diff --git a/DOCKER/Dockerfile b/DOCKER/Dockerfile
index 1d4d05f27139085c8fc83d6ab6a45dbc85b155cf..3d4c53b84b5ece23aa3bb3fe2cc8c02f915822d5 100644
--- a/DOCKER/Dockerfile
+++ b/DOCKER/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 
 # set the repo and install tendermint -- should track vendored commit
 ENV REPO github.com/tendermint/tendermint
-ENV COMMIT 4ee387d0770ed379e2d524f7077938517b38cd7c
+#ENV COMMIT 4ee387d0770ed379e2d524f7077938517b38cd7c
+ENV COMMIT json_time
 # note, we want to lock in the same commit number
 #  as eris-db has vendored.
 RUN mkdir --parents $GOPATH/src/$REPO
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ RUN cd ./cmd/erisdb && go build -o /usr/local/bin/erisdb && \
 
 # set the repo and install mint-client
 ENV REPO github.com/eris-ltd/mint-client
-ENV BRANCH master
+ENV BRANCH develop
 RUN mkdir --parents $GOPATH/src/$REPO
 WORKDIR $GOPATH/src/$REPO
 RUN git clone --quiet https://$REPO . && \
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ RUN mkdir -p $ECM_PATH
 COPY DOCKER/chain_* $ECM_PATH/
 COPY DOCKER/config.toml $ECM_PATH/
 COPY DOCKER/version.sh $ECM_PATH/
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# permission the directories
+RUN chown -R eris /usr/local/bin
 RUN chown -R eris $ECM_PATH
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/DOCKER/chain_new.sh b/DOCKER/chain_new.sh
index 06bedab70500bda6596f4dabe0437f80af4d2c4b..6adc42f5e4e2c5fdf105fb06968896ebdb6a9e55 100755
--- a/DOCKER/chain_new.sh
+++ b/DOCKER/chain_new.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 echo "your new chain, kind marmot: $CHAIN_ID"
 
-if [ "$GENERATE_GENESIS" = "true" ]; then
+if [ ! -f $CHAIN_DIR/genesis.json ]; then
 	if [ "$CSV" = "" ]; then
 		mintgen random --dir="$CHAIN_DIR" 1 $CHAIN_ID
 		ifExit "Error creating random genesis file"
diff --git a/DOCKER/version.sh b/DOCKER/version.sh
index a375c1c1e5fbb26e6f593d0fd458edf26ce9a574..116023d3dd6ea58d898098a2d894fd9c15555f2d 100644
--- a/DOCKER/version.sh
+++ b/DOCKER/version.sh
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-echo "ecm version 0.0.2"
+# json break
+echo "ecm version 0.0.3"