diff --git a/containers/Makefile b/containers/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..25b919cbfe6d23914367a10df78a8080f9a744c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# import config.
+# You can change the default config with `make cnf="config_special.env" build`
+cnf ?= config.env
+include $(cnf)
+# exports variables in config.env as environment variables
+export $(shell sed 's/=.*//' $(cnf))
+
+
+# import deploy config
+# You can change the default deploy config with `make cnf="deploy_special.env" release`
+
+SHELL = bash
+
+## Get our version tag and stable version tag
+VERSION=$(shell head -n1 ../../VERSION)
+STABLE=$(shell echo ${$(head -n1 ../../VERSION)%.*})
+
+# help will output the help for each task
+# thanks to https://marmelab.com/blog/2016/02/29/auto-documented-makefile.html
+.PHONY: help
+
+help: ## This help.
+	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## / {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
+
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+# ==========================================================================
+#
+build: ## build the image
+	docker build -t $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) .
+build-unstable: ## build the image
+	docker build -t $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)-unstable .
+
+build-nc: ## Build the container without caching (from scratch)
+	docker build --no-cache -t $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) .
+build-unstable-nc: ## Build the container without caching (from scratch)
+	docker build --no-cache -t $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)-unstable .
+
+# ==========================================================================
+#
+login: ## Auto login to AWS-ECR unsing aws-cli
+	docker login -u ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} -p ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD} ${CI_REGISTRY}
+	echo "Login COMPLETE"
+
+master: build-nc publish-latest publish-stable
+master-cached: build publish-latest publish-stable
+stable: build-nc publish-stable 
+stable-cached: build publish-stable
+version: build-nc publish-version 
+version-cached: build publish-version
+unstable: build-unstable-nc publish-unstable 
+version-unstable: build-unstable publish-unstable
+
+publish: login publish-latest publish-version #publish-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
+	@echo "Publishing done"
+
+
+publish-latest: login 
+	@echo 'publish latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
+	docker tag $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
+	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
+
+publish-stable: login 
+	@echo 'publish $(STABLE) to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
+	docker tag $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(STABLE)
+	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(STABLE)
+
+publish-version: login 
+	@echo 'publish $(STABLE) to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
+	docker tag $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
+	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
+
+publish-unstable: login 
+	@echo 'publish unstable to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
+	docker tag $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)-unstable $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):unstable
+	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):unstable
+
+version: ## Output the current version
+	@echo $(VERSION)
+
+# ==========================================================================
+#
+info: ## Output the current version
+	@echo 'VERSION      = $(VERSION)     '
+	@echo 'STABLE       = $(STABLE)      '
+	@echo 'REG_NAME     = $(REG_NAME)    '
+	@echo 'APP_NAME     = $(APP_NAME)    '
+	@echo 'GL_GROUP     = $(GL_GROUP)    '
+	@echo 'GL_REG_GROUP = $(GL_REG_GROUP)'
+	@echo 'GL_REG_NAME  = $(GL_REG_NAME) '
diff --git a/containers/builder/Makefile b/containers/builder/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 208ea6f2e9a6f9c0da700464e5be8df10c3e8573..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/containers/builder/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,224 +0,0 @@
-# import config.
-# You can change the default config with `make cnf="config_special.env" build`
-cnf ?= config.env
-include $(cnf)
-# exports variables in config.env as environment variables
-export $(shell sed 's/=.*//' $(cnf))
-
-
-# import deploy config
-# You can change the default deploy config with `make cnf="deploy_special.env" release`
-
-SHELL = bash
-# grep the version from the mix file
-VERSION=$(shell bash version.sh)
-
-
-# help will output the help for each task
-# thanks to https://marmelab.com/blog/2016/02/29/auto-documented-makefile.html
-.PHONY: help
-
-help: ## This help.
-	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## / {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
-
-.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-build: ## build the image
-	docker build -t $(APP_NAME) .
-
-build-nc: ## Build the container without caching (from scratch)
-	docker build --no-cache -t $(APP_NAME) .
