diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e82971..fc57d60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -108,4 +108,7 @@ dist
 .tern-port
 
 # vscode
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+
+compose.yaml
+compose-local-mongo.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c095880..050dc55 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
-FROM node:18-alpine
+# Stage 1 - Gather dependencies
+#FROM node:19 AS deps
+#COPY . .
+#RUN npm ci
+
+# Stage 2 - Runner
+#FROM node:20-alpine as runner
+FROM node:20
+# RUN git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf 'git@github.com:'
+# RUN git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf git@github.com:
+# RUN git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
+#RUN git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf ssh://git@github.com
+# RUN git config --global url."https://github.com".insteadOf "ssh://git@github.com"
+# NOTE to self: I got this to work (i.e., fixed the problem with the docker build
+# not being able to pull the status dependency -
+# digitalcredentials/credential-status-manager-db#initial-implementation 
+# from git ) by instead pulling in the dependency locally so it gets copied
+# directly into the docker build as part of copying in all of the local node_modules.  
+# I also therefore had to remove node_moduels from the dockerignore
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY . .
-RUN npm install
 CMD ["node", "server.js"]
 EXPOSE 4008
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3c0c5eb..18db57f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "test": "NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules npx mocha --timeout 10000 -r dotenv/config dotenv_config_path=src/test-fixtures/.env.testing src/app.test.js "
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@digitalcredentials/credential-status-manager-db": "digitalcredentials/credential-status-manager-db#initial-implementation",
+    "@digitalcredentials/credential-status-manager-db": "^0.0.1-beta.1",
     "cookie-parser": "~1.4.4",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "debug": "~2.6.9",
diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index cf4b0df..2b78ecd 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export async function build(opts = {}) {
         const vcWithStatus = await status.allocateRevocationStatus(vc);
         return res.json(vcWithStatus);
       } catch (e) {
+        
+        console.log(e)
         // We catch the async errors and pass them to the error handler.
         if (!e.message) {
           e.message = 'Unable to allocate status position.'