diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c8fd8ac..182d520 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
       python3.9 \
       python3.9-dev \
       python3-cffi \
-      python3-pip  && \
+      python3-pip  
+      zstd && \
     update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/pip pip /usr/bin/pip3 1 && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
index 87b88ff..9b480c3 100755
--- a/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ SNAPSHOT_URL="${SNAPSHOT_URL:-}" #off by default. latest snapshot at https://lbr
 if [[ "$HUB_COMMAND" == "scribe" ]] && [[ -n "$SNAPSHOT_URL" ]] && [[ ! -d /database/lbry-rocksdb ]]; then
   files="$(ls)"
   echo "Downloading and extracting hub snapshot from $SNAPSHOT_URL"
-  wget --no-verbose -c "$SNAPSHOT_URL" -O - | tar --use-compress-program=unzstd x -C /database
+  #wget --no-verbose -c "$SNAPSHOT_URL" -O - | tar x -C /database
+  curl "$SNAPSHOT_URL" | zstd -d | tar xf - -C /database
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$HUB_COMMAND" ]; then