-
-build-alt: ## build the container for various machine architectures (broadwell, haswell, knl)
-	@echo 'building for architecture: $(ALT_NAME)'
-	docker build -t $(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) -f Dockerfile.$(ALT_NAME) .
-
-build-alt-nc: ## build the container for various machine architectures (broadwell, haswell, knl)
-	@echo 'build-alt-nc: building for architecture: $(ALT_NAME)'
-	docker build --no-cache -t $(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) -f Dockerfile.$(ALT_NAME) .
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-run: ## Run container on port configured in `config.env`
-	docker run -i -t --rm --env-file=./config.env -p=$(PORT):$(PORT) --name="$(APP_NAME)" $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION)
-
-up: build run ## Run container on port configured in `config.env` (Alias to run)
-
-stop: ## Stop and remove a running container
-	docker stop $(APP_NAME); docker rm $(APP_NAME)
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-tag: tag-latest tag-version #tag-version ## Generate container tags for the `{version}` and `latest` tags
-
-tag-latest: ## Generate container `{version}` tag
-	@echo 'create tag latest'
-	#docker tag $(APP_NAME)   $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-
-tag-version: ## Generate container `latest` tag
-	@echo 'creating tag $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-tag-alt: tag-alt-latest # tag-alt-version ## Generate container tags for the `{version}` ans `latest` tags
-
-tag-alt-latest: ## Generate container `{version}` tag
-	@echo 'create tag latest'
-	#docker tag $(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-
-tag-alt-version: ## Generate container `{version}` tag
-	@echo 'create tag latest'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-login: ## Auto login to AWS-ECR unsing aws-cli
-	docker login -u ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} -p ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD} ${CI_REGISTRY}
-	echo "Login COMPLETE"
-
-release: build-nc publish ## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-	@echo "Cleaning up"
-	docker rmi $(APP_NAME):latest
-
-develop: build-nc publish-dev ## Develop build, do not publish latest
-	@echo "Cleaning up"
-	#docker rmi $(APP_NAME):latest
-
-staging: build-nc publish-staging ## Develop build, do not publish latest
-	@echo "Cleaning up"
-	#docker rmi $(APP_NAME):latest
-
-release-cached: build publish ## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-develop-cached: build login publish-dev ## develop release
-staging-cached: build login publish-staging ## develop release
-
-publish: login publish-latest publish-version #publish-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-	@echo "Publishing done"
-
-
-publish-latest: ## Publish the `latest` taged container to ECR
-	@echo 'publish latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	#docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-
-publish-staging: ## Publish the `unstable` taged container to ECR
-	@echo 'publish unstable to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):testing
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):testing
-
-publish-dev: ## Publish the `unstable` taged container to ECR
-	@echo 'publish unstable to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):unstable
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):unstable
-
-publish-version: tag-version ## Publish the `{version}` taged container to ECR
-	@echo 'publish latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-	#docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-push: login ## push after login @echo 'push latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest'
-	docker tag  $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-release-alt: build-alt publish-alt ## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-
-publish-alt: login publish-alt-latest #publish-alt-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-
-push-alt: login tag-alt-latest ## push after login 
-	#docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-
-publish-alt-latest: #tag-alt-latest ## Publish the `latest` taged container to ECR
-	#docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-	docker rmi $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-
-publish-alt-version: tag-alt-version ## Publish the `latest` taged container to ECR
-	#docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):$(VERSION)
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-
-login-dockerhub: ## login to hub.docker.com
-	@echo 'docker hub login :'
-	docker login 
-
-push-dockerhub: build #publish-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-	@echo '$(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION)'
-	docker push $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	#docker push $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-publish-dockerhub: build tag #publish-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-	@echo '$(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION)'
-	docker push $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	#docker push $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-clean-tags:
