diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index af988aaa..328a7a4e 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .git
-ve
+symposion-fixtures
+
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8f3fc64c..7e6cbcad 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ Making migrations
 
 If you make changes to the data model, you'll need to run "manage.py
 makemigrations" to create a matching migration file. If you're on a
-mac, or a system without python3, this can be difficult. In such a
-case, the ``makemigrations.sh`` script takes advantaged of a docker
-container that's slightly modified, and runs the makemigration action
-on the files in your working directory.
+mac, or a system without python3, this can be difficult.
+
+In such a case, you can use the above script to make and run a dev
+container; then::
+    docker exec -it symposion ./manage.py makemigrations
 
 
 Running a dev instance in a VirtualEnv
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index baf81ccd..872374d4 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.6
-
+FROM python:3.6 as symposion_base
 
 RUN set -ex \
     && apt-get update
@@ -41,4 +40,10 @@ RUN set -x \
     && DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=1234 STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY=1234 STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=1234 \
        DATABASE_URL="sqlite:////dev/null" \
        python manage.py collectstatic --noinput -l -v 0
+
+FROM symposion_base as symposion_dev
+VOLUME /app/symposion_app
+CMD ["./manage.py", "runserver", "-v3", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
+
+FROM symposion_base as symposion_prod
 CMD ["/usr/local/bin/uwsgi", "--http-socket", "0.0.0.0:8000", "--wsgi-file", "pinaxcon/wsgi.py"]
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.makemigrations b/docker/Dockerfile.makemigrations
deleted file mode 100644
index d64f416d..00000000
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.makemigrations
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-FROM python:3.6
-VOLUME /source
-COPY constraints.txt requirements.txt /setup/
-RUN set -ex \
-    && buildDeps=' \
-        libmysqlclient-dev \
-        libffi-dev \
-        libfreetype6-dev \
-        libjpeg-dev \
-        libwebp-dev \
-        libpng-dev \
-        liblcms2-dev \
-        zlib1g-dev \
-        libmemcached-dev \
-        libsasl2-dev \
-    ' \
-    && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y git xmlsec1 libmysqlclient18 \
-    && apt-get install -y $buildDeps --no-install-recommends
-RUN pip install -c /setup/constraints.txt -r /setup/requirements.txt
-COPY . /source
-WORKDIR /source
-RUN pip install -c /setup/constraints.txt -r /source/vendored_requirements.txt
-ENTRYPOINT ["python","/source/manage.py", "makemigrations"]
-
diff --git a/docker/laptop-mode-env b/docker/laptop-mode-env
index 6b174fa8..8d391eff 100644
--- a/docker/laptop-mode-env
+++ b/docker/laptop-mode-env
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=5CEA51A5-A613-4AEF-A9FB-D0A57D77C13B
 GCS_BUCKET=5CEA51A5-A613-4AEF-A9FB-D0A57D77C13B
 GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=/dev/null
 DATABASE_URL=sqlite:////tmp/symposion.sqlite
-SYMPOSION_DEV_MODE=LAPTOP
\ No newline at end of file
+SYMPOSION_DEV_MODE=LAPTOP
+SYMPOSION_APP_DEBUG=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/make_dev_container.sh b/make_dev_container.sh
index e29ffdc2..74352861 100755
--- a/make_dev_container.sh
+++ b/make_dev_container.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 CONTAINER_NAME=${1:-symposion_app}
 
-docker image build -f docker/Dockerfile -t ${CONTAINER_NAME} .
+docker image build -f docker/Dockerfile -t ${CONTAINER_NAME} --target symposion_dev .
 docker container stop symposion
 docker container rm symposion
-docker container create --env-file docker/laptop-mode-env -p 28000:8000 --name symposion ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+docker container create --env-file docker/laptop-mode-env -p 28000:8000 -v $(pwd):/app/symposion_app --name symposion ${CONTAINER_NAME}
 docker container start symposion
 docker exec symposion ./manage.py migrate
 docker exec symposion ./manage.py loaddata ./fixtures/*.json
diff --git a/makemigrations.sh b/makemigrations.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c150e271..00000000
--- a/makemigrations.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
-docker image build -f docker/Dockerfile.makemigrations -t makemigrations .
-docker run -it --env-file=docker/laptop-mode-env -v $(pwd):/source makemigrations $*
-