diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a0d5dd..f84d2db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ pip install nebari-plugin-self-registration
 
 ## Running locally with Docker
 
-_Note_: running locally requires a `config.yaml` file to be present within the `self-registration/dev` directory. Please rename the `sample.config.yaml` and update as needed before proceeding:
+_Note_: running locally requires a `config.yaml` file to be present within the `self-registration` directory. Please create a copy of the `sample.config.yaml`, rename, and update as needed before proceeding:
 
 1. Navigate to the `self-registration` directory
 2. To build the docker image, run the following:
 
 ```
-docker build . -t self-registration
+docker build . --file Dockerfile.local -t self-registration
 ```
 
 3. To run the app, run the following:
diff --git a/self-registration/Dockerfile b/self-registration/Dockerfile
index a892697..0269544 100644
--- a/self-registration/Dockerfile
+++ b/self-registration/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ FROM python:3.12
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY ./requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
-COPY ./dev .
 
 # need to pre-install cython < 3 to avoid pyyaml >= 5.4.1 incompatibility https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/601
 RUN echo "cython<3" > /tmp/constraint.txt
diff --git a/self-registration/Dockerfile.local b/self-registration/Dockerfile.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa3d9c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/self-registration/Dockerfile.local
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+FROM python:3.12
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY ./requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+COPY ./config.yaml .
+
+# need to pre-install cython < 3 to avoid pyyaml >= 5.4.1 incompatibility https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/601
+RUN echo "cython<3" > /tmp/constraint.txt
+
+RUN PIP_CONSTRAINT=/tmp/constraint.txt pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /tmp/requirements.txt
+
+COPY ./app /app
+
+# Run web app as non-root
+RUN useradd -m www
+USER www
+
+CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
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diff --git a/self-registration/dev/config.sample.yaml b/self-registration/config.sample.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from self-registration/dev/config.sample.yaml
rename to self-registration/config.sample.yaml
diff --git a/self-registration/run.sh b/self-registration/run.sh
index d2f1ef2..b532326 100755
--- a/self-registration/run.sh
+++ b/self-registration/run.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ docker container stop self-registration
 docker container rm self-registration
 
 # Build and Run New Container
-docker build . -t self-registration
+docker build . --file Dockerfile.local -t self-registration
 docker run -d -p 8000:8000 --name self-registration self-registration
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