTGRES_USER=${DB_USER}
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASS}
-POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME}
+POSTGRES_USER=${PG_DB_USER}
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${PG_DB_PASS}
+POSTGRES_DB=${PG_DB_NAME}
 NLTK_DATA=/nltk_data
 PRODUCTION=true
 STATIC_FILES=/opt/mealie/frontend/dist
@@ -90,37 +74,12 @@ cat <<'EOF' >/opt/mealie/start.sh
 set -a
 source /opt/mealie/mealie.env
 set +a
-exec /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/mealie
+cd /opt/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
 [Unit]
@@ -141,9 +100,4 @@ msg_ok "Created 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