-	docker rmi  $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(GL_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest   || true
-	docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(GL_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest   || true
-	docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest || true
-
-clean:
-	docker rmi $(REPO_NAME)/$(APP_NAME) || true
-	docker rmi $(REPO_NAME)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(REPO_NAME)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME) || true
-	docker rmi $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true  
-	docker rmi $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION) || true  
-	docker rmi $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME) || true
-	docker rmi $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):$(VERSION) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):$(VERSION) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(REG_USER)/$(APP_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(REG_USER)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true  
-	#docker rmi $(APP_NAME) || true
-
-version: ## Output the current version
-	@echo $(VERSION)
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-info: ## Output the current version
-	@echo 'VERSION      = $(VERSION)     '
-	@echo 'REG_USER     = $(REG_USER)    '
-	@echo 'REG_NAME     = $(REG_NAME)    '
-	@echo 'ALT_NAME     = $(ALT_NAME)    '
-	@echo 'APP_NAME     = $(APP_NAME)    '
-	@echo 'REPO_NAME    = $(REPO_NAME)   '
-	@echo 'DH_ORG       = $(DH_ORG)      '
-	@echo 'GL_GROUP     = $(GL_GROUP)    '
-	@echo 'GL_REG_GROUP = $(GL_REG_GROUP)'
-	@echo 'GL_REG_NAME  = $(GL_REG_NAME) '
-	@echo 'REPO         = $(REPO)        '
-	@echo 'TAG_VERSION  = $(TAG_VERSION) '
-
-ls: ## list all docker images 
-	docker images 
diff --git a/containers/builder/Makefile b/containers/builder/Makefile
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0b0e8e0086f68062b2b427755eb137285993ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/builder/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../Makefile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/containers/builder/config.env b/containers/builder/config.env
index 29f4d798964e7eedc430ea94b22a27ce5e1ec9d5..fea4ef6c4b32691a1c65f385e032603ab0d1ead6 100644
--- a/containers/builder/config.env
+++ b/containers/builder/config.env
@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
-REG_TOKEN ?= ${CI_IMAGE_BUILD_PAT}
-REG_USER  ?= whit
 REG_HOST  ?= eicweb.phy.anl.gov
-REG_NAME  ?= eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567
 REG_PORT  ?= 4567
+REG_NAME  ?= $(REG_HOST):$(REG_PORT)
 REG_URL   ?= https://$(REG_HOST)
 
-# name of alternate build: 
-# Dockerfile.$(ALT_NAME) --> $(APP_NAME)_${ALT_NAME}
-ALT_NAME ?= broadwell
-
 APP_NAME     = eic_builder
 REPO_NAME    = eic_builder
 
-DH_ORG       = eic
-
 GL_GROUP     = eic_container
 GL_REG_GROUP = containers/eic_container
 GL_REG_NAME  = $(REG_NAME)
-
-REPO         = $(REG_USER)
-TAG_VERSION  = latest
diff --git a/containers/builder/version-stable.sh b/containers/builder/version-stable.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..316bfa2e94a84a782afedb0b59897a2683399c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/builder/version-stable.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../version-stable.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/containers/builder/version.sh b/containers/builder/version.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 279e0acd2a1b6dcd6bd0c7132ec7af650a504541..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/containers/builder/version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-head -n1 ../../VERSION
diff --git a/containers/builder/version.sh b/containers/builder/version.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fed96f12f725dccafa569bcab873f17b769004e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/builder/version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../version.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/containers/release/Makefile b/containers/release/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 307466d05a0bd4fd2222854816cb217cf35095d2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/containers/release/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,224 +0,0 @@
-# import config.
-# You can change the default config with `make cnf="config_special.env" build`
-cnf ?= config.env
-include $(cnf)
-# exports variables in config.env as environment variables
-export $(shell sed 's/=.*//' $(cnf))
-
-
-# import deploy config
-# You can change the default deploy config with `make cnf="deploy_special.env" release`
-
-SHELL = bash
-# grep the version from the mix file
-VERSION=$(shell bash version.sh)
-
-
-# help will output the help for each task
-# thanks to https://marmelab.com/blog/2016/02/29/auto-documented-makefile.html
-.PHONY: help
-
-help: ## This help.
-	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## / {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
-
-.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-build: ## build the image
-	docker build -t $(APP_NAME) .
