diff --git a/indico-prod/docker-compose.yml b/indico-prod/docker-compose.yml
index be4a63d..df23b11 100644
--- a/indico-prod/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/indico-prod/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ services:
   # The same image is also used to run celery
   indico-web: &indico-web
     build: worker
+    # privileged is ONLY needed if you want to use LaTeX builds
+    privileged: true
     command: /opt/indico/run_indico.sh
     depends_on:
       - indico-redis
diff --git a/indico-prod/worker/Dockerfile b/indico-prod/worker/Dockerfile
index 16cfbdb..64bbcc2 100644
--- a/indico-prod/worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/indico-prod/worker/Dockerfile
@@ -2,21 +2,22 @@ FROM python:3.12-trixie
 
 ENV INDICO_VIRTUALENV="/opt/indico/.venv" INDICO_CONFIG="/opt/indico/etc/indico.conf"
 
-ARG pip="${INDICO_VIRTUALENV}/bin/pip"
 ARG tag="latest"
 
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
+
 # create indico user, install apt dependencies as root and setup uwsgi etc.
 USER root
 
-RUN set -ex && \
-	groupadd -r indico && \
-	useradd -r -g indico -m -d /opt/indico indico
-
 RUN set -ex && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get -y install texlive-xetex libpq-dev postgresql-client vim less gcc gettext libldap2-dev rsync && \
+    apt-get -y install libpq-dev postgresql-client vim less gcc gettext libldap2-dev rsync podman && \
     apt-get clean
 
+RUN set -ex && \
+    groupadd -r indico && \
+    useradd -r -g indico -m -d /opt/indico --add-subids-for-system indico
+
 COPY uwsgi.ini /etc/uwsgi.ini
 WORKDIR /opt/indico
 
@@ -37,15 +38,14 @@ USER indico
 
 RUN set -ex && \
     python -m venv ${INDICO_VIRTUALENV} && \
-    ${pip} install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel && \
-    ${pip} install uwsgi
+    uv pip install uwsgi
 
 RUN if [ "$tag" = "latest" ]; then \
-    ${pip} install indico; \
+    uv pip install indico; \
 else \
-    ${pip} install indico==${tag}; \
+    uv pip install indico==${tag}; \
 fi;
-RUN ${pip} install indico-plugins
+RUN uv pip install indico-plugins
 
 RUN ${INDICO_VIRTUALENV}/bin/indico setup create-symlinks /opt/indico
 
diff --git a/indico-prod/worker/run_celery.sh b/indico-prod/worker/run_celery.sh
index 26838f9..022234b 100644
--- a/indico-prod/worker/run_celery.sh
+++ b/indico-prod/worker/run_celery.sh
@@ -12,5 +12,13 @@ until [ $? -eq 0 ]; do
     check_db_ready
 done
 
+# Check if latex is used and pull container image
+if cat /opt/indico/etc/indico.conf | grep XELATEX_PATH | grep podman && [ "${1:-worker}" == "worker" ]; then
+    echo 'LaTeX using podman is enabled, pulling container image'
+    indico maint pull-latex-image
+else
+    echo 'No need to pull container image'
+fi
+
 echo 'Starting Celery...'
 indico celery ${1:-worker}
diff --git a/indico-prod/worker/run_indico.sh b/indico-prod/worker/run_indico.sh
index b09e597..f97ec99 100644
--- a/indico-prod/worker/run_indico.sh
+++ b/indico-prod/worker/run_indico.sh
@@ -24,5 +24,14 @@ if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
     indico db prepare
 fi
 
+# Check if latex is used and pull container image
+echo 'Checking latex config'
+if cat /opt/indico/etc/indico.conf | grep XELATEX_PATH | grep podman; then
+    echo 'LaTeX using podman is enabled, pulling container image'
+    indico maint pull-latex-image
+else
+    echo 'No need to pull container image'
+fi
+
 echo 'Starting Indico...'
 uwsgi /etc/uwsgi.ini