diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2faaca5..8872e4e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ==================================================================================
-#       Copyright (c) 2019 Nokia
-#       Copyright (c) 2018-2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+#       Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Nokia
+#       Copyright (c) 2018-2020 AT&T Intellectual Property.
 #
 #   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,50 +14,45 @@
 #   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #   limitations under the License.
 # ==================================================================================
-# install a well known working rmr
-FROM python:3.7-alpine
-RUN apk update && apk add autoconf automake build-base cmake libtool ninja pkgconfig git
-RUN git clone --branch 1.10.2 https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/ric-plt/lib/rmr \
-    && cd rmr \
-    && mkdir build \
-    && cd build \
-    && cmake .. -DPACK_EXTERNALS=1 \
-    && make install
 
-# a1 stage 2
-FROM python:3.7-alpine
+# This container uses a 2 stage build!
+# Tips and tricks were learned from: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/multi-stage-docker-python/
+FROM python:3.7-alpine AS compile-image
+# Gevent needs gcc
+RUN apk update && apk add gcc musl-dev
+# do the install of a1
 
+# Switch to a non-root user for security reasons
+# This is only really needed in stage 2 however this makes the copying easier and straitforward! --user doesn't do the same thing if run as root!
+RUN addgroup -S a1user && adduser -S -G a1user a1user
+USER a1user
+
+# Speed hack; we install gevent FIRST because when building repeatedly (eg during dev) and only changing a1 code, we do not need to keep compiling gevent which takes forever
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install --user gevent
+COPY setup.py /home/a1user/
+COPY a1/ /home/a1user/a1
+RUN pip install --user /home/a1user
+
+###########
+# 2nd stage
+FROM python:3.7-alpine
 # dir that rmr routing file temp goes into
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/route/
-
-# Gevent needs gcc
-RUN apk update && apk add bash gcc musl-dev
-
-# Speed hack; we install gevent here because when building repeatedly (eg during dev) and only changing a1 code,
-# we do not need to keep compiling gevent which takes forever
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install gevent
-
-# copies
-COPY --from=0 /usr/local/lib64/libnng.so /usr/local/lib64/libnng.so
-COPY --from=0 /usr/local/lib64/librmr_nng.so /usr/local/lib64/librmr_nng.so
-COPY a1/ /tmp/a1
-COPY setup.py tox.ini /tmp/
-WORKDIR /tmp
-
-# do the actual install; this writes into /usr/local, need root
-RUN pip install .
-
-# Switch to a non-root user for security reasons.
-# a1 does not currently write into any dirs so no chowns are needed at this time.
-ENV A1USER a1user
-RUN addgroup -S $A1USER && adduser -S -G $A1USER $A1USER
-USER $A1USER
-
+# python copy; this basically makes the 2 stage python build work
+COPY --from=compile-image /home/a1user/.local /home/a1user/.local
+# copy rmr .sos from the builder image
+COPY --from=nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10004/bldr-alpine3-go:1-rmr1.13.1 /usr/local/lib64/libnng.so /usr/local/lib64/libnng.so
+COPY --from=nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10004/bldr-alpine3-go:1-rmr1.13.1 /usr/local/lib64/librmr_nng.so /usr/local/lib64/librmr_nng.so
+# Switch to a non-root user for security reasons. a1 does not currently write into any dirs so no chowns are needed at this time.
+RUN addgroup -S a1user && adduser -S -G a1user a1user
+USER a1user
 # misc setups
 EXPOSE 10000
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib/:/usr/local/lib64
 ENV RMR_SEED_RT /opt/route/local.rt
-# dont buffer logging
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+# This step is critical
+ENV PATH=/home/a1user/.local/bin:$PATH
 
+# Run!
 CMD run.py