diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5fea512..d9d62e1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/nodejs-16-minimal:1-79
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/nodejs-22:9.5-1740412185
 
-USER 1001
+USER default
 
 WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src
 
-COPY --chown=1001 . .
-RUN npm install && \
+COPY --chown=default:root . .
+RUN npm ci && \
     npm run compile
 
 ENV HOST=0.0.0.0 PORT=3001
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index a52ca9f..05fe57b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 version: '3'
 services:
   ascent-bff:
-    image: quay.io/cloudnativetoolkit/ascent-bff:v1.1.0
+    image: ascent-bff-next
+#    image: quay.io/cloudnativetoolkit/ascent-bff:v1.1.0
 #    build: .
     environment:
       - DATABASE_TEST={"connection":{"mongodb":{"composed":["mongodb://mongodb:27017/mongodb"],"authentication":{"username":"mongodb","password":"passw0rd"},"hosts":[{"hostname":"localhost","port":27017}],"database":"mongodb","query_options":{"authSource":"admin","tls":false}}}}
@@ -21,4 +22,8 @@ services:
       - "27017"
     environment:
       - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=mongodb
-      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=passw0rd
\ No newline at end of file
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=passw0rd
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./data/db
+        target: /data/db
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df0275d..235e11c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": "14 || 16 || 17 || 18"
+    "node": "14 || 16 || 17 || 18 || 20 || 22"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "compile": "npm run clean && lb-tsc",
diff --git a/src/controllers/automation-catalog.controller.ts b/src/controllers/automation-catalog.controller.ts
index 60c635d..7e5fea6 100644
--- a/src/controllers/automation-catalog.controller.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/automation-catalog.controller.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ import { ArchitecturesController, DiagramType } from './architectures.controller
 
 import { IascableService, Service } from '../services/iascable.service';
 import { S3 } from 'ibm-cos-sdk';
+import {Catalog} from "@cloudnativetoolkit/iascable";
 
+export type CatalogResult = Omit<Catalog, "modules" | "moduleIdAliases" | "flattenedAliases">
 
 export class AutomationCatalogController {
 
@@ -58,11 +60,13 @@ export class AutomationCatalogController {
   }
 
   @get('/automation/catalog/boms')
-  async getBomsCatalog(): Promise<object> {
-    const catalog = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(await this.iascableService.getCatalog()));
+  async getBomsCatalog(): Promise<CatalogResult> {
+    const catalog: any = Object.assign({}, (await this.iascableService.getCatalog()));
+
     delete catalog.modules;
     delete catalog.moduleIdAliases;
     delete catalog.flattenedAliases;
+
     return catalog;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/user.controller.ts b/src/controllers/user.controller.ts
index afce4ce..0592da4 100644
--- a/src/controllers/user.controller.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/user.controller.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import {
   repository,
 } from '@loopback/repository';
 import {
-  param, get, response, getModelSchemaRef, patch, requestBody
+  param, get, response, getModelSchemaRef, patch, requestBody, post
 } from '@loopback/rest';
-import {Architectures, Solution, User} from '../models';
+import {Architectures, Bom, Solution, User} from '../models';
 import {UserRepository} from '../repositories';
 
 export class UserController {
@@ -93,4 +93,27 @@ export class UserController {
     return this.userRepository.findById(id);
   }
 
+  @post('/users')
+  @response(200, {
+    description: 'User model instance',
+    content: {
+      'application/json': {
+        schema: getModelSchemaRef(User, {includeRelations: true}),
+      },
+    },
+  })
+  async addUser(
+      @requestBody({
+        content: {
+          'application/json': {
+            schema: getModelSchemaRef(User, {
+              title: 'NewUser',
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+      })
+      user: User
+  ): Promise<User> {
+    return this.userRepository.create(user);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/interceptors/user.interceptor.ts b/src/interceptors/user.interceptor.ts
index cb0ac8f..8c12eb0 100644
--- a/src/interceptors/user.interceptor.ts
+++ b/src/interceptors/user.interceptor.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
     'UserController.prototype.findUserArchitecturesById',
     'UserController.prototype.findUserSolutionsById',
     'UserController.prototype.updateById',
+    'UserController.prototype.addUser',
   ]
   
   /**