diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/Makefile b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/Makefile
index f6123eb34..5670a7da8 100644
--- a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/Makefile
+++ b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .PHONY: build
 build:
-	podman build -t ghcr.io/ai-lab-recipes/chatbot .
+	podman build -f builds/Containerfile -t ghcr.io/ai-lab-recipes/chatbot .
 
 .PHONY: install
 install:
diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/README.md b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/README.md
index 438df51a1..60d74ae29 100644
--- a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/README.md
+++ b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/README.md
@@ -82,9 +82,3 @@ podman run --rm -it -p 8501:8501 -e MODEL_SERVICE_ENDPOINT=http://10.88.0.1:8001
 ### Interact with the AI Application
 
 Everything should now be up an running with the chat application available at [`http://localhost:8501`](http://localhost:8501). By using this recipe and getting this starting point established, users should now have an easier time customizing and building their own LLM enabled chatbot applications.   
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diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/bootc/Containerfile b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/bootc/Containerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9098f5a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/bootc/Containerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Example: an AI powered sample application is embedded as a systemd service
+# via Podman quadlet files in /usr/share/containers/systemd
+#
+# Use build command:
+# podman build --build-arg "sshpubkey=$(cat $HOME/.ssh/mykey.pub)" -t quay.io/exampleos/chatbot .
+# The --build-arg "SSHPUBKEY=$(cat ~/.ssh/mykey.pub)" option inserts your
+# public key into the image, allowing root access via ssh.
+
+FROM quay.io/centos-bootc/centos-bootc:stream9
+ARG SSHPUBKEY
+ARG MODEL-SERVER-IMAGE=quay.io/redhat-et/locallm-model-service:latest
+
+RUN mkdir /usr/etc-system && \
+    echo 'AuthorizedKeysFile /usr/etc-system/%u.keys' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/30-auth-system.conf && \
+    echo ${SSHPUBKEY} > /usr/etc-system/root.keys && chmod 0600 /usr/etc-system/root.keys
+
+RUN dnf -y update && (dnf install -y vim || true) && dnf clean all
+
+# Add quadlet files to setup system to automatically run AI application on boot
+COPY ../quadlet/chatbot.kube /usr/share/containers/systemd/chatbot.kube
+COPY ../quadlet/chatbot.yaml /usr/share/containers/systemd/chatbot.yaml
+COPY ../quadlet/chatbot.image /usr/share/containers/systemd/chatbot.image
+
+# pre-pull workload images:
+# Comment the pull commands to keep bootc image smaller.
+# The quadlet .image file added above pulls following images on boot if not
+# pre-pulled here
+RUN podman pull quay.io/redhat-et/ai-model:latest
+RUN podman pull ${MODEL-SERVER-IMAGE}
+RUN podman pull quay.io/redhat-et/chatbot:latest
diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/Containerfile b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/bootc/Containerfile~
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/Containerfile
rename to recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/bootc/Containerfile~
diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/README.md b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/bootc/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/README.md
rename to recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/bootc/README.md
diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/quadlet/README.md b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/quadlet/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8578ec6ea..000000000
--- a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/quadlet/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-### Run chatbot as a systemd service
-
-```bash
-cp chatbot.yaml /usr/share/containers/systemd/chatbot.yaml
-cp chatbot.kube.example /usr/share/containers/chatbot.kube
-cp chatbot.image /usr/share/containers/chatbot.image
-/usr/libexec/podman/quadlet --dryrun (optional)
-systemctl daemon-reload
-systemctl start chatbot
-```
diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/quadlet/README.md b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/quadlet/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86e63337d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/quadlet/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+### Run chatbot as a systemd service
+
+```bash
+sudo cp chatbot.yaml /usr/share/containers/systemd/chatbot.yaml
+sudo cp chatbot.kube /usr/share/containers/chatbot.kube
+sudo cp chatbot.image /usr/share/containers/chatbot.image
+sudo /usr/libexec/podman/quadlet --dryrun (optional)
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl start chatbot
+```
diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/quadlet/chatbot.image b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/quadlet/chatbot.image
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/quadlet/chatbot.image
rename to recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/quadlet/chatbot.image
diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/quadlet/chatbot.kube.example b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/quadlet/chatbot.kube
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/quadlet/chatbot.kube.example
rename to recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/quadlet/chatbot.kube
diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/quadlet/chatbot.yaml b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/quadlet/chatbot.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/embed-in-bootable-image/quadlet/chatbot.yaml
rename to recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/quadlet/chatbot.yaml