-
-build-nc: ## Build the container without caching (from scratch)
-	docker build --no-cache -t $(APP_NAME) .
-
-build-alt: ## build the container for various machine architectures (broadwell, haswell, knl)
-	@echo 'building for architecture: $(ALT_NAME)'
-	docker build -t $(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) -f Dockerfile.$(ALT_NAME) .
-
-build-alt-nc: ## build the container for various machine architectures (broadwell, haswell, knl)
-	@echo 'build-alt-nc: building for architecture: $(ALT_NAME)'
-	docker build --no-cache -t $(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) -f Dockerfile.$(ALT_NAME) .
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-run: ## Run container on port configured in `config.env`
-	docker run -i -t --rm --env-file=./config.env -p=$(PORT):$(PORT) --name="$(APP_NAME)" $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION)
-
-up: build run ## Run container on port configured in `config.env` (Alias to run)
-
-stop: ## Stop and remove a running container
-	docker stop $(APP_NAME); docker rm $(APP_NAME)
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-tag: tag-latest tag-version #tag-version ## Generate container tags for the `{version}` and `latest` tags
-
-tag-latest: ## Generate container `{version}` tag
-	@echo 'create tag latest'
-	#docker tag $(APP_NAME)   $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-
-tag-version: ## Generate container `latest` tag
-	@echo 'creating tag $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-tag-alt: tag-alt-latest # tag-alt-version ## Generate container tags for the `{version}` ans `latest` tags
-
-tag-alt-latest: ## Generate container `{version}` tag
-	@echo 'create tag latest'
-	#docker tag $(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-
-tag-alt-version: ## Generate container `{version}` tag
-	@echo 'create tag latest'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-login: ## Auto login to AWS-ECR unsing aws-cli
-	docker login -u ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} -p ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD} ${CI_REGISTRY}
-	echo "Login COMPLETE"
-
-release: build-nc publish ## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-	@echo "Cleaning up"
-	#docker rmi $(APP_NAME):latest
-
-staging: build-nc publish-staging ## Develop build, do not publish latest
-	@echo "Cleaning up"
-	#docker rmi $(APP_NAME):latest
-
-develop: build-nc publish-dev ## Develop build, do not publish latest
-	@echo "Cleaning up"
-	#docker rmi $(APP_NAME):latest
-
-release-cached: build publish ## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-staging-cached: build login publish-staging ## staging release
-develop-cached: build login publish-dev ## develop release
-
-publish: login publish-latest publish-version #publish-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-	@echo "Publishing done"
-
-
-publish-latest: ## Publish the `latest` taged container to ECR
-	@echo 'publish latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	#docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-
-publish-staging: ## Publish the `unstable` taged container to ECR
-	@echo 'publish unstable to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):testing
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):testing
-
-publish-dev: ## Publish the `unstable` taged container to ECR
-	@echo 'publish unstable to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):unstable
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):unstable
-
-publish-version: tag-version ## Publish the `{version}` taged container to ECR
-	@echo 'publish latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)'
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-	#docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-push: login ## push after login @echo 'push latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest'
-	docker tag  $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-release-alt: build-alt publish-alt ## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-
-publish-alt: login publish-alt-latest #publish-alt-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-
-push-alt: login tag-alt-latest ## push after login 
-	#docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-
-publish-alt-latest: #tag-alt-latest ## Publish the `latest` taged container to ECR
-	#docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-	docker tag $(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-	docker rmi $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest
-
-publish-alt-version: tag-alt-version ## Publish the `latest` taged container to ECR
-	#docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):$(VERSION)
-	docker push $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-
-login-dockerhub: ## login to hub.docker.com
-	@echo 'docker hub login :'
-	docker login 
-
-push-dockerhub: build #publish-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-	@echo '$(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION)'
-	docker push $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	#docker push $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-publish-dockerhub: build tag #publish-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
-	@echo '$(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION)'
