diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1128e08..3e8e069 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,18 +10,17 @@ LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DA
 LABEL maintainer="thespad"
 
 # environment settings
-ARG UNIFI_BRANCH="stable"
-ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+ARG UNIFI_BRANCH="stable" \
+DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
 
 RUN \
   echo "**** install packages ****" && \
   apt-get update && \
-  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    binutils \
+  apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
     jsvc \
-    libcap2 \
     logrotate \
-    openjdk-17-jre-headless && \
+    openjdk-17-jre-headless \
+    unzip && \
   echo "**** install unifi ****" && \
   if [ -z ${UNIFI_VERSION+x} ]; then \
     UNIFI_VERSION=$(curl -sX GET http://dl.ui.com/unifi/debian/dists/${UNIFI_BRANCH}/ubiquiti/binary-amd64/Packages \
@@ -31,9 +30,10 @@ RUN \
   fi && \
   mkdir -p /app && \
   curl -o \
-  /tmp/unifi.deb -L \
-    "https://dl.ui.com/unifi/${UNIFI_VERSION}/unifi_sysvinit_all.deb" && \
-  dpkg -i --ignore-depends=mongodb-org-server /tmp/unifi.deb && \
+  /tmp/unifi.zip -L \
+    "https://dl.ui.com/unifi/${UNIFI_VERSION}/UniFi.unix.zip" && \
+  unzip /tmp/unifi.zip -d /usr/lib && \
+  mv /usr/lib/UniFi /usr/lib/unifi && \
   echo "**** cleanup ****" && \
   apt-get clean && \
   rm -rf \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/Dockerfile.aarch64
index d88768d..93d023b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -10,18 +10,17 @@ LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DA
 LABEL maintainer="thespad"
 
 # environment settings
-ARG UNIFI_BRANCH="stable"
-ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+ARG UNIFI_BRANCH="stable" \
+DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
 
 RUN \
   echo "**** install packages ****" && \
   apt-get update && \
-  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    binutils \
+  apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
     jsvc \
-    libcap2 \
     logrotate \
-    openjdk-17-jre-headless && \
+    openjdk-17-jre-headless \
+    unzip && \
   echo "**** install unifi ****" && \
   if [ -z ${UNIFI_VERSION+x} ]; then \
     UNIFI_VERSION=$(curl -sX GET http://dl.ui.com/unifi/debian/dists/${UNIFI_BRANCH}/ubiquiti/binary-amd64/Packages \
@@ -31,9 +30,10 @@ RUN \
   fi && \
   mkdir -p /app && \
   curl -o \
-  /tmp/unifi.deb -L \
-    "https://dl.ui.com/unifi/${UNIFI_VERSION}/unifi_sysvinit_all.deb" && \
-  dpkg -i --ignore-depends=mongodb-org-server /tmp/unifi.deb && \
+  /tmp/unifi.zip -L \
+    "https://dl.ui.com/unifi/${UNIFI_VERSION}/UniFi.unix.zip" && \
+  unzip /tmp/unifi.zip -d /usr/lib && \
+  mv /usr/lib/UniFi /usr/lib/unifi && \
   echo "**** cleanup ****" && \
   apt-get clean && \
   rm -rf \
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index b710f62..3faa40b 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -123,5 +123,6 @@ app_setup_block: |
 
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - { date: "04.03.24:", desc: "Install from zip package instead of deb." }
   - { date: "17.10.23:", desc: "Add environment variables for TLS and authSource to support Atlas and new MongoDB versions." }
   - { date: "05.09.23:", desc: "Initial release." }
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-unifi-network-application-config/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-unifi-network-application-config/run
index 0aca9a7..fd28c3c 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-unifi-network-application-config/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-unifi-network-application-config/run
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 # create our folders
 mkdir -p \
+    /run/unifi/work/ROOT \
     /config/{data,logs}
 
 # create symlinks for config
@@ -19,6 +20,13 @@ for i in "${symlinks[@]}"; do
     fi
 done
 
+if [[ -L "/usr/lib/unifi/run" && ! "/usr/lib/unifi/run" -ef "/run/unifi"  ]]; then
+    unlink "/usr/lib/unifi/run"
+fi
+if [[ ! -L "/usr/lib/unifi/run" ]]; then
+    ln -s "/run/unifi" "/usr/lib/unifi/run"
+fi
+
 if [[ ! -e /config/data/system.properties ]]; then
     if [[ -z "${MONGO_HOST}" ]]; then
         echo "*** No MONGO_HOST set, cannot configure database settings. ***"