diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05f0693..43e33bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ keys
 trivy-reports
 test/etc_indy/node*
 .vscode
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/controller/Dockerfile b/controller/Dockerfile
index 93b0597..a8f4595 100644
--- a/controller/Dockerfile
+++ b/controller/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,52 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y \
 RUN pip3 install -U \
     'pip<10.0.0' \
     'setuptools<58.0'
-RUN pip3 install python3-indy indy-node==1.12.6
+
+
+
+# get node 1.12.4 dependencies from Ubtuntu 16 + sovrin repos
+RUN \
+    add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial universe" && \
+    add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main" && \
+    add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main" && \
+    apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys CE7709D068DB5E88 && \
+    add-apt-repository "deb https://repo.sovrin.org/deb xenial stable" 
+
+    RUN apt-get update -y && \
+    apt-get install -y --allow-downgrades \
+#    libssl1.0.0 \
+#    libsodium18 \
+#    libindy-crypto=0.4.5 \
+#    python3-indy-crypto=0.4.5 \
+    indy-node=1.12.6 \
+    # node depends on plenum
+    indy-plenum=1.12.6 \
+    #plenum dependencies
+    python3-ujson=1.33-1build1 \
+    python3-prompt-toolkit=0.57-1 \
+    python3-pygments=2.2.0 \
+    python3-rlp=0.5.1 \
+    python3-sha3=0.2.1 \
+    python3-leveldb=0~svn68-2build4 \
+    python3-sortedcontainers=1.5.7 \
+    python3-pip=9.0.1-2 \
+    python3-portalocker=0.5.7 \
+    python3-libnacl=1.6.1 \
+    python3-six=1.11.0 \
+    python3-intervaltree=2.1.0 \
+    python3-msgpack=0.4.6-1build1 \
+    python3-rocksdb=0.6.9 \
+    python3-dateutil=2.6.1 \
+    # meta dependencies of those python packages
+    python3-setuptools=38.5.2 \
+    python-pip-whl=9.0.1-2 \
+    # plenum in particular depends on python 3.5
+    python3=3.5.1-3 \
+    python3-minimal=3.5.1-3 \
+    libpython3-stdlib=3.5.1-3 \
+    dh-python=2.20151103ubuntu1.2 \
+    #
+    && apt-get autoremove -y
 
 
 # https://podman.io/getting-started/installation#installing-on-linux