diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index de03ad7..8d29c94 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-ARG FROM_IMAGE
-ARG FROM_TAG
+ARG FROM_IMAGE=buildpack-deps
+ARG FROM_TAG=24.04
 FROM ${FROM_IMAGE}:${FROM_TAG}
 
 # > automatic buildx ARGs
diff --git a/scripts/act.sh b/scripts/act.sh
index 4b93319..082e33a 100644
--- a/scripts/act.sh
+++ b/scripts/act.sh
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ for ver in "${NODE[@]}"; do
   VER=$(curl https://nodejs.org/download/release/index.json | jq "[.[] | select(.version|test(\"^v${ver}\"))][0].version" -r)
   NODEPATH="${ACT_TOOLSDIRECTORY}/node/${VER:1}/$(node_arch)"
   mkdir -v -m 0777 -p "$NODEPATH"
-  wget "https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest-v${ver}.x/node-$VER-linux-$(node_arch).tar.xz" -O "node-$VER-linux-$(node_arch).tar.xz"
-  tar -Jxf "node-$VER-linux-$(node_arch).tar.xz" --strip-components=1 -C "$NODEPATH"
+  wget -q "https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest-v${ver}.x/node-$VER-linux-$(node_arch).tar.xz" -O "node-$VER-linux-$(node_arch).tar.xz"
+  tar -Jxf "node-$VER-linux-$(node_arch).tar.xz" --strip-components=1 -C "$NODEPATH" >/dev/null
   rm "node-$VER-linux-$(node_arch).tar.xz"
   if [[ "${ver}" == "24" ]]; then  # make this version the default (latest LTS)
     sed "s|^PATH=|PATH=$NODEPATH/bin:|mg" -i /etc/environment