diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index de07516..b488276 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 ## Author: Nelson E Hernandez
-## Date:
 FROM centos:centos6.9
 ## install build tools
-RUN /usr/bin/yum groupinstall -y "Development Tools"
-RUN /usr/bin/yum install -y wget
+RUN /usr/bin/yum -y update && /usr/bin/yum groupinstall -y "Development Tools" && yum clean all
+RUN /usr/bin/yum install -y wget && yum install -y epel-release && yum install -y jq
 
 RUN wget https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage \
     && chmod +x linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage \
@@ -23,4 +22,11 @@ RUN sh autogen.sh && \
     ./configure --prefix=/tmux/MakeBuild && \
     make install
 
+## complete the appimage build.
+COPY ./opt /opt
+RUN /opt/build.sh
+
+## Produces artifact
+## /opt/releases/tmux-3.0a-x86_64.AppImage
+
 CMD /opt/build.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b89c01b..391c110 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,18 +17,17 @@ git clone https://github.com/nelsonenzo/tmux-appimage.git
 ## compile tmux from source by building container
 docker build . -t tmux
 
-## make appimage by running container
-docker run -it -v "$PWD"/opt:/opt tmux
-
-## expected output:
-./opt/releases/tmux-3.0a-x86_64.AppImage
+## extract the appimage file
+docker create -ti --name tmuxcontainer tmux bash
+docker cp tmuxcontainer:/opt/releases/tmux-3.0a-x86_64.AppImage .
+docker rm -f tmuxcontainer
 ```
 
 
 ## To use AppImage
 move appimage to executable location in your $PATH
 ```
-mv ./opt/releases/tmux.*AppImage /usr/bin/tmux
+mv tmux.*AppImage /usr/local/bin/tmux
 
 tmux
 ```
diff --git a/opt/AppRun b/opt/AppRun
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16c9944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opt/AppRun
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+HERE="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${0}")")"
+unset ARGV0
+exec "${HERE}/usr/bin/tmux" "$@"
diff --git a/opt/build.sh b/opt/build.sh
index c37260d..42c9adf 100755
--- a/opt/build.sh
+++ b/opt/build.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ export OUTPUT="/opt/releases/tmux-$RELEASE_TAG-x86_64.AppImage"
 /usr/bin/linuxdeploy --appdir=AppDir \
   -i /opt/tmux-logo-square.png \
   -d /opt/tmux.desktop \
-  -e MakeBuild/bin/tmux --output=appimage
+  -e MakeBuild/bin/tmux \
+  --custom-apprun=/opt/AppRun \
+  --output=appimage