diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index bd5dd15a..0e7e96f2 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ COPY ${PACKAGE} /
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
-       wget rsyslog openssl sysstat php8.1-cli php8.1-cgi php8.1-mysql php8.1-fpm php8.1-zip php8.1-ldap \
+       wget openssl sysstat php8.1-cli php8.1-cgi php8.1-mysql php8.1-fpm php8.1-zip php8.1-ldap \
        php8.1-gd php8.1-curl php8.1-xml php8.1-memcached catdoc unrtf poppler-utils nginx tnef sudo libzip4 \
        libtre5 cron libmariadb-dev mariadb-client-core-10.6 python3 python3-mysqldb ca-certificates curl && \
     wget https://repo.manticoresearch.com/manticore-repo.noarch.deb && \
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y manticore manticore-columnar-lib && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-    sed -i 's/mail.[iwe].*//' /etc/rsyslog.conf && \
     sed -i '/session    required     pam_loginuid.so/c\#session    required     pam_loginuid.so' /etc/pam.d/cron && \
     dpkg -i ${PACKAGE} && \
     touch /etc/piler/MANTICORE && \
diff --git a/docker/build.sh b/docker/build.sh
index 9fd28ff6..58066e71 100755
--- a/docker/build.sh
+++ b/docker/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
-IMAGE_NAME="sutoj/piler:1.3.12"
+IMAGE_NAME="sutoj/piler:1.4.4"
 
 if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then echo "ERROR: missing package name" 1>&2; exit 1; fi
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index 0ff91680..61b57784 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ services:
     command: -m 64
 
   piler:
-    image: sutoj/piler:1.4.2
+    image: sutoj/piler:1.4.4
     container_name: piler
     init: true
     environment:
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ services:
       - piler_etc:/etc/piler
       - piler_var_store:/var/piler/store
       - piler_var_manticore:/var/piler/manticore
+      - /dev/log:/dev/log
     healthcheck:
       test: curl -s smtp://localhost/
       interval: "60s"
diff --git a/docker/start.sh b/docker/start.sh
index cc7cb73c..e20b2faf 100755
--- a/docker/start.sh
+++ b/docker/start.sh
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ create_my_cnf_files() {
 
 
 start_services() {
-   rsyslogd
    service cron start
    service php8.1-fpm start
    service nginx start