diff --git a/crates/lox-library/Dockerfile b/crates/lox-library/Dockerfile
index fab6196..1c12288 100644
--- a/crates/lox-library/Dockerfile
+++ b/crates/lox-library/Dockerfile
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ FROM rust:1.56.0
 WORKDIR /home/lox
 ADD src/ ./src/
 ADD Cargo.toml Cargo.toml
-ADD tests/ ./tests/tests
+ADD tests/ ./tests/
 ADD README.md README.md
-RUN cargo build
+RUN cargo build --release
 ENV SHELL=/bin/bash
-
-
diff --git a/crates/lox-library/README.md b/crates/lox-library/README.md
index c5aad0b..a4e08f3 100644
--- a/crates/lox-library/README.md
+++ b/crates/lox-library/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 Lox is a reputation-based bridge distribution system that provides privacy protection to users and their social graph and is open to all users.
 Lox is written in rust and requires `cargo` to test. [Install Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install)
 
+### To use the docker environment to build the package:
+
+```
+./build-lox.sh
+./run-lox.sh
+```
+
 ### To run the tests used for our experimental results run:
 
 ```
diff --git a/crates/lox-library/build-lox.sh b/crates/lox-library/build-lox.sh
index c640c26..141dda5 100755
--- a/crates/lox-library/build-lox.sh
+++ b/crates/lox-library/build-lox.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-docker rm lox 2>&1;
 docker build -t lox .
diff --git a/crates/lox-library/run-lox.sh b/crates/lox-library/run-lox.sh
index 19ca983..e95657d 100755
--- a/crates/lox-library/run-lox.sh
+++ b/crates/lox-library/run-lox.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-docker run --name lox -it lox:latest /bin/bash
+docker run --name lox --rm -it lox:latest /bin/bash
diff --git a/crates/lox-library/stop-lox.sh b/crates/lox-library/stop-lox.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1383113..0000000
--- a/crates/lox-library/stop-lox.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-docker stop lox