diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian
index 3af0e36..79253f1 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ COPY ./bootstrap_scripts/bootstrap_fast.sh /dltk/
 COPY app /dltk/app
 COPY notebooks /dltk/notebooks
 
+# Install dos2unix, then convert windows-like line endings to linux-like
+# The bootstrap script won't run otherwise if the image was build on a windows machine
+# Finally, remove dos2unix again
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dos2unix
+RUN find /dltk/ -name 'bootstrap_*.sh' -type f -exec dos2unix {} \;
+RUN apt-get --purge remove -y dos2unix && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Install local DSDL supporting functions
 RUN mkdir /dltk/packages
 COPY package-dsdlsupport/dist/dsdlsupport-1.0.0.tar.gz /dltk/packages/dsdlsupport-1.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.escu b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.escu
index 16915af..fac4486 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.escu
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.escu
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ COPY ./bootstrap_scripts/bootstrap_fast.sh /dltk/
 COPY app /dltk/app
 COPY notebooks /dltk/notebooks
 
+# Install dos2unix, then convert windows-like line endings to linux-like
+# The bootstrap script won't run otherwise if the image was build on a windows machine
+# Finally, remove dos2unix again
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dos2unix
+RUN find /dltk/ -name 'bootstrap_*.sh' -type f -exec dos2unix {} \;
+RUN apt-get --purge remove -y dos2unix && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Install local DSDL supporting functions
 RUN mkdir /dltk/packages
 COPY package-dsdlsupport/dist/dsdlsupport-1.0.0.tar.gz /dltk/packages/dsdlsupport-1.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.rapids b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.rapids
index 3e409c0..c0a2049 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.rapids
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.rapids
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ COPY bootstrap_scripts/bootstrap_rapids.sh /dltk/
 COPY app /dltk/app
 COPY notebooks /dltk/notebooks
 
+# Install dos2unix, then convert windows-like line endings to linux-like
+# The bootstrap script won't run otherwise if the image was build on a windows machine
+# Finally, remove dos2unix again
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dos2unix
+RUN find /dltk/ -name 'bootstrap_*.sh' -type f -exec dos2unix {} \;
+RUN apt-get --purge remove -y dos2unix && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Install local DSDL supporting functions
 RUN mkdir /dltk/packages
 COPY package-dsdlsupport/dist/dsdlsupport-1.0.0.tar.gz /dltk/packages/dsdlsupport-1.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.spark b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.spark
index 098538b..e8fa468 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.spark
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.spark
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ COPY ./bootstrap_scripts/bootstrap_fast.sh /dltk/
 COPY app /dltk/app
 COPY notebooks /dltk/notebooks
 
+# Install dos2unix, then convert windows-like line endings to linux-like
+# The bootstrap script won't run otherwise if the image was build on a windows machine
+# Finally, remove dos2unix again
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dos2unix
+RUN find /dltk/ -name 'bootstrap_*.sh' -type f -exec dos2unix {} \;
+RUN apt-get --purge remove -y dos2unix && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Install local DSDL supporting functions
 RUN mkdir /dltk/packages
 COPY package-dsdlsupport/dist/dsdlsupport-1.0.0.tar.gz /dltk/packages/dsdlsupport-1.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.transformers b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.transformers
index e8967a2..7d1b85b 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.transformers
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.debian.transformers
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ COPY ./bootstrap_scripts/bootstrap_transformers.sh /dltk/
 COPY app /dltk/app
 COPY notebooks /dltk/notebooks
 
+# Install dos2unix, then convert windows-like line endings to linux-like
+# The bootstrap script won't run otherwise if the image was build on a windows machine
+# Finally, remove dos2unix again
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dos2unix
+RUN find /dltk/ -name 'bootstrap_*.sh' -type f -exec dos2unix {} \;
+RUN apt-get --purge remove -y dos2unix && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # copy and expand transformer content
 ADD basemodels/class_en.tar.gz /dltk/app/model/data/classification/en
 ADD basemodels/class_jp.tar.gz /dltk/app/model/data/classification/jp
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.redhat b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.redhat
index ba14f7a..462447c 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.redhat
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.redhat
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ COPY ./bootstrap_scripts/bootstrap_fast.sh /dltk/
 COPY app /dltk/app
 COPY notebooks /dltk/notebooks
 
+# Install dos2unix, then convert windows-like line endings to linux-like
+# The bootstrap script won't run otherwise if the image was build on a windows machine
+# Finally, remove dos2unix again
+RUN yum install -y dos2unix
+RUN find /dltk/ -name 'bootstrap_*.sh' -type f -exec dos2unix {} \;
+RUN yum remove -y dos2unix && yum clean all
+
 # Install local DSDL supporting functions
 RUN mkdir /dltk/packages
 COPY package-dsdlsupport/dist/dsdlsupport-1.0.0.tar.gz /dltk/packages/dsdlsupport-1.0.0.tar.gz