diff --git a/client/Dockerfiles/finance/ubuntu/Dockerfile.root.in b/client/Dockerfiles/finance/ubuntu/Dockerfile.root.in
index f6aec55..1fcefe1 100644
--- a/client/Dockerfiles/finance/ubuntu/Dockerfile.root.in
+++ b/client/Dockerfiles/finance/ubuntu/Dockerfile.root.in
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ RUN echo "export PATH=\"\$PATH::/usr/local/src/root/bin\"" | tee -a ~/.bash_alia
 # docker-finance
 USER root
 RUN apt-get install -y \
-  botan \
   googletest \
   libbenchmark-dev \
+  libbotan-2-dev \
   libcrypto++-dev \
   libsodium-dev
 
diff --git a/container/src/finance/lib/lib_finance.bash b/container/src/finance/lib/lib_finance.bash
index 3c872b1..5f80c71 100644
--- a/container/src/finance/lib/lib_finance.bash
+++ b/container/src/finance/lib/lib_finance.bash
@@ -207,11 +207,9 @@ function lib_finance::reports()
 
 function lib_finance::root()
 {
-  [ -z "$ROOTSYS" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal
-
   # NOTE: will automatically load rootlogon.C
   pushd "${DOCKER_FINANCE_CONTAINER_REPO}/src/root/macro" 1>/dev/null \
-    && "${ROOTSYS}"/bin/root -l
+    && root -l
   lib_utils::catch $?
 }