diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 76c93a3..b62ecd3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="michael.c.conway@gmail.com"
 LABEL description="iRODS Metadata Template REST endpoint"
 ADD runit.sh /
 
-ADD metadata-template-rest.jar /
+ADD target/metadata-template-rest.jar /
 CMD ["/runit.sh"]
 
-
-
 # build: docker build -t diceunc/metadata-template-rest:latest .
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6b9c48..25266af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,21 @@
 # irods-ext-metadata-template-service
 irods-ext based metadata template service 
+
+
+
+### Building
+
+This is a spring boot application run as a single executable jar, therefore, to build for docker packaging, run
+
+```
+mvn package spring-boot:repackage
+
+```
+
+The docker image can be build using the provided Dockerfile at the root of this repo using a command such as
+
+```
+docker build -t diceunc/metadata-template-rest:latest .
+
+```
+