diff --git a/workers/extract-worker/.dockerignore b/workers/extract-worker/.dockerignore
index f1c3a14..e1222e7 100644
--- a/workers/extract-worker/.dockerignore
+++ b/workers/extract-worker/.dockerignore
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 !README.md
 !uv.dist.lock
 !uv.lock
-!io-worker-deps-exclusion.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+!io-worker-deps-exclusion.txt
diff --git a/workers/extract-worker/Dockerfile b/workers/extract-worker/Dockerfile
index 5d2ec6a..39d3f50 100644
--- a/workers/extract-worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/workers/extract-worker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,32 +1,15 @@
-FROM python:3.14-slim-trixie AS extract-worker-builder
+# Slim runtime base: debian + uv + the uv-managed interpreter, but not build toolchain.
+# The venv built in the *-build stages references the managed interpreter using absolute
+# path (see .venv/bin/python -> /root/.local/share/uv/python/...), so we copy it here at
+# the same location. Workers are build by copying their /app (venv + code) on top.
+FROM debian:trixie-slim AS runtime-base
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
-ENV UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT=300
-ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
 ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
-ENV UV_NO_DEV=1
-
-COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.24 /uv /uvx /bin/
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-FROM debian:trixie-slim AS extract-worker-builder-free-threaded
-
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
-ENV UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT=300
 ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
-ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
 ENV UV_NO_DEV=1
-ENV PYTHON_GIL=0
-
-RUN apt update
-RUN apt install -y git-all \
-    libprotobuf-dev  \
-    protobuf-compiler \
-    zlib1g-dev
 
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.24 /uv /uvx /bin/
-RUN uv python install 3.14t
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -37,10 +20,10 @@ FROM nvidia/cuda:12.9.0-devel-ubuntu24.04 AS flash-attn-builder
 
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.6 /uv /bin/
 
-RUN uv python install 3.14t
+RUN uv python install 3.14
 
 # Install torch from the lockfile by install extras and skipping some packages
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=uv.dist.lock,target=uv.lock \
     --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
     uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --no-editable --extra base --extra gpu \
@@ -53,16 +36,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,source=uv.dist.lock,target=uv.lock \
     uv export --frozen --extra base-gpu --no-dev | \
     sed -n 's/^flash-attn==\([^; ]*\).*/\1/p'  > flash-attn-version.txt
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv pip install pip && \
     MAX_JOBS=8 uv run python -m pip wheel "flash-attn==$(cat flash-attn-version.txt)" \
     --no-build-isolation --no-deps -w /flash-attn-wheel
 
 
-FROM extract-worker-builder AS io-worker
+FROM runtime-base AS io-worker
 ADD io-worker-deps-exclusion.txt ./
 # Install deps first to optimize layer cache
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=uv.dist.lock,target=uv.lock \
     --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
     uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --no-install-project $(sed 's/^/--no-install-package /' io-worker-deps-exclusion.txt)
@@ -74,13 +57,13 @@ ADD extract_worker ./extract_worker/
 ADD entrypoints/io_worker.sh ./entrypoints/io_worker.sh
 
 # Then install service
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable $(sed 's/^/--no-install-package /' io-worker-deps-exclusion.txt)
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable $(sed 's/^/--no-install-package /' io-worker-deps-exclusion.txt)
 RUN rm -rf ~/.cache/pip
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoints/io_worker.sh"]
 
 
-FROM extract-worker-builder AS extract-base-builder
+FROM runtime-base AS extract-base-builder
 
 RUN apt update && \
     apt install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential g++ && \
@@ -88,9 +71,9 @@ RUN apt update && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 
-FROM extract-base-builder AS extract-cpu-worker
+FROM extract-base-builder AS extract-cpu-build
 # Install deps first to optimize layer cache
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=uv.dist.lock,target=uv.lock \
     --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
     uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --no-install-project --extra base --extra cpu
@@ -102,23 +85,30 @@ ADD extract_worker ./extract_worker/
 ADD entrypoints/extract_cpu_worker.sh ./entrypoints/extract_cpu_worker.sh
 
