diff --git a/bitnami/symfony/Dockerfile b/bitnami/symfony/Dockerfile
index f09482a282c4..7d5c8f3c95e5 100644
--- a/bitnami/symfony/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/symfony/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 ## BUILDING
 ##   (from project root directory)
-##   $ docker build -t bitnami/bitnami-docker-javaplay .
+##   $ docker build -t bitnami/bitnami-docker-symfony .
 ##
 ## RUNNING
-##   $ docker run -p 9000:9000 bitnami/bitnaxmi-docker-javaplay
+##   $ docker run -p 8000:8000 bitnami/bitnami-docker-symfony
 
 FROM gcr.io/stacksmith-images/ubuntu:14.04-r8
 
 MAINTAINER Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME=symfony \
-    BITNAMI_APP_VERSION=2.8.9 \
-    PATH=/opt/bitnami/symfony/bin:/opt/bitnami/php/bin:/opt/bitnami/mysql/bin/:$PATH
+    BITNAMI_APP_VERSION=3.1.3 \
+    PATH=/opt/bitnami/symfony:/opt/bitnami/php/bin:/opt/bitnami/mysql/bin/:$PATH
 
 # Additional modules required
 RUN bitnami-pkg install php-7.0.10-0 --checksum 5f2ec47fcfb2fec5197af6760c5053dd5dee8084d70a488fd5ea77bd4245c6b9
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ ENV PATH=/opt/bitnami/mysql/bin:$PATH
 RUN bitnami-pkg install mariadb-10.1.14-4 --checksum 4a75f4f52587853d69860662626c64a4540126962cd9ee9722af58a3e7cfa01b
 
 # Install symfony
-RUN bitnami-pkg install symfony-2.8.9-0 --checksum e14979a9ed1a332bdd709ecc997ccc1ba7be0c680818e69ad5671ef0776df84e
-ENV PATH=/opt/bitnami/symfony:$PATH
+RUN bitnami-pkg unpack symfony-2.8.9-0 --checksum e14979a9ed1a332bdd709ecc997ccc1ba7be0c680818e69ad5671ef0776df84e
 
 COPY rootfs /
 
 VOLUME ["/app"]
 
-EXPOSE 9000
+EXPOSE 8000
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -38,4 +37,4 @@ ENV TERM=xterm
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app-entrypoint.sh"]
 
-CMD ["php", "-S", "0.0.0.0:9000"]
+CMD ["php", "-S", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
diff --git a/bitnami/symfony/docker-compose.yml b/bitnami/symfony/docker-compose.yml
index 4c3115589e0e..0e30226cccac 100644
--- a/bitnami/symfony/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/bitnami/symfony/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 version: '2'
 services:
   myapp:
-    build: .
+    image: bitnami/symfony
     ports:
-      - '9000:9000'
+      - '8000:8000'
     volumes:
       - '.:/app'
diff --git a/bitnami/symfony/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh b/bitnami/symfony/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh
index bbad84435eca..65e0bda55bb7 100755
--- a/bitnami/symfony/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bitnami/symfony/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,23 +5,26 @@ set -e
 export MARIADB_USER=${MARIADB_USER:-"root"}
 export MARIADB_HOST=${MARIADB_HOST:-"mariadb"}
 export MARIADB_PORT=${MARIADB_PORT:-"3306"}
-export SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME=${SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME:-"appasd_template"}
+export SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME=${SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME:-"app_template"}
 
 PROJECT_DIRECTORY=/app/$SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME
+DEPLOY="$@"
+OLDHOME=$HOME
+HOME=/root
 
 log () {
     echo -e "\033[0;33m$(date "+%H:%M:%S")\033[0;37m ==> $1."
 }
 
-sudo -i harpoon restart mariadb
+sudo harpoon restart mariadb
 echo "Starting application ..."
 
 if [ "$1" == "php" -a "$2" == "-S" ] ; then
     if [ ! -d $PROJECT_DIRECTORY ] ; then
-      harpoon initialize symfony --inputs-file=/symfony-inputs.json
+      sudo harpoon initialize symfony --inputs-file=/symfony-inputs.json
       log "Creating example Symfony application"
       cd /app
-      harpoon execute symfony createProject $SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME
+      sudo harpoon execute symfony createProject $SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME
       log "Symfony app created"
       cd $SYMFONY_PROJECT_NAME
     else
@@ -29,10 +32,10 @@ if [ "$1" == "php" -a "$2" == "-S" ] ; then
       cd $PROJECT_DIRECTORY
     fi
   if [ ! -f $PROJECT_DIRECTORY/web/index.php ] ; then
-    ln -s $PROJECT_DIRECTORY/web/app.php $PROJECT_DIRECTORY/web/index.php
+    sudo ln -s $PROJECT_DIRECTORY/web/app.php $PROJECT_DIRECTORY/web/index.php
   fi
-  exec /entrypoint.sh "$@" -t $PROJECT_DIRECTORY/web
+  DEPLOY="$@ -t $PROJECT_DIRECTORY/web/"
 fi
 
-
-exec "$@"
+HOME=$OLDHOME
+exec /entrypoint.sh $DEPLOY