diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1c08deb..5f355d5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
-FROM lsiobase/alpine:3.7
-
-# set version label
-ARG BUILD_DATE
-ARG VERSION
-LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
-LABEL maintainer="saarg"
+FROM lsiobase/alpine:3.8 as buildstage
+############## build stage ##############
 
 # package versions
 ARG ARGTABLE_VER="2.13"
-ARG TZ="Europe/Oslo"
 ARG XMLTV_VER="0.5.69"
 
 # environment settings
+ARG TZ="Europe/Oslo"
 ENV HOME="/config"
 
 # copy patches
@@ -22,7 +17,10 @@ RUN \
  apk add --no-cache --virtual=build-dependencies \
 	autoconf \
 	automake \
+	bsd-compat-headers \
+	bzip2 \
 	cmake \
+	curl \
 	ffmpeg-dev \
 	file \
 	findutils \
@@ -30,6 +28,8 @@ RUN \
 	gcc \
 	gettext-dev \
 	git \
+	gzip \
+	libcurl \
 	libdvbcsa-dev \
 	libgcrypt-dev \
 	libhdhomerun-dev \
@@ -38,23 +38,194 @@ RUN \
 	libvpx-dev \
 	libxml2-dev \
 	libxslt-dev \
+	linux-headers \
 	make \
 	openssl-dev \
 	opus-dev \
 	patch \
 	pcre2-dev \
+	perl-archive-zip \
+	perl-boolean \
+	perl-capture-tiny \
+	perl-cgi \
+	perl-compress-raw-zlib \
+	perl-data-dumper \
+	perl-date-manip \
+	perl-datetime \
+	perl-datetime-format-strptime \
+	perl-datetime-timezone \
+	perl-dbd-sqlite \
+	perl-dbi \
 	perl-dev \
-	pngquant \
+	perl-digest-sha1 \
+	perl-doc \
+	perl-file-slurp \
+	perl-file-temp \
+	perl-file-which \
+	perl-getopt-long \
+	perl-html-parser \
+	perl-html-tree \
+	perl-http-cookies \
+	perl-io \
+	perl-io-compress \
+	perl-io-html \
+	perl-io-socket-ssl \
+	perl-io-stringy \
+	perl-json \
+	perl-libwww \
+	perl-lingua-en-numbers-ordinate \
+	perl-lingua-preferred \
+	perl-list-moreutils \
+	perl-module-build \
+	perl-module-pluggable \
+	perl-net-ssleay \
+	perl-parse-recdescent \
+	perl-path-class \
+	perl-scalar-list-utils \
+	perl-term-progressbar \
+	perl-term-readkey \
+	perl-test-exception \
+	perl-test-requires \
+	perl-timedate \
+	perl-try-tiny \
+	perl-unicode-string \
+	perl-xml-libxml \
+	perl-xml-libxslt \
+	perl-xml-parser \
+	perl-xml-sax \
+	perl-xml-treepp \
+	perl-xml-twig \
+	perl-xml-writer \
 	pkgconf \
+	pngquant \
+	python \
 	sdl-dev \
+	tar \
 	uriparser-dev \
 	wget \
 	x264-dev \
 	x265-dev \
 	zlib-dev && \
- apk add --no-cache --virtual=build-dependencies \
+ apk add --no-cache \
 	--repository http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing \
-	gnu-libiconv-dev && \
+	gnu-libiconv-dev
+
+RUN \
+ echo "**** remove musl iconv.h and replace with gnu-iconv.h ****" && \
+ rm -rf /usr/include/iconv.h && \
+ cp /usr/include/gnu-libiconv/iconv.h /usr/include/iconv.h
+
+RUN \
+ echo "**** install perl modules for xmltv ****" && \
+ curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus && \
+ cpanm --installdeps /tmp/patches
+
+RUN \
+ echo "**** compile XMLTV ****" && \
+ curl -o \
+ /tmp/xmtltv-src.tar.bz2 -L \
+	"https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmltv/files/xmltv/${XMLTV_VER}/xmltv-${XMLTV_VER}.tar.bz2" && \
+ tar xf \
+ /tmp/xmtltv-src.tar.bz2 -C \
+	/tmp --strip-components=1 && \
+ cd "/tmp/xmltv-${XMLTV_VER}" && \
+ echo "**** Perl 5.26 fixes for XMTLV ****" && \
+ sed "s/use POSIX 'tmpnam';//" -i filter/tv_to_latex && \
+ sed "s/use POSIX 'tmpnam';//" -i filter/tv_to_text && \
+ sed "s/\(lib\/set_share_dir.pl';\)/.\/\1/" -i grab/it/tv_grab_it.PL && \
+ sed "s/\(filter\/Grep.pm';\)/.\/\1/" -i filter/tv_grep.PL && \
+ sed "s/\(lib\/XMLTV.pm.in';\)/.\/\1/" -i lib/XMLTV.pm.PL && \
+ sed "s/\(lib\/Ask\/Term.pm';\)/.\/\1/" -i Makefile.PL && \
+ PERL5LIB=`pwd` && \
+ echo -e "yes" | perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr/ INSTALLDIRS=vendor && \
+ make && \
+ make test && \
+ make DESTDIR=/tmp/xmltv-build install
+
+RUN \
+ echo "**** compile tvheadend ****" && \
+ git clone https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend.git /tmp/tvheadend && \
+ cd /tmp/tvheadend && \
+ ./configure \
+	`#Encoding` \
+	--disable-ffmpeg_static \
+	--disable-libfdkaac_static \
+	--disable-libtheora_static \
+	--disable-libopus_static \
+	--disable-libvorbis_static \
+	--disable-libvpx_static \
+	--disable-libx264_static \
+	--disable-libx265_static \
+	--disable-libfdkaac \
+	--enable-libopus \
+	--enable-libvorbis \
+	--enable-libvpx \
+	--enable-libx264 \
+	--enable-libx265 \
+	\
+	`#Options` \
+	--disable-avahi \
+	--disable-dbus_1 \
+	--disable-bintray_cache \
+	--disable-hdhomerun_static \
+	--enable-hdhomerun_client \
+	--enable-libav \
+	--enable-pngquant \
+	--enable-trace \
+	--enable-vaapi \
+	--infodir=/usr/share/info \
+	--localstatedir=/var \
+	--mandir=/usr/share/man \
+	--prefix=/usr \
+	--sysconfdir=/config && \
