diff --git a/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.rocky8 b/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.rocky8
index 4081954b..eecf4a6a 100644
--- a/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.rocky8
+++ b/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.rocky8
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ FROM rockylinux/rockylinux:latest
 RUN dnf install -y epel-release
 
 # for mysql access, include php-mysqli and perl-DBD-MYSQL
-RUN dnf install -y \
+RUN dnf install -y --enablerepo=powertools \
 	subversion subversion-perl \
 	httpd php php-gd php-pdo php-ldap \
 	perl-Digest-SHA perl-Config-Simple \
-	perl-DBD-SQLite perl-LDAP perl-Mail-Sendmail \
+	perl-DBD-SQLite perl-LDAP perl-Mail-Sendmail perl-Switch \
 	mod_dav_svn mod_perl diffutils sqlite
 
 RUN dnf install -y php-devel subversion-devel perl-devel make 
diff --git a/codepot/docker/build-rocky8.sh b/codepot/docker/build-rocky8.sh
index 67c323fd..ab15f708 100755
--- a/codepot/docker/build-rocky8.sh
+++ b/codepot/docker/build-rocky8.sh
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ echo "PerlSwitches -Mlib=/etc/codepot/perl" >> /etc/httpd/conf.d/perl.conf && \
 sed -ri -e 's|^max_execution_time[[:space:]]*=.*$|max_execution_time = 120|g' /etc/php.ini
 
 
-# mod_perl has dependency on perl-devel which i think is wrong.
+# mod_perl from the epel repo has dependency on perl-devel.
 # so i can't get perl-devel removed.
-dnf remove -y php-dev subversion-devel make && \
+dnf remove -y php-devel subversion-devel make gcc annobin && \
 dnf autoremove -y && rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*
 
 rm -rf /root/.subversion
diff --git a/codepot/etc/codepot.sqlite b/codepot/etc/codepot.sqlite
index b7cc7c32..e938cd61 100644
--- a/codepot/etc/codepot.sqlite
+++ b/codepot/etc/codepot.sqlite
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ CREATE TABLE code_review (
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX code_review_index_1 ON code_review(projectid, rev, sno);
 
 CREATE TABLE log  (
-	id         BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
+	id         INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
 	projectid  VARCHAR(32)  NOT NULL,
 	type       VARCHAR(16)  NOT NULL,
 	action     VARCHAR(16)  NOT NULL,