diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index 3cfd615aec28bf9a2565241469774fc38f069b39..b79a4dd2a20cf92d0b10f5560c661d39dc9ea067 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ ARG BASE_IMAGE="debian_stable_base"
 ARG INTERNAL_TAG="testing"
 
 ## ========================================================================================
-## STAGE1: spack builder image
-## EIC builder image with spack
+## STAGE0: spack image
+## EIC spack image with spack and eic-spack repositories
 ## ========================================================================================
-FROM ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}${BASE_IMAGE}:${INTERNAL_TAG} as builder
+FROM ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}${BASE_IMAGE}:${INTERNAL_TAG} as spack
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
 ## install some extra spack dependencies
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked,id=${TARGETPLATFORM}
         python3-dev                                                     \
         python3-distutils                                               \
         python3-boto3                                                   \
-        python-is-python3                                               \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+        python-is-python3
 
 ## Setup spack
 ENV SPACK_ROOT=/opt/spack
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ RUN git clone https://github.com/${SPACK_ORGREPO}.git ${SPACK_ROOT}     \
 
 SHELL ["docker-shell"]
 
+## Setup build configuration
 ARG jobs=64
 RUN declare -A target=(                                                 \
       ["linux/amd64"]="x86_64_v2"                                       \
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ RUN declare -A target=(                                                 \
  && spack config blame compilers
 
 ## Setup local buildcache mirrors
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack-mirror                   \
-    spack mirror add local /var/cache/spack-mirror/${SPACK_VERSION}     \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack                          \
+    spack mirror add local /var/cache/spack/mirror/${SPACK_VERSION}     \
  && spack buildcache update-index local                                 \
  && spack mirror list
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack-mirror                   \
 ## - the write-enabled mirror is provided later as a secret mount
 ARG S3_ACCESS_KEY=""
 ARG S3_SECRET_KEY=""
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack-mirror                   \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack                          \
     if [ -n "${S3_ACCESS_KEY}" ] ; then                                 \
     spack mirror add --scope site                                       \
       --s3-endpoint-url https://eics3.sdcc.bnl.gov:9000                 \
@@ -82,12 +82,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack-mirror                   \
     ; fi                                                                \
  && spack mirror list
 
-## This variable will change whenever either spack.yaml or our spack package
-## overrides change, triggering a rebuild
-ARG CACHE_BUST="hash"
-ARG CACHE_NUKE=""
-
-## Setup our custom package overrides
+## Setup eic-spack
 ENV EICSPACK_ROOT=${SPACK_ROOT}/var/spack/repos/eic-spack
 ARG EICSPACK_ORGREPO="eic/eic-spack"
 ARG EICSPACK_VERSION="$SPACK_VERSION"
@@ -100,12 +95,18 @@ RUN git clone https://github.com/${EICSPACK_ORGREPO}.git ${EICSPACK_ROOT} \
     fi                                                                  \
  && spack repo add --scope site "${EICSPACK_ROOT}"
 
+## ========================================================================================
+## STAGE1: builder
+## EIC builder image with spack environment
+## ========================================================================================
+FROM spack as builder
+
 ## Setup our custom environment (secret mount for write-enabled mirror)
 COPY --from=spack-environment . /opt/spack-environment/
 ARG ENV=dev
 ENV SPACK_ENV=/opt/spack-environment/${ENV}
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/ccache,id=${TARGETPLATFORM}              \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack-mirror                   \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack                          \
     --mount=type=secret,id=mirrors,target=/opt/spack/etc/spack/mirrors.yaml \
     source $SPACK_ROOT/share/spack/setup-env.sh                         \
  && export CCACHE_DIR=/ccache                                           \
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/ccache,id=${TARGETPLATFORM}              \
  && ccache --show-stats
 
 ## Create view at /usr/local
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack-mirror                   \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack                          \
     source $SPACK_ROOT/share/spack/setup-env.sh                         \
  && spack env activate --dir ${SPACK_ENV}                               \
  && rm -r /usr/local                                                    \
@@ -125,9 +126,10 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack-mirror                   \
 ## Optional, nuke the buildcache after install, before (re)caching
 ## This is useful when going to completely different containers,
 ## or intermittently to keep the buildcache step from taking too much time
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack-mirror,sharing=locked    \
+ARG CACHE_NUKE=""
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack,sharing=locked           \
     [ -z "${CACHE_NUKE}" ]                                              \
-    || rm -rf /var/cache/spack-mirror/${SPACK_VERSION}/build_cache/*
+    || rm -rf /var/cache/spack/mirror/${SPACK_VERSION}/build_cache/*
 
 ## Extra post-spack steps:
 ##   - Python packages