diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index fbb9927..c912b8a 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 Dockerfile
 Gemfile.Lock
 pkg
+
+
+# Vim swap files
+**/.*.sw[po]
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d73bc11..b4953ab 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# syntax = docker/dockerfile:1.0-experimental
-ARG VAGRANT_VERSION=2.2.19
+# syntax = docker/dockerfile:1.3-labs
+ARG VAGRANT_VERSION=2.3.0
 
 
 FROM ubuntu:bionic as base
@@ -19,20 +19,18 @@ RUN apt update \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists \
     ;
 
-RUN mkdir /vagrant
-ENV VAGRANT_HOME /vagrant
+ENV VAGRANT_HOME /.vagrant.d
 
 ARG VAGRANT_VERSION
 ENV VAGRANT_VERSION ${VAGRANT_VERSION}
 RUN set -e \
-    && curl https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/${VAGRANT_VERSION}/vagrant_${VAGRANT_VERSION}_x86_64.deb -o vagrant.deb \
+    && curl https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/${VAGRANT_VERSION}/vagrant_${VAGRANT_VERSION}-1_amd64.deb -o vagrant.deb \
     && apt update \
     && apt install -y ./vagrant.deb \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && rm -f vagrant.deb \
     ;
 
-
 ENV VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER=libvirt
 
 FROM base as build
@@ -58,17 +56,34 @@ WORKDIR /build
 
 COPY . .
 RUN rake build
-RUN vagrant plugin install ./pkg/vagrant-libvirt*.gem
 
-RUN for dir in boxes data tmp; \
-    do \
-        touch /vagrant/${dir}/.remove; \
-    done \
-    ;
+RUN find /opt/vagrant/embedded/ -type f | grep -v /opt/vagrant/embedded/plugins.json > /files-to-delete.txt
+
+RUN /opt/vagrant/embedded/bin/gem install --install-dir /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/${VAGRANT_VERSION} ./pkg/vagrant-libvirt*.gem
+
+RUN cat <<EOF > /opt/vagrant/embedded/plugins.json
+{
+    "version": "1",
+    "installed": {
+        "vagrant-libvirt": {
+            "ruby_version":"$(/opt/vagrant/embedded/bin/ruby -e 'puts RUBY_VERSION')",
+            "vagrant_version":"${VAGRANT_VERSION}",
+            "gem_version":"",
+            "require":"",
+            "sources":[]
+        }
+    }
+}
+EOF
+
+FROM build as pruned
+
+RUN cat /files-to-delete.txt | xargs rm -f
 
 FROM base as slim
 
-COPY --from=build /vagrant /vagrant
+COPY --from=pruned /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems
+COPY --from=build /opt/vagrant/embedded/plugins.json /opt/vagrant/embedded/plugins.json
 
 COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
 
diff --git a/docs/installation.markdown b/docs/installation.markdown
index 2575204..b6b61c6 100644
--- a/docs/installation.markdown
+++ b/docs/installation.markdown
@@ -110,21 +110,11 @@ vagrant(){
 
 #### Using Podman
 
-Preparing the podman run, only once:
-
-```bash
-mkdir -p ~/.vagrant.d/{boxes,data,tmp}
-```
-_N.B. This is needed until the entrypoint works for podman to only mount the `~/.vagrant.d` directory_
-
 To run with Podman you need to include
 
 ```bash
   --entrypoint /bin/bash \
   --security-opt label=disable \
-  -v ~/.vagrant.d/boxes:/vagrant/boxes \
-  -v ~/.vagrant.d/data:/vagrant/data \
-  -v ~/.vagrant.d/tmp:/vagrant/tmp \
 ```
 
 for example:
@@ -134,9 +124,7 @@ vagrant(){
   podman run -it --rm \
     -e LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI \
     -v /var/run/libvirt/:/var/run/libvirt/ \
-    -v ~/.vagrant.d/boxes:/vagrant/boxes \
-    -v ~/.vagrant.d/data:/vagrant/data \
-    -v ~/.vagrant.d/tmp:/vagrant/tmp \
+    -v ~/.vagrant.d:/.vagrant.d \
     -v $(realpath "${PWD}"):${PWD} \
     -w $(realpath "${PWD}") \
     --network host \
@@ -147,15 +135,14 @@ vagrant(){
 }
 ```
 
-Running Podman in rootless mode maps the root user inside the container to your host user so we need to bypass [entrypoint.sh](https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt/blob/main/entrypoint.sh) and mount persistent storage directly to `/vagrant`.
+Running Podman in rootless mode maps the root user inside the container to your host user so we need to bypass [entrypoint.sh](https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt/blob/main/entrypoint.sh).
 
 #### Extending the container image with additional vagrant plugins
 
 By default the image published and used contains the entire tool chain required
-to reinstall the vagrant-libvirt plugin and it's dependencies, as this is the
-default behaviour of vagrant anytime a new plugin is installed. This means it
-should be possible to use a simple `FROM` statement and ask vagrant to install
-additional plugins.
+to install the vagrant-libvirt plugin and it's dependencies. This allows any plugin
+that requires native extensions to be installed and should be possible to use a
+simple `FROM` statement and ask vagrant to install additional plugins.
 
 ```
 FROM vagrantlibvirt/vagrant-libvirt:latest
@@ -163,6 +150,11 @@ FROM vagrantlibvirt/vagrant-libvirt:latest
 RUN vagrant plugin install <plugin>
 ```
 
+Recently the image has now moved to bundling the plugin with the vagrant system plugins
+it should no longer attempt to reinstall each time. Eventually this will become
+the default so additional plugin installs will need to install any dependencies needed
+by them.
+
 ### Ubuntu / Debian
 
 {: .info }
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index a2a9b4b..5423a8d 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -104,19 +104,6 @@ then
     ${USERCMD} --shell /bin/bash -u ${USER_UID} -g ${USER_GID} -o -c "" -m ${USER} >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 3
 fi
 
-# Perform switching in of boxes, data directory containing machine index
-# and temporary directory from the user mounted environment
-for dir in boxes data tmp
-do
-    # if the directory hasn't been explicitly mounted over, remove it.
-    if [[ -e "/vagrant/${dir}/.remove" ]]
-    then
-        rm -rf /vagrant/${dir}
-        [[ ! -e ${vdir}/${dir} ]] && gosu ${USER} mkdir ${vdir}/${dir}
-        ln -s ${vdir}/${dir} /vagrant/${dir}
-    fi
-done
-
 # make sure the directories can be written to by vagrant otherwise will
 # get a start up error
 find "${VAGRANT_HOME}" -maxdepth 1 ! -exec chown -h ${USER}:${GROUP} {} \+