diff --git a/build-base/Dockerfile.dropshell-build-base b/build-base/Dockerfile.dropshell-build-base
index 32f6d46..8a34289 100644
--- a/build-base/Dockerfile.dropshell-build-base
+++ b/build-base/Dockerfile.dropshell-build-base
@@ -74,14 +74,22 @@ RUN curl -LO https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz &&
     make install_sw && \
     cd / && rm -rf /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz
 
-# Build jsoncpp statically with musl
+# Build jsoncpp statically with musl - use latest stable version
 ARG JSONCPP_VERSION=1.9.6
 WORKDIR /tmp
 RUN curl -LO https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/refs/tags/${JSONCPP_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
     tar xzf ${JSONCPP_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
     cd jsoncpp-${JSONCPP_VERSION} && \
     mkdir build && cd build && \
-    cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local && \
+    cmake .. \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
+        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
+        -DJSONCPP_WITH_TESTS=OFF \
+        -DJSONCPP_WITH_POST_BUILD_UNITTEST=OFF \
+        -DJSONCPP_WITH_PKGCONFIG_SUPPORT=ON \
+        -DJSONCPP_WITH_CMAKE_PACKAGE=ON && \
     make -j$(nproc) && \
     make install && \
     cd / && rm -rf /tmp/jsoncpp-${JSONCPP_VERSION} /tmp/${JSONCPP_VERSION}.tar.gz
@@ -203,8 +211,6 @@ RUN git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon.git
       -DOPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS=TRUE \
       -DCARES_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include \
       -DCARES_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/libcares.a \
-      -DJSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/local/include \
-      -DJSONCPP_LIBRARIES=/usr/local/lib/libjsoncpp.a \
       -DPostgreSQL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include \
       -DPostgreSQL_LIBRARY="/usr/local/lib/libpq.a;/usr/local/lib/libpgcommon.a;/usr/local/lib/libpgport.a" \
       -DSQLite3_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/libsqlite3.a \
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index dde1097..f7f2c6b 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 PROJECT="ipdemo" # Define your project name here
 
-mkdir -p "${SCRIPT_DIR}/output"
-
 export CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Debug"
 
 rm -rf "${SCRIPT_DIR}/output"