diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 377e6de2..d99153d2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -56,13 +56,15 @@ RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" | tee -a /et
         openssl-dev \
         openjdk21-jre \
 # Doc conversion
+		gcompat \
+    	libc6-compat \
         libreoffice \
 # pdftohtml
         poppler-utils \
 # OCR MY PDF (unpaper for descew and other advanced features)
         tesseract-ocr-data-eng \
 # CV
-        py3-opencv \
+		py3-opencv \
 # python3/pip
         python3 \
         py3-pip && \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.fat b/Dockerfile.fat
index f8450fa0..97e32850 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.fat
+++ b/Dockerfile.fat
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" | tee -a /et
         openssl-dev \
         openjdk21-jre \
 # Doc conversion
+		gcompat \
+    	libc6-compat \
         libreoffice \
 # pdftohtml
         poppler-utils \
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" | tee -a /et
         tesseract-ocr-data-eng \
         font-terminus font-dejavu font-noto font-noto-cjk font-awesome font-noto-extra \
 # CV
-        py3-opencv \
+		py3-opencv \
 # python3/pip
         python3 \
     py3-pip && \
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java
index a55831ab..c8fe0c29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java
@@ -265,9 +265,6 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         // Pdftohtml dependent endpoints
         addEndpointToGroup("Pdftohtml", "pdf-to-html");
         addEndpointToGroup("Pdftohtml", "pdf-to-markdown");
-
-        // disabled for now while we resolve issues
-        disableEndpoint("pdf-to-pdfa");
     }
 
     private void processEnvironmentConfigs() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertPDFToPDFA.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertPDFToPDFA.java
index 5caee0f9..69c42701 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertPDFToPDFA.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertPDFToPDFA.java
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ public class ConvertPDFToPDFA {
             // Determine PDF/A filter based on requested format
             String pdfFilter =
                     "pdfa".equals(outputFormat)
-                            ? "writer_pdf_Export:{'SelectPdfVersion':{'Value':'2'}}:writer_pdf_Export"
-                            : "writer_pdf_Export:{'SelectPdfVersion':{'Value':'1'}}:writer_pdf_Export";
+                            ? "pdf:writer_pdf_Export:{\"SelectPdfVersion\":{\"type\":\"long\",\"value\":\"2\"}}"
+                            : "pdf:writer_pdf_Export:{\"SelectPdfVersion\":{\"type\":\"long\",\"value\":\"1\"}}";
 
             // Prepare LibreOffice command
             List<String> command =
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class ConvertPDFToPDFA {
                                     "--headless",
                                     "--nologo",
                                     "--convert-to",
-                                    "pdf:" + pdfFilter,
+                                    pdfFilter,
                                     "--outdir",
                                     tempOutputDir.toString(),
                                     tempInputFile.toString()));
diff --git a/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties b/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
index 0139fa96..9be009db 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ changeMetadata.submit=Change
 #pdfToPDFA
 pdfToPDFA.title=PDF To PDF/A
 pdfToPDFA.header=PDF To PDF/A
-pdfToPDFA.credit=This service uses qpdf for PDF/A conversion
+pdfToPDFA.credit=This service uses libreoffice for PDF/A conversion
 pdfToPDFA.submit=Convert
 pdfToPDFA.tip=Currently does not work for multiple inputs at once
 pdfToPDFA.outputFormat=Output format
diff --git a/src/main/resources/messages_en_US.properties b/src/main/resources/messages_en_US.properties
index f4a67539..57f60786 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_en_US.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_en_US.properties
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ changeMetadata.submit=Change
 #pdfToPDFA
 pdfToPDFA.title=PDF To PDF/A
 pdfToPDFA.header=PDF To PDF/A
-pdfToPDFA.credit=This service uses qpdf for PDF/A conversion
+pdfToPDFA.credit=This service uses libreoffice for PDF/A conversion
 pdfToPDFA.submit=Convert
 pdfToPDFA.tip=Currently does not work for multiple inputs at once
 pdfToPDFA.outputFormat=Output format