diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pull_requests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pull_requests.yml
index cbdaecbf3..30e56f80f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pull_requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pull_requests.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ on:
 jobs:
   phpcomposer:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 0
+      BUILDKIT_PROGRESS: plain
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -41,3 +44,14 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cd backend
         php7.4 /usr/bin/composer update --no-dev --prefer-dist --no-progress
+
+    - name: Build the all-in-one Docker image
+      run: docker build --no-cache . --file contrib/Dockerfile --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-all-in-one:latest
+    - name: Build the DB Docker image
+      run: docker build --no-cache . --file contrib/Dockerfile-mariadb --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-db:latest
+    - name: Build the frontend Docker image
+      run: docker build --no-cache . --file contrib/Dockerfile-frontend --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-frontend:latest
+    - name: Build the backend Docker image
+      run: docker build --no-cache . --file contrib/Dockerfile-backend --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-backend:latest
+    - name: Build the vpn Docker image
+      run: docker build  --no-cache . --file contrib/Dockerfile-vpn --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-vpn:latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
index 18d169297..a656d1d3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     env:
       GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUBOAUTHTOKEN }}
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 0
+      BUILDKIT_PROGRESS: plain
     steps:
     - name: Setup PHP with PECL extension
       uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
@@ -83,15 +85,15 @@ jobs:
         php7.4 /usr/bin/composer update --no-dev --prefer-dist --no-progress
 
     - name: Build the all-in-one Docker image
-      run: docker build --squash . --file contrib/Dockerfile --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-all-in-one:latest
+      run: docker build --no-cache --squash . --file contrib/Dockerfile --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-all-in-one:latest
     - name: Build the DB Docker image
-      run: docker build --squash . --file contrib/Dockerfile-mariadb --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-db:latest
+      run: docker build --no-cache --squash . --file contrib/Dockerfile-mariadb --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-db:latest
     - name: Build the frontend Docker image
-      run: docker build --squash . --file contrib/Dockerfile-frontend --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-frontend:latest
+      run: docker build --no-cache --squash . --file contrib/Dockerfile-frontend --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-frontend:latest
     - name: Build the backend Docker image
-      run: docker build --squash . --file contrib/Dockerfile-backend --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-backend:latest
+      run: docker build --no-cache --squash . --file contrib/Dockerfile-backend --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-backend:latest
     - name: Build the vpn Docker image
-      run: docker build  --squash . --file contrib/Dockerfile-vpn --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-vpn:latest
+      run: docker build  --no-cache --squash . --file contrib/Dockerfile-vpn --tag echothrust/echoctf.red-vpn:latest
 
     - name: Login to DockerHub
       run: docker login -u ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }} -p${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/contrib/Dockerfile-frontend b/contrib/Dockerfile-frontend
index 0df6fe0c7..fa38ea534 100644
--- a/contrib/Dockerfile-frontend
+++ b/contrib/Dockerfile-frontend
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/composer \
     && sed -ie "s/127.0.0.1/${MYSQL_HOST}/g" ${RED_APP}/config/cache.php \
     && echo "<?php return [ 'class' => 'yii\db\Connection', 'dsn' => 'mysql:host=${MYSQL_HOST};dbname=${MYSQL_DATABASE}', 'username' => '${MYSQL_USER}', 'password' => '${MYSQL_PASSWORD}', 'charset' => 'utf8mb4',  ];">${RED_APP}/config/db.php \
-    && mkdir -p ${RED_APP}/web/assets ${RED_APP}/runtime ${RED_APP}/web/images/avatars/team \
+    && mkdir -p ${RED_APP}/web/assets ${RED_APP}/runtime ${RED_APP}/web/images/avatars/team ${RED_APP}/web/uploads\
     && chown -R www-data ${RED_APP}/web/assets ${RED_APP}/web/images/avatars \
     && chown www-data ${RED_APP}/runtime ${RED_APP}/web/uploads \
     && chmod a+rwx ${RED_APP}/web/uploads \