diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 6b7ebf648..2886a059a 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .devcontainer
 .github
 .vscode
-!scripts/init.sh
-target
\ No newline at end of file
+target/
+.dockerignore
+Dockerfile
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 19bda7463..72e3f1b12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -1,49 +1,42 @@
 name: Publish Docker Image
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    tags:
-      - '*'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-    - main
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
 
 permissions:
-    contents: read
-    packages: write
-    actions: read
-    security-events: write
+  contents: read
+  packages: write
+  actions: read
+  security-events: write
 
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: SubtensorCI
-    
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        
+
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
-        
+
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
-        
+
       - name: Login to GHCR
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          
+
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
         id: meta
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
         with:
           images: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
-          
+
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
         with:
@@ -52,4 +45,4 @@ jobs:
           tags: |
             ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
             ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:latest
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e3c2814ff..f9a7968b9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -167,5 +167,12 @@ codegen-units = 1
 
 [features]
 default = []
-try-runtime = ["node-subtensor/try-runtime", "node-subtensor-runtime/try-runtime"]
-runtime-benchmarks = ["node-subtensor/runtime-benchmarks", "node-subtensor-runtime/runtime-benchmarks"]
+try-runtime = [
+    "node-subtensor/try-runtime",
+    "node-subtensor-runtime/try-runtime",
+]
+runtime-benchmarks = [
+    "node-subtensor/runtime-benchmarks",
+    "node-subtensor-runtime/runtime-benchmarks",
+]
+metadata-hash = ["node-subtensor-runtime/metadata-hash"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2fc6cbcc6..2dd2e2370 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,65 +1,44 @@
-
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=ubuntu:20.04
 
-FROM $BASE_IMAGE as builder
+FROM $BASE_IMAGE AS builder
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 
-# This is being set so that no interactive components are allowed when updating.
+# Set noninteractive mode for apt-get
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 LABEL ai.opentensor.image.authors="operations@opentensor.ai" \
   ai.opentensor.image.vendor="Opentensor Foundation" \
   ai.opentensor.image.title="opentensor/subtensor" \
   ai.opentensor.image.description="Opentensor Subtensor Blockchain" \
-  ai.opentensor.image.revision="${VCS_REF}" \
-  ai.opentensor.image.created="${BUILD_DATE}" \
   ai.opentensor.image.documentation="https://docs.bittensor.com"
 
-# show backtraces
-ENV RUST_BACKTRACE 1
-
-# Necessary libraries for Rust execution
+# Set up Rust environment
+ENV RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 RUN apt-get update && \
   apt-get install -y curl build-essential protobuf-compiler clang git && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Install cargo and Rust
 RUN set -o pipefail && curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y
 ENV PATH="/root/.cargo/bin:${PATH}"
+RUN rustup update stable
+RUN rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown --toolchain stable
 
-RUN mkdir -p /subtensor && \
-  mkdir /subtensor/scripts
-
-# Scripts
-COPY ./scripts/init.sh /subtensor/scripts/
-
-# Capture dependencies
-COPY Cargo.lock Cargo.toml /subtensor/
+# Copy entire repository
+COPY . /build
+WORKDIR /build
 
-# Specs
-COPY ./snapshot.json /subtensor/snapshot.json
-COPY ./raw_spec_testfinney.json /subtensor/raw_spec_testfinney.json
-COPY ./raw_spec_finney.json /subtensor/raw_spec_finney.json
+# Build the project
+RUN cargo build -p node-subtensor --profile production  --features="runtime-benchmarks metadata-hash" --locked
 
-# Copy our sources
-COPY ./node /subtensor/node
-COPY ./pallets /subtensor/pallets
-COPY ./runtime /subtensor/runtime
-COPY ./support /subtensor/support
+# Verify the binary was produced
+RUN test -e /build/target/production/node-subtensor
 
-# Copy our toolchain
-COPY rust-toolchain.toml /subtensor/
-RUN /subtensor/scripts/init.sh
-
-# Cargo build
-WORKDIR /subtensor
-RUN cargo build --profile production --features runtime-benchmarks --locked
 EXPOSE 30333 9933 9944
 
-
 FROM $BASE_IMAGE AS subtensor
 
-COPY --from=builder /subtensor/snapshot.json /
-COPY --from=builder /subtensor/raw_spec_testfinney.json /
-COPY --from=builder /subtensor/raw_spec_finney.json /
-COPY --from=builder /subtensor/target/production/node-subtensor /usr/local/bin
+# Copy all chainspec files
+COPY --from=builder /build/*.json /
+
+# Copy final binary
+COPY --from=builder /build/target/production/node-subtensor /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index 0e1a418a3..3c5c91b92 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"frame-system/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"sc-service/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"sp-runtime/runtime-benchmarks",
-	"pallet-commitments/runtime-benchmarks"
+	"pallet-commitments/runtime-benchmarks",
 ]
 pow-faucet = []
 
@@ -103,5 +103,7 @@ try-runtime = [
 	"frame-system/try-runtime",
 	"pallet-transaction-payment/try-runtime",
 	"sp-runtime/try-runtime",
-	"pallet-commitments/try-runtime"
+	"pallet-commitments/try-runtime",
 ]
+
+metadata-hash = ["node-subtensor-runtime/metadata-hash"]