diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index e9d9ecf84dc43dfd0188a27a760e362e1e7be8fa..7ab5de766b88dfef5e626f418ea883cbe3374bc5 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ build
 Vagrantfile
 README.md
 circle.yml
-api.md
\ No newline at end of file
+api.md
+vendor
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bf0a7100101cf6b50e2cf2194b3eb1875ebd8293..b9f5c6430ad7d023af2814299a877a8cf7462d1d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,73 +1,19 @@
-# Pull base image.
 FROM quay.io/eris/build
-MAINTAINER Eris Industries <support@erisindustries.com>
+MAINTAINER Monax <support@monax.io>
 
-# Expose ports for 1337:eris-db API; 46656:tendermint-peer; 46657:tendermint-rpc
-EXPOSE 1337
-EXPOSE 46656
-EXPOSE 46657
+# Install eris-db, a go app that manages relationships
+ENV TARGET eris-db
+ENV REPO $GOPATH/src/github.com/eris-ltd/$TARGET
 
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# install eris-db's dependencies
+ADD ./glide.yaml $REPO/
+ADD ./glide.lock $REPO/
+WORKDIR $REPO
+RUN glide install
 
-# set the source code path and copy the repository in
-ENV ERIS_DB_SRC_PATH $GOPATH/src/github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db
-ADD glide.yaml $ERIS_DB_SRC_PATH/
-ADD glide.lock $ERIS_DB_SRC_PATH/
-# [csk] if we vendor the dependencies we should import them b4 the glide install, no?
+COPY . $REPO/.
+RUN cd $REPO/cmd/$TARGET && \
+  go build --ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o $INSTALL_BASE/$TARGET
 
-# install glide for dependency management
-RUN go get github.com/Masterminds/glide \
-	# install dependencies for eris-db with glide
-	&& cd $ERIS_DB_SRC_PATH \
-	&& glide install
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# install mint-client [to be deprecated]
-
-ENV ERIS_DB_MINT_REPO github.com/eris-ltd/mint-client
-ENV ERIS_DB_MINT_SRC_PATH $GOPATH/src/$ERIS_DB_MINT_REPO
-
-WORKDIR $ERIS_DB_MINT_SRC_PATH
-
-RUN git clone --quiet https://$ERIS_DB_MINT_REPO . \
-	&& git checkout --quiet master \
-	&& go build -o $INSTALL_BASE/mintx ./mintx \
-	&& go build -o $INSTALL_BASE/mintconfig ./mintconfig \
-	&& go build -o $INSTALL_BASE/mintkey ./mintkey
-	# restrict build targets for re-evaluation
-	# && go build -o $INSTALL_BASE/mintdump ./mintdump \
-	# && go build -o $INSTALL_BASE/mintperms ./mintperms \
-	# && go build -o $INSTALL_BASE/mintunsafe ./mintunsafe \
-	# && go build -o $INSTALL_BASE/mintgen ./mintgen \
-	# && go build -o $INSTALL_BASE/mintsync ./mintsync
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# install eris-db
-
-# copy in the entire repo now (after dependencies installed)
-COPY . $ERIS_DB_SRC_PATH
-
-# build the main eris-db target
-RUN cd $ERIS_DB_SRC_PATH/cmd/eris-db \
-	# statically link Alpine's c library to provide X-Linux buildability
-	# [csk] see -> https://github.com/eris-ltd/eris-pm/commit/e24c49c7ba1e62509377adacf8da650b51e84e6a
-	&& go build --ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o $INSTALL_BASE/eris-db \
-	# copy the start script for eris-db \
-	&& cp $ERIS_DB_SRC_PATH/bin/start_eris_db $INSTALL_BASE/erisdb-wrapper \
-	&& chmod 755 $INSTALL_BASE/erisdb-wrapper
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# clean up [build container needs to be separated from shipped container]
-
-RUN unset ERIS_DB_SRC_PATH \
-	&& unset ERIS_DB_MINT_SRC_PATH \
-	&& apk del --purge go git musl-dev \
-	&& rm -rf $GOPATH
-
-# mount the data container on the eris directory
-VOLUME $ERIS
-
-WORKDIR $ERIS
-
-CMD "erisdb-wrapper"
\ No newline at end of file
+# build customizations start here
+RUN cd $REPO/client/cmd/eris-client && \
+  go build --ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o $INSTALL_BASE/eris-client
diff --git a/Dockerfile.deploy b/Dockerfile.deploy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..68704feb2907d69c9064d324ed90c41db89db772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.deploy
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+FROM quay.io/eris/base:alpine
+MAINTAINER Monax <support@monax.io>
+
+ENV TARGET eris-db
+
+# runtime customization start here
+ADD ./eris-client $INSTALL_BASE
+COPY ./bin/start_eris_db $INSTALL_BASE/erisdb-wrapper
+# runtime customization end here
+
+# Get the binary from the artifact in pwd
+ADD ./$TARGET $INSTALL_BASE
+RUN chmod +x --recursive $INSTALL_BASE
+
+# Finalize
+RUN chown --recursive $USER:$USER /home/$USER
+VOLUME $ERIS
+WORKDIR $ERIS
+USER $USER
+
+# runtime customization start here
+# Expose ports for 1337:eris-db API; 46656:tendermint-peer; 46657:tendermint-rpc
+EXPOSE 1337
+EXPOSE 46656
+EXPOSE 46657
+
+CMD [ "eris-db", "serve" ]
diff --git a/tests/build_tool.sh b/tests/build_tool.sh
index 57a385bce8c08ea8f97fd43f3aa2246722e1d6fd..b51f4b1159a6bcfbac6094f62445e77e39248b09 100755
--- a/tests/build_tool.sh
+++ b/tests/build_tool.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------
 # PURPOSE
 