-	docker push $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):latest
-	#docker push $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION)
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-clean-tags:
-	docker rmi  $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(GL_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest   || true
-	docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(GL_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest || true
-	docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest   || true
-	docker rmi  $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest || true
-
-clean:
-	docker rmi $(REPO_NAME)/$(APP_NAME) || true
-	docker rmi $(REPO_NAME)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(REPO_NAME)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME) || true
-	docker rmi $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true  
-	docker rmi $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION) || true  
-	docker rmi $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME) || true
-	docker rmi $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(TAG_VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(DH_ORG)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):latest || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):$(VERSION) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME)_$(ALT_NAME):$(VERSION) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(REG_USER)/$(APP_NAME) || true  
-	docker rmi $(GL_REG_NAME)/$(REG_USER)/$(APP_NAME):$(VERSION) || true  
-	#docker rmi $(APP_NAME) || true
-
-version: ## Output the current version
-	@echo $(VERSION)
-
-# ==========================================================================
-#
-info: ## Output the current version
-	@echo 'VERSION      = $(VERSION)     '
-	@echo 'REG_USER     = $(REG_USER)    '
-	@echo 'REG_NAME     = $(REG_NAME)    '
-	@echo 'ALT_NAME     = $(ALT_NAME)    '
-	@echo 'APP_NAME     = $(APP_NAME)    '
-	@echo 'REPO_NAME    = $(REPO_NAME)   '
-	@echo 'DH_ORG       = $(DH_ORG)      '
-	@echo 'GL_GROUP     = $(GL_GROUP)    '
-	@echo 'GL_REG_GROUP = $(GL_REG_GROUP)'
-	@echo 'GL_REG_NAME  = $(GL_REG_NAME) '
-	@echo 'REPO         = $(REPO)        '
-	@echo 'TAG_VERSION  = $(TAG_VERSION) '
-
-ls: ## list all docker images 
-	docker images 
diff --git a/containers/release/Makefile b/containers/release/Makefile
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0b0e8e0086f68062b2b427755eb137285993ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/release/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../Makefile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/containers/release/config.env b/containers/release/config.env
index da3c4f905c37876319551989888a6e065a482cd6..470b70c5c2a8ad722670eb69a679cee1d134d0e7 100644
--- a/containers/release/config.env
+++ b/containers/release/config.env
@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
-REG_TOKEN ?= ${CI_IMAGE_BUILD_PAT}
-REG_USER  ?= whit
 REG_HOST  ?= eicweb.phy.anl.gov
-REG_NAME  ?= eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567
 REG_PORT  ?= 4567
+REG_NAME  ?= $(REG_HOST):$(REG_PORT)
 REG_URL   ?= https://$(REG_HOST)
 
-# name of alternate build: 
-# Dockerfile.$(ALT_NAME) --> $(APP_NAME)_${ALT_NAME}
-ALT_NAME ?= broadwell
-
 APP_NAME     = eic
-REPO_NAME    = eic
-
-DH_ORG       = eic
+REG_NAME     = eic
 
 GL_GROUP     = eic_container
 GL_REG_GROUP = containers/eic_container
 GL_REG_NAME  = $(REG_NAME)
-
-REPO         = $(REG_USER)
-TAG_VERSION  = latest
diff --git a/containers/release/version-stable.sh b/containers/release/version-stable.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..316bfa2e94a84a782afedb0b59897a2683399c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/release/version-stable.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../version-stable.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/containers/release/version.sh b/containers/release/version.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 279e0acd2a1b6dcd6bd0c7132ec7af650a504541..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/containers/release/version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-head -n1 ../../VERSION
diff --git a/containers/release/version.sh b/containers/release/version.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fed96f12f725dccafa569bcab873f17b769004e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/release/version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../version.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/containers/version-stable.sh b/containers/version-stable.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..106797da2c4a570ad5a231e6f7b4f56dc618d055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/version-stable.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+## print the stable version tag for this version to the console
+
+version=head -n1 ../../VERSION
+echo "${VERSION%.*}-stable"
diff --git a/containers/version.sh b/containers/version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cfc89a3ebf0b6fa8cc644d58b94399ab84e08346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+## print the full version number to the console
+
+head -n1 ../../VERSION