diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 48fe8e7409..6235359143 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
 - Unify all line endings to be Linux style.
 - Add support for changing the system messages position.
   GitLab issue #640. Thanks to Matthias Urhahn (@d4rken).
+- Update Docker deploy script. Use alpine postgres version.
+  Support Docker networks and make it the default.
+  Delete the containers to allow the script to be idempotent.
+
 
 3.2.8 (2019-10-01)
 ==================
@@ -528,8 +532,6 @@
 - Add workflow actions to grant or remove permissions to
   a document.
 - Add support for locked files for watchfolder.
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-=======
 
 3.1.11 (2019-04-XX)
 ===================
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/install/docker.sh b/contrib/scripts/install/docker.sh
index 8e851725ca..80cbf0ae4e 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/install/docker.sh
+++ b/contrib/scripts/install/docker.sh
@@ -5,18 +5,19 @@ set -e
 #   $ curl -fsSL get.mayan-edms.com -o get-mayan-edms.sh
 #   $ sh get-mayan-edms.sh
 #
-# NOTE: Make sure to verify the contents of the script
+# NOTE: Before executing, make sure to verify the contents of the script
 #       you downloaded matches the contents of docker.sh
 #       located at https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/blob/master/contrib/scripts/install/docker.sh
-#       before executing.
 
 : ${VERBOSE:=true}
 : ${INSTALL_DOCKER:=false}
 : ${DELETE_VOLUMES:=false}
+: ${USE_DOCKER_NETWORK:=true}
+: ${DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME:=mayan}
 : ${DATABASE_USER:=mayan}
 : ${DATABASE_NAME:=mayan}
 : ${DATABASE_PASSWORD:=mayanuserpass}
-: ${DOCKER_POSTGRES_IMAGE:=postgres:9.6}
+: ${DOCKER_POSTGRES_IMAGE:=postgres:9.6-alpine}
 : ${DOCKER_POSTGRES_CONTAINER:=mayan-edms-postgres}
 : ${DOCKER_POSTGRES_VOLUME:=/docker-volumes/mayan-edms/postgres}
 : ${DOCKER_POSTGRES_PORT:=5432}
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ echo "Variable values to be used:"
 echo "---------------------------"
 echo "INSTALL_DOCKER: $INSTALL_DOCKER"
 echo "DELETE_VOLUMES: $DELETE_VOLUMES"
+echo "USE_DOCKER_NETWORK: $USE_DOCKER_NETWORK"
+echo "DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME: $DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME"
 echo "DATABASE_USER: $DATABASE_USER"
 echo "DATABASE_NAME: $DATABASE_NAME"
 echo "DATABASE_PASSWORD: $DATABASE_PASSWORD"
@@ -54,7 +57,11 @@ echo "DOCKER_POSTGRES_PORT: $DOCKER_POSTGRES_PORT"
 echo "DOCKER_MAYAN_IMAGE: $DOCKER_MAYAN_IMAGE"
 echo "DOCKER_MAYAN_CONTAINER: $DOCKER_MAYAN_CONTAINER"
 echo "DOCKER_MAYAN_VOLUME: $DOCKER_MAYAN_VOLUME"
-echo "\nStarting in 10 seconds."
+echo
+echo "Override any of them by setting them before the script. "
+echo "Example: INSTALL_DOCKER=true sh get-mayan-edms.sh"
+
+echo "\nStarting in 10 seconds. Press CTRL+C to cancel."
 sleep 10
 fi
 
@@ -86,19 +93,41 @@ true || rm DOCKER_POSTGRES_VOLUME -Rf
 echo "Done"
 fi
 
-echo -n "* Pulling (downloading) the Mayan EDMS Docker image..."
-docker pull $DOCKER_MAYAN_IMAGE >/dev/null
-echo "Done"
-
 echo -n "* Pulling (downloading) the PostgreSQL Docker image..."
 docker pull $DOCKER_POSTGRES_IMAGE > /dev/null
 echo "Done"
 
+echo -n "* Pulling (downloading) the Mayan EDMS Docker image..."
+docker pull $DOCKER_MAYAN_IMAGE >/dev/null
+echo "Done"
+
+if [ "$USE_DOCKER_NETWORK" = true ]; then
+    echo -n "* Creating Docker network..."
+    docker network create $DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME 2> /dev/null || true
+    # Ignore error if the network already exists
+    echo "Done"
+fi
+
+if [ "$USE_DOCKER_NETWORK" = true ]; then
+    NETWORK_ARGUMENT="--network=$DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME"
+    POSTGRES_PORT_ARGUMENT=""
+    MAYAN_DATABASE_PORT_ARGUMENT=""
+    MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST_ARGUMENT="-e MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=$DOCKER_POSTGRES_CONTAINER"
+else
+    NETWORK_ARGUMENT=""
+    POSTGRES_PORT_ARGUMENT="-e $DOCKER_POSTGRES_PORT:5432"
+    MAYAN_DATABASE_PORT_ARGUMENT="-e MAYAN_DATABASE_PORT=$DOCKER_POSTGRES_PORT"
+    MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST_ARGUMENT="-e MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=172.17.0.1"
+fi
+
+docker rm -f $DOCKER_POSTGRES_CONTAINER >/dev/null 2>&1  || true
+
 echo -n "* Deploying the PostgreSQL container..."
 docker run -d \
 --name $DOCKER_POSTGRES_CONTAINER \
+$NETWORK_ARGUMENT \
 --restart=always \
--p $DOCKER_POSTGRES_PORT:5432 \
+$POSTGRES_PORT_ARGUMENT \
 -e POSTGRES_USER=$DATABASE_USER \
 -e POSTGRES_DB=$DATABASE_NAME \
 -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$DATABASE_PASSWORD \
@@ -110,17 +139,20 @@ echo -n "* Waiting for the PostgreSQL container to be ready (10 seconds)..."
 sleep 10
 echo "Done"
 
+docker rm -f $DOCKER_MAYAN_CONTAINER >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
 echo -n "* Deploying Mayan EDMS container..."
 docker run -d \
 --name $DOCKER_MAYAN_CONTAINER \
+$NETWORK_ARGUMENT \
 --restart=always \
 -p 80:8000 \
 -e MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql \
--e MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=172.17.0.1 \
+$MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST_ARGUMENT \
+$MAYAN_DATABASE_PORT_ARGUMENT \
 -e MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=$DATABASE_NAME \
 -e MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=$DATABASE_PASSWORD \
 -e MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=$DATABASE_USER \
--e MAYAN_DATABASE_PORT=$DOCKER_POSTGRES_PORT \
 -e MAYAN_DATABASE_CONN_MAX_AGE=0 \
 -v $DOCKER_MAYAN_VOLUME:/var/lib/mayan \
 $DOCKER_MAYAN_IMAGE >/dev/null