diff --git a/Dockerfile.bookworm b/Dockerfile.bookworm
index 9d1ffda..b2e9eee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.bookworm
+++ b/Dockerfile.bookworm
@@ -2,15 +2,21 @@ FROM debian:bookworm
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG VPP_INSTALL_SKIP_SYSCTL=true
 ARG REPO=release
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get -y install curl procps tcpdump iproute2 iptables binutils \
-  bridge-utils iputils-ping netcat-traditional net-tools nmap \
-  python3 python3-dev python3-pip
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install curl procps tcpdump iproute2 iptables \
+  iputils-ping net-tools git python3 python3-pip && apt-get clean
+
+# Install VPP
 RUN mkdir -p /var/log/vpp
 RUN curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/fdio/${REPO}/script.deb.sh |  bash
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get -y install vpp vpp-plugin-core
-RUN apt-get -y clean
-COPY files/startup.conf /etc/vpp/startup.conf
-COPY files/*.vpp /etc/vpp/
-CMD ["/usr/bin/vpp","-c","/etc/vpp/startup.conf"]
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install vpp vpp-plugin-core && apt-get clean
+
+# Build vppcfg
+RUN pip install --break-system-packages build netaddr yamale argparse pyyaml ipaddress
+RUN git clone https://github.com/pimvanpelt/vppcfg.git && cd vppcfg && python3 -m build && \
+    pip install --break-system-packages dist/vppcfg-*-py3-none-any.whl
+
+# Config files
+COPY files/startup.conf files/*.vpp /etc/vpp/
+COPY files/init-container.sh /sbin/
+RUN chmod 755 /sbin/init-container.sh
+CMD ["/sbin/init-container.sh"]
diff --git a/files/init-container.sh b/files/init-container.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5ea0a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/init-container.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+CONFIG=${CONFIG:="/etc/vpp/startup.conf"}
+NETNS=${NETNS:="dataplane"}
+
+echo "Creating dataplane namespace"
+/usr/bin/mkdir -p /etc/netns/$NETNS
+/usr/bin/touch /etc/netns/$NETNS/resolv.conf
+/usr/sbin/ip netns add $NETNS
+
+echo "Starting VPP"
+exec /usr/bin/vpp -c $CONFIG
diff --git a/files/startup.conf b/files/startup.conf
index 1082e55..735f0bd 100644
--- a/files/startup.conf
+++ b/files/startup.conf
@@ -37,3 +37,11 @@ plugins {
   plugin linux_nl_plugin.so { enable }
   plugin sflow_plugin.so { enable }
 }
+
+linux-cp {
+  default netns dataplane
+  lcp-sync
+  lcp-auto-subint
+  del-static-on-link-down
+  del-dynamic-on-link-down
+}