 # Then install service
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --extra base --extra cpu
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --extra base --extra cpu
 RUN rm -rf ~/.cache/pip
 
+# Slim runtime: drop build-essential/g++ (only needed to build the venv), keep tesseract for OCR
+FROM runtime-base AS extract-cpu-worker
+RUN apt update && \
+    apt install -y --no-install-recommends tesseract-ocr && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+COPY --from=extract-cpu-build /app /app
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoints/extract_cpu_worker.sh"]
 
 
-FROM extract-base-builder AS extract-gpu-worker
+FROM extract-base-builder AS extract-gpu-build
 ## Copy the flash-attn wheel
 #COPY --from=flash-attn-builder /flash-attn-wheel /flash-attn-wheel
 ## Install the wheel
 #RUN uv pip install /flash-attn-wheel/*.whl --no-deps
 
 # Install deps first to optimize layer cache
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=uv.dist.lock,target=uv.lock \
     --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
-    uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --no-install-project --extra base --extra base --extra gpu #--no-install-package flash-attn
+    uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --no-install-project --extra base --extra gpu
 
 # Then copy code
 ADD uv.dist.lock ./uv.lock
@@ -127,15 +117,22 @@ ADD extract_worker ./extract_worker/
 ADD entrypoints/extract_gpu_worker.sh ./entrypoints/extract_gpu_worker.sh
 
 # Then install service
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --extra base --extra gpu
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --extra base --extra gpu
 RUN rm -rf ~/.cache/pip
 
+# Slim runtime (as extract-cpu-worker): no toolchain, keep tesseract
+FROM runtime-base AS extract-gpu-worker
+RUN apt update && \
+    apt install -y --no-install-recommends tesseract-ocr && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+COPY --from=extract-gpu-build /app /app
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoints/extract_gpu_worker.sh"]
 
 
-FROM extract-worker-builder AS extract-cpu-mineru-worker
+FROM runtime-base AS extract-cpu-mineru-worker
 # Install deps first to optimize layer cache
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=uv.dist.lock,target=uv.lock \
     --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
     uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --no-install-project --extra mineru --extra cpu
@@ -147,18 +144,18 @@ ADD extract_worker ./extract_worker/
 ADD entrypoints/extract_cpu_worker.sh ./entrypoints/extract_cpu_worker.sh
 
 # Then install service
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --extra mineru --extra cpu
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --extra mineru --extra cpu
 RUN rm -rf ~/.cache/pip
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoints/extract_cpu_worker.sh"]
 
 
-FROM extract-worker-builder AS extract-gpu-mineru-worker
+FROM runtime-base AS extract-gpu-mineru-worker
 # Install deps first to optimize layer cache
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=uv.dist.lock,target=uv.lock \
     --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
-    uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --no-install-project --extra mineru --extra mineru --extra gpu
+    uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --no-install-project --extra mineru --extra gpu
 
 # Then copy code
 ADD uv.dist.lock ./uv.lock
@@ -167,7 +164,7 @@ ADD extract_worker ./extract_worker/
 ADD entrypoints/extract_gpu_worker.sh ./entrypoints/extract_gpu_worker.sh
 
 # Then install service
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=~/.cache/uv uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --extra mineru --extra mineru --extra gpu
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv uv sync -v --frozen --no-editable --extra mineru --extra gpu
 RUN rm -rf ~/.cache/pip
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoints/extract_gpu_worker.sh"]
diff --git a/workers/extract-worker/base-worker-deps-exclusion.txt b/workers/extract-worker/base-worker-deps-exclusion.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c7137c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workers/extract-worker/base-worker-deps-exclusion.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+loguru
+colorlog
+httpx-retries
+aiofiles
+xlsxwriter