diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d7defb6..6a44169 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
-FROM debian:jessie
+FROM debian:stretch
 
 ADD scripts/build.sh /build.sh
 ADD scripts/run.sh /run.sh
 
 RUN chmod +x /run.sh /build.sh && sync && sleep 1 && /build.sh
 
+RUN touch /etc/netdata/.opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics
+
 WORKDIR /
 
-ENV NETDATA_PORT=19999 SSMTP_TLS=YES SSMTP_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com SSMTP_PORT=587 SSMTP_HOSTNAME=localhost
+ENV NETDATA_PORT=19999 SMTP_TLS=on SMTP_STARTTLS=on SMTP_SERVER=smtp.example.com SMTP_PORT=587 SMTP_FROM=localhost
 
+# supposedly it now respects this
 ENV DO_NOT_TRACK=1
 
 EXPOSE $NETDATA_PORT
 
+VOLUME /etc/netdata/override
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/run.sh"]
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 53463b1..347f37c 100644
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -2,22 +2,20 @@
 set -e
 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-# some mirrors have issues, i skipped httpredir in favor of an eu mirror
-
-echo "deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ jessie main" > /etc/apt/sources.list
-echo "deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security jessie/updates main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+# belt and suspenders
+export DO_NOT_TRACK=1
 
 # install dependencies for build
-
 apt-get -qq update
-apt-get -y install zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libmnl-dev gcc make curl git autoconf autogen automake pkg-config netcat-openbsd jq
-apt-get -y install autoconf-archive lm-sensors nodejs python python-mysqldb python-yaml
-apt-get -y install ssmtp mailutils apcupsd
+apt-get -y install zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libmnl-dev gcc make curl git autoconf autogen automake pkg-config netcat-openbsd jq libuv1-dev liblz4-dev libjudy-dev libssl-dev
+apt-get -y install autoconf-archive lm-sensors nodejs python python-mysqldb python-yaml libjudydebian1 libuv1 liblz4-1 openssl
+apt-get -y install msmtp msmtp-mta apcupsd fping
 
 # fetch netdata
 
 git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git /netdata.git
 cd /netdata.git
+# v1.19.0 release:
 git checkout 5000257f0171271cb3ee2cf0fe02e8a2154ddf2e
 
 # use the provided installer
@@ -26,23 +24,18 @@ git checkout 5000257f0171271cb3ee2cf0fe02e8a2154ddf2e
 
 touch /etc/netdata/.opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics
 
-# removed hack on 2017/1/3
-#chown root:root /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin
-#chmod 4755 /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin
 
 # remove build dependencies
-
 cd /
 rm -rf /netdata.git
 
-dpkg -P zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libmnl-dev gcc make git autoconf autogen automake pkg-config
+dpkg -P zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libmnl-dev gcc make git autoconf autogen automake pkg-config libuv1-dev liblz4-dev libjudy-dev libssl-dev
 apt-get -y autoremove
 apt-get clean
 rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
 
 # symlink access log and error log to stdout/stderr
-
 ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/netdata/access.log
 ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/netdata/debug.log
 ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/netdata/error.log
diff --git a/scripts/run.sh b/scripts/run.sh
index 7b1394c..6915c5a 100644
--- a/scripts/run.sh
+++ b/scripts/run.sh
@@ -4,34 +4,41 @@
 chown root:root /usr/share/netdata/web/ -R
 echo -n "" > /usr/share/netdata/web/version.txt
 
-# set up ssmtp
-if [[ $SSMTP_TO ]]; then
-cat << EOF > /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
-root=$SSMTP_TO
-mailhub=$SSMTP_SERVER:$SSMTP_PORT
-UseSTARTTLS=$SSMTP_TLS
-hostname=$SSMTP_HOSTNAME
-FromLineOverride=NO
+# set up msmtp
+if [[ $SMTP_TO ]]; then
+cat << EOF > /etc/msmtprc
+account default
+aliases /etc/msmtp_aliases
+from $SMTP_FROM
+host $SMTP_SERVER
+port $SMTP_PORT
+tls $SMTP_TLS
+tls_starttls $SMTP_STARTTLS
+tls_certcheck off
 EOF
 
-cat << EOF > /etc/ssmtp/revaliases
-netdata:netdata@$SSMTP_HOSTNAME:$SSMTP_SERVER:$SSMTP_PORT
-root:netdata@$SSMTP_HOSTNAME:$SSMTP_SERVER:$SSMTP_PORT
+cat << EOF > /etc/msmtp_aliases
+netdata: $SMTP_TO
+root: $SMTP_TO
 EOF
 fi
 
-if [[ $SSMTP_USER ]]; then
-cat << EOF >> /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
-AuthUser=$SSMTP_USER
+if [[ $SMTP_USER ]]; then
+cat << EOF >> /etc/msmtprc
+auth on
+user $SMTP_USER
 EOF
 fi
 
-if [[ $SSMTP_PASS ]]; then
-cat << EOF >> /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
-AuthPass=$SSMTP_PASS
+if [[ $SMTP_PASS ]]; then
+cat << EOF >> /etc/msmtprc
+password $SMTP_PASS
 EOF
 fi
 
+# copy conf from NETDATA_STOCK_CONFIG_DIR (normally under /usr/lib/netdata/conf.d) to NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR (normally under /etc/netdata)
+cp /usr/lib/netdata/conf.d/health_alarm_notify.conf /etc/netdata
+
 if [[ $SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL ]]; then
 	sed -i -e "s@SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=\"\"@SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=\"${SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL}\"@" /etc/netdata/health_alarm_notify.conf
 fi
@@ -107,4 +114,10 @@ for f in /etc/netdata/override/*; do
 done
 
 # main entrypoint
+touch /etc/netdata/python.d.conf
+
+# belt and suspenders
+export DO_NOT_TRACK=1
+touch /etc/netdata/.opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics
+
 exec /usr/sbin/netdata -D -u root -s /host -p ${NETDATA_PORT} ${NETDATA_ARGS} "$@"