diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/data-seeding/docker/Dockerfile
index 79f9d6a1..797cc66f 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,43 +1,19 @@
 # syntax = docker/dockerfile:1.2
 FROM python:3.8.6-slim-buster as compile-image
 
+WORKDIR /root
+
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git gcc g++ libpq-dev gawk jq telnet wget openssl iputils-ping gnupg socat bash procps make python2 cargo
 
-WORKDIR /root
 RUN mkdir -vp /usr/local/etc/cic
 
 COPY data-seeding/requirements.txt . 
 
+COPY data-seeding/ . 
+
 ARG EXTRA_INDEX_URL="https://pip.grassrootseconomics.net:8433"
 RUN pip install --extra-index-url $EXTRA_INDEX_URL -r requirements.txt 
 
-# -------------- begin runtime container ---------------- 
-FROM python:3.8.6-slim-buster as runtime-image
-
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gnupg libpq-dev 
-RUN apt-get install -y jq bash iputils-ping socat telnet dnsutils
-
-COPY --from=compile-image /usr/local/bin/ /usr/local/bin/
-COPY --from=compile-image /usr/local/etc/cic/ /usr/local/etc/cic/
-COPY --from=compile-image /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ \
-                          /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/
-
-WORKDIR root/
-
-ENV EXTRA_INDEX_URL https://pip.grassrootseconomics.net:8433
-# RUN useradd -u 1001 --create-home grassroots
-# RUN adduser grassroots sudo && \
-#     echo '%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
-# WORKDIR /home/grassroots
-
-COPY data-seeding/ . 
-
-# we copied these from the root build container.
-# this is dumb though...I guess the compile image should have the same user
-# RUN chown grassroots:grassroots -R /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ 
-
-# USER grassroots
 
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