+ make && \
+ make DESTDIR=/tmp/tvheadend-build install
+
+RUN \
+ echo "**** compile argtable2 ****" && \
+ ARGTABLE_VER1="${ARGTABLE_VER//./-}" && \
+ mkdir -p \
+	/tmp/argtable && \
+ curl -o \
+ /tmp/argtable-src.tar.gz -L \
+	"https://sourceforge.net/projects/argtable/files/argtable/argtable-${ARGTABLE_VER}/argtable${ARGTABLE_VER1}.tar.gz" && \
+ tar xf \
+ /tmp/argtable-src.tar.gz -C \
+	/tmp/argtable --strip-components=1 && \
+ cp /tmp/patches/config.* /tmp/argtable && \
+ cd /tmp/argtable && \
+ ./configure \
+	--prefix=/usr && \
+ make && \
+ make check && \
+ make DESTDIR=/tmp/argtable-build install && \
+ echo "**** copy to /usr for comskip dependency ****" && \
+ cp -pr /tmp/argtable-build/usr/* /usr/
+
+RUN \
+ echo "***** compile comskip ****" && \
+ git clone git://github.com/erikkaashoek/Comskip /tmp/comskip && \
+ cd /tmp/comskip && \
+ ./autogen.sh && \
+ ./configure \
+	--bindir=/usr/bin \
+	--sysconfdir=/config/comskip && \
+ make && \
+ make DESTDIR=/tmp/comskip-build install
+
+############## runtime stage ##############
+FROM lsiobase/alpine:3.8
+
+# set version label
+ARG BUILD_DATE
+ARG VERSION
+LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
+LABEL maintainer="saarg"
+
+# environment settings
+ENV HOME="/config"
+
+RUN \
  echo "**** install runtime packages ****" && \
  apk add --no-cache \
 	bsd-compat-headers \
@@ -138,104 +309,15 @@ RUN \
 	zlib && \
  apk add --no-cache \
 	--repository http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing \
-	gnu-libiconv && \
- echo "**** install perl modules for xmltv ****" && \
- curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus && \
- cpanm --installdeps /tmp/patches && \
- echo "**** remove musl iconv.h and replace with gnu-iconv.h ****" && \
- rm -rf /usr/include/iconv.h && \
- cp /usr/include/gnu-libiconv/iconv.h /usr/include/iconv.h && \
- echo "**** build tvheadend ****" && \
- git clone https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend.git /tmp/tvheadend && \
- cd /tmp/tvheadend && \
- ./configure \
-	`#Encoding` \
-	--disable-ffmpeg_static \
-	--disable-libfdkaac_static \
-	--disable-libtheora_static \
-	--disable-libopus_static \
-	--disable-libvorbis_static \
-	--disable-libvpx_static \
-	--disable-libx264_static \
-	--disable-libx265_static \
-	--disable-libfdkaac \
-	--enable-libopus \
-	--enable-libvorbis \
-	--enable-libvpx \
-	--enable-libx264 \
-	--enable-libx265 \
-	\
-	`#Options` \
-	--disable-avahi \
-	--disable-dbus_1 \
-	--disable-bintray_cache \
-	--disable-hdhomerun_static \
-	--enable-hdhomerun_client \
-	--enable-libav \
-	--enable-pngquant \
-	--enable-trace \
-	--enable-vaapi \
-	--infodir=/usr/share/info \
-	--localstatedir=/var \
-	--mandir=/usr/share/man \
-	--prefix=/usr \
-	--sysconfdir=/config && \
- make && \
- make install && \
- echo "**** build XMLTV ****" && \
- curl -o \
- /tmp/xmtltv-src.tar.bz2 -L \
-	"https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmltv/files/xmltv/${XMLTV_VER}/xmltv-${XMLTV_VER}.tar.bz2" && \
- tar xf \
- /tmp/xmtltv-src.tar.bz2 -C \
-	/tmp --strip-components=1 && \
- cd "/tmp/xmltv-${XMLTV_VER}" && \
- echo "**** Perl 5.26 fixes for XMTLV ****" && \
- sed "s/use POSIX 'tmpnam';//" -i filter/tv_to_latex && \
- sed "s/use POSIX 'tmpnam';//" -i filter/tv_to_text && \
- sed "s/\(lib\/set_share_dir.pl';\)/.\/\1/" -i grab/it/tv_grab_it.PL && \
- sed "s/\(filter\/Grep.pm';\)/.\/\1/" -i filter/tv_grep.PL && \
- sed "s/\(lib\/XMLTV.pm.in';\)/.\/\1/" -i lib/XMLTV.pm.PL && \
- sed "s/\(lib\/Ask\/Term.pm';\)/.\/\1/" -i Makefile.PL && \
- PERL5LIB=`pwd` && \
- echo -e "yes" | perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr/ INSTALLDIRS=vendor && \
- make && \
- make test && \
- make install && \
- echo "**** build argtable2 ****" && \
- ARGTABLE_VER1="${ARGTABLE_VER//./-}" && \
- mkdir -p \
-	/tmp/argtable && \
- curl -o \
- /tmp/argtable-src.tar.gz -L \
-	"https://sourceforge.net/projects/argtable/files/argtable/argtable-${ARGTABLE_VER}/argtable${ARGTABLE_VER1}.tar.gz" && \
- tar xf \
- /tmp/argtable-src.tar.gz -C \
-	/tmp/argtable --strip-components=1 && \
- cp /tmp/patches/config.* /tmp/argtable && \
- cd /tmp/argtable && \
- ./configure \
-	--prefix=/usr && \
- make && \
- make check && \
- make install && \
- echo "***** build comskip ****" && \
- git clone git://github.com/erikkaashoek/Comskip /tmp/comskip && \
- cd /tmp/comskip && \
- ./autogen.sh && \
- ./configure \
-	--bindir=/usr/bin \
-	--sysconfdir=/config/comskip && \
- make && \
- make install && \
- echo "***** cleanup ****" && \
- apk del --purge \
-	build-dependencies && \
- rm -rf \
-	/config/.cpanm \
-	/tmp/*
+	gnu-libiconv
 
