diff --git a/test/Dockerfile.test.php8 b/test/Dockerfile.test.php8
index 399ccfd9c..4a1da7b53 100644
--- a/test/Dockerfile.test.php8
+++ b/test/Dockerfile.test.php8
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 FROM php:8.3
 
-RUN cat /etc/os-release
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y mariadb-client libzip-dev
-
-RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql && \
-    docker-php-ext-install zip
-
-# todo install loris-mri here
 
 # Update the package list and install build-essential, checkinstall, and cmake
 RUN apt-get update && \
@@ -25,6 +18,49 @@ RUN apt-get install -y perl && \
 # Update the package list and install required packages
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y python3.11 python3.11-dev python3.11-venv python3-pip \
-    libmariadb-dev-compat \
-    libmariadb-dev \
+    apt-get install -y mariadb-client libzip-dev
+
+RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql && \
+    docker-php-ext-install zip
+
+ARG projectname=Loris-MRI
+RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash lorisadmin \
+    && mkdir -p /data/${projectname} \
+    && mkdir -p /opt/${projectname}/bin/mri \
+
+# Update packages and install necessary tools and libraries
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y \
+        python3.11 \
+        wget \
+        imagemagick \
+        python3.11-dev \
+        python3-pip \
+        default-libmysqlclient-dev \
+        virtualenv \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
+########################
+# Install MINC Toolkit #
+########################
+
+# Install MINC Toolkit dependencies
+RUN apt-get install -y libc6 libstdc++6 imagemagick perl
+
+# Download the MINC Toolkit package
+RUN wget -P /tmp http://packages.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/minc-toolkit/Debian/minc-toolkit-1.9.18-20200813-Debian_10-x86_64.deb
+
+# Install the MINC Toolkit package
+RUN dpkg -i /tmp/minc-toolkit-1.9.18-20200813-Debian_10-x86_64.deb
+
+# Run the MINC Toolkit configuration script 
+RUN . /opt/minc/1.9.18/minc-toolkit-config.sh
+
+RUN wget -P /tmp https://packages.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/minc-toolkit/Debian/minc-toolkit-testsuite-0.1.3-20131212.deb
+RUN wget -P /tmp https://packages.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/minc-toolkit/Debian/bic-mni-models-0.1.1-20120421.deb
+RUN wget -P /tmp https://packages.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/minc-toolkit/Debian/beast-library-1.1.0-20121212.deb
+RUN dpkg -i /tmp/bic-mni-models-0.1.1-20120421.deb
+RUN dpkg -i /tmp/bic-mni-models-0.1.1-20120421.deb
+RUN dpkg -i /tmp/beast-library-1.1.0-20121212.deb
+