-# This is the build script for eris-db. It will build the
-# tool into docker containers in a reliable and predicatable
-# manner.
+# This is the build script for the eris stack. It will
+# build the tool into docker containers in a reliable and
+# predicatable manner.
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------
 # REQUIREMENTS
@@ -17,34 +17,45 @@
 # build_tool.sh
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------
-# Set defaults
+
+TARGET=eris-db
+IMAGE=quay.io/eris/db
+
 set -e
-start=`pwd`
-if [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" ]
+
+if [ "$JENKINS_URL" ] || [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" ]
 then
-  repo=`pwd`
+  REPO=`pwd`
+  CI="true"
 else
-  base=github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db
-  repo=$GOPATH/src/$base
+  REPO=$GOPATH/src/github.com/eris-ltd/$TARGET
 fi
-branch=${CIRCLE_BRANCH:=master}
-branch=${branch/-/_}
 
-release_min=$(cat $repo/version/version.go | tail -n 1 | cut -d \  -f 4 | tr -d '"')
+release_min=$(cat $REPO/version/version.go | tail -n 1 | cut -d \  -f 4 | tr -d '"')
 release_maj=$(echo $release_min | cut -d . -f 1-2)
 
-image_base=quay.io/eris/erisdb
+# Build
+docker build -t $IMAGE:build $REPO
+docker run --rm --entrypoint cat $IMAGE:build /usr/local/bin/$TARGET > $REPO/$TARGET
+docker run --rm --entrypoint cat $IMAGE:build /usr/local/bin/eris-client > $REPO/eris-client
+docker build -t $IMAGE:$release_min -f Dockerfile.deploy $REPO
 
-cd $repo
+# Cleanup
+rm $REPO/$TARGET
+rm $REPO/eris-client
+if [ "$CI" ]
+then
+  docker rmi $IMAGE:build
+fi
 
+# Extra Tags
 if [[ "$branch" = "master" ]]
 then
-  docker build -t $image_base:latest $repo
-  docker tag $image_base:latest $image_base:$release_maj
-  docker tag $image_base:latest $image_base:$release_min
-else
-  docker build -t $image_base:$release_min $repo
+  docker tag -f $IMAGE:$release_min $IMAGE:$release_maj
+  docker tag -f $IMAGE:$release_min $IMAGE:latest
+fi
+
+if [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" ]
+then
+  docker tag -f $IMAGE:$release_min $IMAGE:latest
 fi
-test_exit=$?
-cd $start
-exit $test_exit