diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0691e9b..65b45fb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,62 +1,91 @@
 FROM phusion/baseimage:0.9.19
 
-ENV STEEMD_REV master
+
+# steem:master as of 2016-08-18
+ARG STEEMD_REPO=https://github.com/steemit/steem.git
+ARG STEEMD_REV=045c2a340d254d11dfcd22e1253646132465f9b7
+
+# secp256k1:master as of 2016-08-18
+ARG SECP256K1_REPO=https://github.com/bitcoin/secp256k1
+ARG SECP256K1_REV=7a49cacd3937311fcb1cb36b6ba3336fca811991
 
 ARG UBUNTU_MIRROR=mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt
-ARG STEEMD_REPO=https://github.com/steemit/steem.git
 
 RUN sed -i \
     -e s#http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/#${UBUNTU_MIRROR}#g \
     -e s#http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/#${UBUNTU_MIRROR}#g \
         /etc/apt/sources.list ; \
+        grep -v deb-src /etc/apt/sources.list > \
+            /etc/apt/sources.list.new && \
+        mv /etc/apt/sources.list.new /etc/apt/sources.list && \
         cat /etc/apt/sources.list
 
 RUN \
     apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y \
+        autoconf \
         automake \
         autotools-dev \
         bsdmainutils \
         build-essential \
         cmake \
+        doxygen \
         git \
-        libboost-chrono-dev \
-        libboost-filesystem-dev \
-        libboost-program-options-dev \
-        libboost-system-dev \
-        libboost-test-dev \
-        libboost-thread-dev \
-        libevent-dev \
-        libminiupnpc-dev \
+        libboost-all-dev \
+        libreadline-dev \
         libssl-dev \
         libtool \
-        libzmq3-dev \
-        libzmq5 \
-        pkg-config \
+        ncurses-dev \
+        python3 \
+        python3-dev \
     && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
 RUN \
-    git clone $STEEMD_REPO /usr/local/src/steem && \
-    cd /usr/local/src/steem && \
-    git checkout $STEEMD_REV && \
+    git clone \
+        $SECP256K1_REPO \
+        /usr/local/src/secp256k1 && \
+    cd /usr/local/src/secp256k1 && \
+    git checkout $SECP256K1_REV && \
     ./autogen.sh && \
-    ./configure --enable-hardening && \
-    make -j2 && \
+    ./configure && \
+    make -j8 && \
+    ./tests && \
     make install && \
     cd / && \
+    rm -rfv /usr/local/src/secp256k1
+
+RUN \
+    git clone \
+        $STEEMD_REPO \
+        /usr/local/src/steem && \
+    cd /usr/local/src/steem && \
+    git checkout $STEEMD_REV && \
+    git submodule update --init --recursive && \
+    cmake \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -DLOW_MEMORY_NODE=ON \
+        . \
+    && \
+    make -j8 && \
+    make install && \
     rm -rf /usr/local/src/steem
 
+# FIXME run steemd tests as part of build
+
 RUN \
     apt-get remove -y \
         automake \
         autotools-dev \
         bsdmainutils \
         build-essential \
+        doxygen \
         git \
+        libssl-dev \
         libtool \
         pkg-config \
+        python3-dev \
     && \
     apt-get autoremove -y && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
@@ -74,7 +103,6 @@ EXPOSE 8333
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/service/steemd
 ADD steemd.run /etc/service/steemd/run
 
-RUN mkdir -p /etc/service/steemd/log
 ADD steemd.log.run /etc/service/steemd/log/run
 
 RUN chmod +x /etc/service/steemd/log/run \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9baf1f3..2dbf620 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
+BUILD_ARGS := --build-arg UBUNTU_MIRROR="mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt"
+ifdef UBUNTU_MIRROR
+	BUILD_ARGS := --build-arg UBUNTU_MIRROR="$(UBUNTU_MIRROR)"
+endif
+
 default: build
 
 build: kill
-	docker build -t sneak/steemd .
+	docker build \
+		-t sneak/steemd \
+		$(BUILD_ARGS) \
+		.
 
 run: kill
 	docker run --name sneak-steemd -d sneak/steemd
diff --git a/steemd.log.run b/steemd.log.run
index 0f1a522..91ab421 100644
--- a/steemd.log.run
+++ b/steemd.log.run
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-exec chpst -usyslog logger -t steemd
+exec chpst -udaemon svlogd -tt /var/log/steemd
diff --git a/steemd.run b/steemd.run
index 92142a8..1c5859b 100644
--- a/steemd.run
+++ b/steemd.run
@@ -1,14 +1,37 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-export HOME="/var/lib/steem"
+set -x
+
+export HOME="/var/lib/steemd"
 
-# gen random pw for rpc server
 RANDOMPW=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=10 count=1 status=none |
     shasum | cut -b 1-20)
 
-chown -R steem:steem $HOME
+chown -R steemd:steemd $HOME
 
-exec chpst -usteem \
-    steemd $ARGS \
+SEED_NODES="
+    52.38.66.234:2001
+    52.37.169.52:2001
+    52.26.78.244:2001
+    192.99.4.226:2001
+    46.252.27.1:1337
+    81.89.101.133:2001
+    52.4.250.181:39705
+    steemd.pharesim.me:2001
+    seed.steemed.net:2001
+    steem.clawmap.com:2001
+    seed.steemwitness.com:2001
+    steem-seed1.abit-more.com:2001
+"
+ARGS=""
+for NODE in $SEED_NODES ; do
+  ARGS+=" --seed-node=$NODE"
+done
+
+cd $HOME
+chpst -usteemd \
+    steemd \
+        --rpc-endpoint=0.0.0.0:8090 \
+        $ARGS \
         $STEEMD_EXTRA_OPTS \
-        2>&1
+        2>&1 | logger -t steemd