diff --git a/ct/mealie.sh b/ct/mealie.sh
index 3829845d0..e89686d18 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:-5}"
-var_ram="${var_ram:-4096}"
+var_cpu="${var_cpu:-2}"
+var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-10}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
@@ -36,44 +36,55 @@ function update_script() {
     systemctl stop mealie
     msg_ok "Stopped Service"
 
-    msg_info "Backing up configuration"
-    mkdir -p /opt/mealie_bak
-    cp -f /opt/mealie/mealie.env /opt/mealie_bak/mealie.env.bak
-    cp -f /opt/mealie/start.sh /opt/mealie_bak/start.sh.bak
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp -f /opt/mealie/mealie.env /opt/mealie/mealie.env.bak
+    cp -f /opt/mealie/start.sh /opt/mealie/start.sh.bak
     msg_ok "Backup completed"
 
-    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mealie" "mealie-recipes/mealie" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/mealie"
+    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mealie" "mealie-recipes/mealie" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/mealie"
 
-    msg_info "Rebuilding Frontend"
+    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
     cd /opt/mealie/frontend
     $STD yarn install --prefer-offline --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive --production=false --network-timeout 1000000
     $STD yarn generate
+    msg_ok "Built Frontend"
+
+    msg_info "Copying Built Frontend"
+    mkdir -p /opt/mealie/mealie/frontend
     cp -r /opt/mealie/frontend/dist/* /opt/mealie/mealie/frontend/
-    msg_ok "Frontend rebuilt"
+    msg_ok "Copied Frontend"
 
-    msg_info "Updating Python Dependencies"
+    msg_info "Updating NLTK Data"
+    mkdir -p /nltk_data/
     cd /opt/mealie
-    $STD uv sync --frozen --extra pgsql
-    msg_ok "Dependencies updated"
+    $STD uv run python -m nltk.downloader -d /nltk_data averaged_perceptron_tagger_eng
+    msg_ok "Updated NLTK Data"
 
-    msg_info "Restoring configuration"
-    grep -q "^SECRET=" /opt/mealie_bak/mealie.env.bak || echo "SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)" >>/opt/mealie_bak/mealie.env.bak
-    grep -q "^MEALIE_HOME=" /opt/mealie_bak/mealie.env.bak || echo "MEALIE_HOME=/opt/mealie" >>/opt/mealie_bak/mealie.env.bak
-    grep -q "^NLTK_DATA=" /opt/mealie_bak/mealie.env.bak || echo "NLTK_DATA=/nltk_data" >>/opt/mealie_bak/mealie.env.bak
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    mv -f /opt/mealie/mealie.env.bak /opt/mealie/mealie.env
 
-    mv -f /opt/mealie_bak/mealie.env.bak /opt/mealie/mealie.env
-    mv -f /opt/mealie_bak/start.sh.bak /opt/mealie/start.sh
+    # Update start.sh to use uv run instead of direct venv path
+    cat <<'STARTEOF' >/opt/mealie/start.sh
+#!/bin/bash
+set -a
+source /opt/mealie/mealie.env
+set +a
+exec uv run mealie
+STARTEOF
     chmod +x /opt/mealie/start.sh
-    sed -i 's|exec .*|source /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/activate\nexec uv run mealie|' /opt/mealie/start.sh
     msg_ok "Configuration restored"
 
     msg_info "Starting Service"
     systemctl start mealie
     msg_ok "Started Service"
-    msg_ok "Updated successfully"
+    msg_ok "Update Successful"
   fi
-
   exit
 }