diff --git a/services/playout/Dockerfile b/services/playout/Dockerfile
index 9321056..bdf4f95 100644
--- a/services/playout/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/playout/Dockerfile
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 
 # ── CasparCG Server 2.5.0 (via .deb) ─────────────────────────────────────────
 # apt resolves the server's runtime deps (GL, ffmpeg, openal, sndfile, …). The
-# deb's install dir is discovered from its file list and symlinked to
-# /opt/casparcg so the entrypoint + config (which run from that dir) stay valid.
+# 2.5 deb installs the executable as /usr/bin/casparcg-server-2.5 and a default
+# config under /usr/share/casparcg-server-2.5/. We discover the binary from the
+# package file list (matching casparcg-server*, since the name is versioned),
+# and symlink its dir to /opt/casparcg so the entrypoint + config stay stable.
 WORKDIR /tmp/caspar
 RUN set -eux; \
   curl -fsSL "$CASPAR_CEF_DEB_URL" -o cef.deb; \
@@ -52,14 +54,14 @@ RUN set -eux; \
   echo "casparcg server package: $PKG"; \
   dpkg -L "$PKG"; \
   BIN=$(dpkg -L "$PKG" | while read -r f; do \
-        [ -x "$f" ] || continue; \
-        case "$f" in */casparcg|*/CasparCG\ Server) echo "$f";; esac; \
+        [ -f "$f" ] && [ -x "$f" ] || continue; \
+        case "$f" in /usr/bin/*casparcg*server*|*/casparcg|*/CasparCG\ Server) echo "$f";; esac; \
       done | head -1); \
-  test -n "$BIN"; \
-  DIR=$(dirname "$BIN"); \
-  echo "casparcg binary=$BIN dir=$DIR"; \
-  if [ "$DIR" != "/opt/casparcg" ]; then rm -rf /opt/casparcg; ln -sfn "$DIR" /opt/casparcg; fi; \
-  test -x "/opt/casparcg/$(basename "$BIN")"; \
+  [ -n "$BIN" ] || BIN=/usr/bin/casparcg-server-2.5; \
+  test -x "$BIN"; \
+  echo "casparcg binary=$BIN"; \
+  ln -sfn "$BIN" /usr/local/bin/casparcg; \
+  rm -rf /opt/casparcg; mkdir -p /opt/casparcg; \
   cd /; rm -rf /tmp/caspar /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # ── NDI runtime (optional) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/services/playout/entrypoint.sh b/services/playout/entrypoint.sh
index e26b3d8..ee12989 100644
--- a/services/playout/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/services/playout/entrypoint.sh
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ fi
 # into a possibly read-only apt location), so make sure those exist + writable.
 mkdir -p /media/casparcg/log /media/casparcg/data /media/templates
 
-# Launch CasparCG Server from its install dir (it reads ./casparcg.config and
-# resolves relative media paths against the configured media folder). The deb
-# install names the binary either 'casparcg' or 'CasparCG Server' depending on
-# version, so probe both.
+# Launch CasparCG Server. The 2.5 deb installs the binary on PATH (symlinked to
+# /usr/local/bin/casparcg at build) and takes the config file as its first arg.
+# Run from /opt/casparcg (symlink to the install dir) so any relative lookups in
+# the server resolve against the install tree.
 cd /opt/casparcg
-CASPAR_BIN="./casparcg"
-[ -x "$CASPAR_BIN" ] || CASPAR_BIN="./CasparCG Server"
-[ -x "$CASPAR_BIN" ] || CASPAR_BIN="./casparcg-launcher"
-echo "[entrypoint] launching CasparCG: $CASPAR_BIN"
-"$CASPAR_BIN" &
+CASPAR_BIN="casparcg"
+command -v "$CASPAR_BIN" >/dev/null || CASPAR_BIN=/usr/bin/casparcg-server-2.5
+CASPAR_CFG=/opt/casparcg/casparcg.config
+echo "[entrypoint] launching CasparCG: $CASPAR_BIN $CASPAR_CFG"
+"$CASPAR_BIN" "$CASPAR_CFG" &
 CASPAR_PID=$!
 
 # Forward termination to CasparCG so the channel closes cleanly.