diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a09622b..c0060f6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 FROM scratch
 ADD archlinux.tar /
-RUN update-ca-certs
-RUN locale-gen
-RUN pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate archlinux
-RUN /usr/share/libalpm/scripts/systemd-hook sysusers
+
+# manually run all alpm hooks that can't be run inside the fakechroot
+RUN ldconfig && update-ca-trust && locale-gen && /usr/share/libalpm/scripts/systemd-hook sysusers && pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate archlinux 
+
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 CMD ["/usr/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b83b24..8e47df6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rootfs: hooks
 	mkdir -vp $(BUILDDIR)/var/lib/pacman/
 	fakechroot -- fakeroot -- pacman -Sy -r $(BUILDDIR) \
 		--noconfirm --dbpath $(PWD)/$(BUILDDIR)/var/lib/pacman \
-		--config rootfs/etc/pacman.conf \
+		--config pacman.conf \
 		--noscriptlet \
 		--hookdir $(PWD)/alpm-hooks/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/ $(shell cat packages)
 	cp --recursive --preserve=timestamps --backup --suffix=.pacnew rootfs/* $(BUILDDIR)/
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/pacman.conf b/pacman.conf
similarity index 98%
rename from rootfs/etc/pacman.conf
rename to pacman.conf
index 9f62156..4cf98ed 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/pacman.conf
+++ b/pacman.conf
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Include = rootfs/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 Include = rootfs/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
 [community]
-Include = rootfs//etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+Include = rootfs/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
 # If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
 # enable the multilib repositories as required here.