diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/update_phar.yml b/.gitea/workflows/update_phar.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 80f55c0..0000000
--- a/.gitea/workflows/update_phar.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-name: Update AWS SDK PHAR
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '34 3 * * *'  # 03:34 UTC == 00:34 BRT
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  download-aws-sdk:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      actions: write  # needed to dispatch another workflow
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Download AWS SDK PHAR
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p vendor
-          wget https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-php/releases/latest/download/aws.phar -O vendor/aws.phar
-
-      - name: Commit and push changes
-        id: commit_step
-        run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
-          git config user.name "Gitea Actions"
-          git config user.email "actions@git.icc.gg"
-          git add vendor/aws.phar
-
-          # If there are changes, commit & push; set output flag accordingly
-          if git diff --quiet && git diff --staged --quiet; then
-            echo "No changes to commit"
-            echo "changes_committed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            git commit -m "Update AWS SDK PHAR [▶️]"
-            git push origin HEAD:main
-            echo "changes_committed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b0b4266..a91e927 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ COPY composer.json composer.json
 # COPY composer.lock composer.lock # No lock file yet
 COPY auth_keycloak.php auth_keycloak.php
 COPY s3_client.php s3_client.php
-RUN composer install --no-dev --ignore-platform-reqs --no-scripts --prefer-dist
+RUN export COMPOSER_PROCESS_TIMEOUT=2000 && composer install --no-dev --ignore-platform-reqs --no-scripts --prefer-dist
 
 # Stage 2: Final image
 FROM php:8.4-fpm-alpine
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache --update nginx \
 # Copy dependencies from vendor stage
 COPY --from=vendor /app/vendor /var/www/html/vendor
 # Copy aws.phar
-COPY vendor/aws.phar /var/www/html/vendor/aws.phar
+# aws.phar is now installed via composer
 
 # Copy application code
 COPY . /var/www/html/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 656ee2b..7ad72e9 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
         "php": "^8.2",
         "ext-pdo": "*",
         "ext-curl": "*",
-        "ext-json": "*"
+        "ext-json": "*",
+        "aws/aws-sdk-php": "^3.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "classmap": [
diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
index cd68286..6246128 100644
--- a/config.php
+++ b/config.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 // --- MariaDB Settings ---
-require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/aws.phar';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 define('DB_HOST', getenv('DB_SERVER') ?: '127.0.0.1');
 define('DB_NAME', getenv('DB_NAME') ?: 'YOURDBNAME');
diff --git a/vendor/aws.phar b/vendor/aws.phar
deleted file mode 100644
index dc8576c..0000000
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