-# copy local files
+# copy local files and buildstage artifacts
+COPY --from=buildstage /tmp/argtable-build/usr/ /usr/
+COPY --from=buildstage /tmp/comskip-build/usr/ /usr/
+COPY --from=buildstage /tmp/tvheadend-build/usr/ /usr/
+COPY --from=buildstage /tmp/xmltv-build/usr/ /usr/
+COPY --from=buildstage /usr/local/share/man/ /usr/local/share/man/
+COPY --from=buildstage /usr/local/share/perl5/ /usr/local/share/perl5/
 COPY root/ /
 
 # add picons
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 126273b..9964515 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ You need to enable minimum advanced view level to see the picons options.
 
 ## Versions
 
++ **02.09.18:** Rebase to alpine 3.8 , use buildstage type build.
 + **21.04.18:** Add JSON::XS Perl package for grab_tv_huro.
 + **24.03.18:** Add dvbcsa package.
 + **04.03.18:** Use sourceforge master rather than mirror for xmltv.
diff --git a/list b/list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66242ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/list
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+COPY --from=buildstage /tmp/comskip-build/usr/ /usr/
+COPY --from=buildstage /tmp/argtable-build/usr/ /usr/
+COPY --from=buildstage /tmp/tvheadend-build/usr/ /usr/
+COPY --from=buildstage /tmp/xmltv-build/usr/ /usr/
+COPY --from=buildstage /usr/local/share/man/ /usr/local/share/man/
+COPY --from=buildstage /usr/local/share/perl5/ /usr/local/share/perl5/