diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da7fe8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+**/__pycache__
+**/.classpath
+**/.dockerignore
+**/.env
+**/.git
+**/.gitignore
+**/.project
+**/.settings
+**/.toolstarget
+**/.vs
+**/.vscode
+**/*.*proj.user
+**/*.dbmdl
+**/*.jfm
+**/azds.yaml
+**/bin
+**/charts
+**/docker-compose*
+**/compose*
+**/Dockerfile*
+**/node_modules
+**/npm-debug.log
+**/obj
+**/secrets.dev.yaml
+**/values.dev.yaml
+README.md
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7fc2a18..9d18e98 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-*.json
 *.tar
 checkpoints*
 venv*
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6338a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Step 1: ROI Detection",
+            "type": "docker",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "preLaunchTask": "Step 1: ROI Detection",
+            "python": {
+                "pathMappings": [
+                    {
+                        "localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",
+                        "remoteRoot": "/app"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "projectType": "general"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00de118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "docker-build",
+            "type": "docker-build",
+            "platform": "python",
+            "dockerBuild": {
+				"tag": "gazecapture:latest",
+				"dockerfile": "${workspaceFolder}/Dockerfile",
+				"context": "${workspaceFolder}",
+				"pull": true
+			}
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "docker-run",
+            "label": "Step 1: ROI Detection",
+            "dependsOn": [
+				"docker-build"
+			],
+            "python": {
+                "args": ["--task", "'ROIDetectionTask'", "--input", "/data/200407", "--output", "/data/meta"],
+                "file": "taskCreator.py"
+            },
+            "dockerRun": {
+                "volumes": [
+                    {
+                        "localPath": "/var/run/docker.sock",
+                        "containerPath": "/var/run/docker.sock"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "localPath": "/data",
+                        "containerPath": "/data"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "localPath": "${workspaceFolder}",
+                        "containerPath": "/app"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "docker-run",
+            "label": "Step 2: ROI Extraction",
+            "dependsOn": [
+				"docker-build"
+			],
+            "python": {
+                "args": ["--task", "'ROIExtraction'", "--input", "/data/200407", "--metapath", "/data/meta", "--output", "/data/prepped"],
+                "file": "taskCreator.py"
+            },
+            "dockerRun": {
+                "volumes": [
+                    {
+                        "localPath": "/var/run/docker.sock",
+                        "containerPath": "/var/run/docker.sock"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "localPath": "/data",
+                        "containerPath": "/data"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "localPath": "${workspaceFolder}",
+                        "containerPath": "/app"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "docker-run",
+            "label": "Step 3: train (reset)",
+            "dependsOn": ["docker-build"],
+            "python": {
+                "args": ["--data_path", "/data/prepped", "--reset"],
+                "file": "main.py"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6e7b2b8..60a64a6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,19 +1,34 @@
 FROM nvidia/cuda:11.2.2-devel-ubuntu20.04
 FROM python:3.7
 
-Maintainer MSREnable
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="MSREnable@Microsoft.Com"
+
+# Keeps Python from generating .pyc files in the container
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+# Turns off buffering for easier container logging
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+# nvidia-container-runtime
+ENV NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES all
+ENV NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES all
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential cmake apt-utils
 RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
 
-COPY ./requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
+COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
+VOLUME [ "/app" ] # Dynamically mounted from the host
+VOLUME [ "/data" ] # Dynamically mounted from the host
+
+# COPY . /app # Now dynamically mounted from the host
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Creates a non-root user with an explicit UID and adds permission to access the /app folder
+# For more info, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python-configure-containers
+RUN adduser -u 5678 --disabled-password --gecos "" appuser && chown -R appuser /app
+USER appuser
+
 EXPOSE 8097
 
 # Execute the python
-ENTRYPOINT ["python"]
-
-# nvidia-container-runtime
-ENV NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES all
-ENV NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES all
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["python"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/taskCreator.py b/taskCreator.py
index b25d12b..be1858d 100644
--- a/taskCreator.py
+++ b/taskCreator.py
@@ -1680,7 +1680,10 @@ def userCalibrationTask(filepath):
         dataLoader = None
 
     # run the job
-    output = taskManager.job(taskFunction, taskData, dataLoader)
+    # output = taskManager.job(taskFunction, taskData, dataLoader, 1)
+    
+    # temporarily single thread this to simplify debugging
+    output = taskManager.job(taskFunction, taskData, dataLoader, 1)
 
     # post-processing after the task has completed
     if args.task == "CaptureDataDistributionTask":