diff --git a/docker/img2docker.sh b/docker/img2docker.sh
index 0950155..e5da96d 100755
--- a/docker/img2docker.sh
+++ b/docker/img2docker.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ mount="$(mktemp -d --tmpdir)"
 mount -o loop "$image" "$mount"
 
 cd "$mount"
-tar -cpSf - --acls --selinux --xattrs * | docker import - "$tag"
+
+#this tar seems to cause issues such as rpmdb corruption
+#tar -cpSf - --acls --selinux --xattrs * | docker import - "$tag"
+
+tar --numeric owner -c . | docker import - "$tag"
+
 cd - >& /dev/null
 umount "$mount"
 rmdir "$mount"