diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ecb3871..4e42f48 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -130,6 +130,4 @@ dist
 .yarn/install-state.gz
 .pnp.*
 ignore
-posts
-templates
 data
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6f173ea..9c2f369 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,61 @@
-FROM node:21-alpine3.18
+# node image
+FROM node:21-alpine3.18 as compiled
 WORKDIR /tmp 
+USER root
+
+# Copy the source code into the temp folder.
 COPY . /tmp
-RUN yarn install --production
-RUN yarn global add typescript
+
+# Installing the dependencies required for compiling.
+RUN yarn install && yarn global add typescript
+
+# Compile the project FROM typescript INTO javascript
 RUN tsc
-RUN mkdir /app
-RUN cp -r /tmp/*.json /app
-RUN cp -r /tmp/build/src /app
-RUN cp -r /tmp/src/views /app/src/
-RUN cp -r /tmp/data.template/ /app/data.template
-RUN cp -r /tmp/node_modules /app
-COPY ./scripts/docker_run.sh /app/run.sh
+
+# Putting some stuff into the final build
+RUN cp -r /tmp/*.json /tmp/build/ && \
+    cp -r /tmp/data.template /tmp/build/ && \
+    cp -r /tmp/src/views /tmp/build/src/ && \
+    cp -r /tmp/data.template /tmp/build && \
+    cp -r /tmp/scripts/docker_bootstrapper.sh /tmp/build/bootstrapper.sh && \
+    cp -r /tmp/scripts/docker_run.sh /tmp/build/runner.sh
+
+# The final version of disseminate is now in /tmp/build
+
+FROM node:21-alpine3.18 as main_image
+
+# Create a volume for our data folder
+VOLUME ["/app/data"]
+
+# Create a directory for our new app.
+RUN mkdir -p /app
+
+# Switch to the directory.
 WORKDIR /app
-CMD ["npm", "run", "docker:prod:run"]
+
+# Delete default node user for the next step.
+RUN deluser node
+
+# We want to run disseminate as a non-root user.
+ARG UID
+ARG GID
+RUN addgroup --gid $GID disseminate && \
+    adduser --home /app --uid $UID -G disseminate --disabled-password disseminate
+
+# Give our non-root user access to /app
+RUN chown -R disseminate:disseminate /app
+
+# Installing bash, mostly for debugging.
+RUN apk add bash
+
+# Switching to non-root user.
+USER disseminate
+
+# Copying the compiled project into our main image, ownership of the build is set to our aforementioned (non-root) user.
+COPY --chown=$UID:$GID --from=compiled /tmp/build/ /app
+
+# Installing the dependencies.
+RUN yarn install --production
+
+# Startup command
+CMD ["npm", "run", "docker:prod:bootstrapper"]
diff --git a/data.template/posts/about.md b/data.template/posts/about.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73d3fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data.template/posts/about.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# About Me.  
+  
+Hello!
diff --git a/data.template/posts/contact.md b/data.template/posts/contact.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e067a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data.template/posts/contact.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Contact Information.  
+  
+Contact me!
diff --git a/data.template/posts/welcome.md b/data.template/posts/welcome.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27c686c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data.template/posts/welcome.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Welcome to Disseminate!  
+  
+Welcome, user! We are glad to have you on board!  
+To start, find the "posts" directory in the data folder you have created, or mounted using docker.  
+This is the same directory you put your config file in.  
+
+Create a file named "hello.md", and start the file with:  
+```
+# [Your Title]
+```  
+  
+Now you can start writing blog posts!
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d555337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+services:
+  disseminate:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      args:
+        UID: 1000
+        GID: 1000
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/app/data
+    ports:
+      - 3024:3024
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34ee94c..f9f8795 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
   "scripts":{
     "docker:build": "bash scripts/docker_build.sh",
     "docker:test": "bash scripts/docker_test.sh",
-    "docker:test:bash": "bash scripts/docker_test_bash.sh",
-    "docker:prod:run": "/bin/sh /app/run.sh",
+    "docker:test:shell": "bash scripts/docker_test_bash.sh",
+    "docker:prod:bootstrapper": "/bin/bash /app/bootstrapper.sh",
+    "docker:prod:_runner": "/bin/bash /app/runner.sh",
     "dev:run": "ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register src/index.ts"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/docker_bootstrapper.sh b/scripts/docker_bootstrapper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a042858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker_bootstrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+cat << EOF
+    ____  ______________ __
+   / __ \/  _/ ___/ ___// / docker edition
+  / / / // / \__ \\__ \/ / launching bootstrapper...
+ / /_/ // / ___/ /__/ /_/ running as $(whoami) 
+/_____/___//____/____(_)   
+
+EOF
+if [ -z "$(find data -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1)" ]; then
+  echo '[bootstrapper] data directory is empty, copying template.'
+  cp -r data.template/* data/
+  chown -R disseminate:disseminate data/
+fi
+
+# echo "[bootstrapper] checking permissions for data folder"
+# permissions=$(ls -ld data)
+# ldArr=(${permissions// / })
+
+#if [[ ${ldArr[3]} != "node" ]]; then
+#  echo "[bootstrapper] data folder is owned by user ${ldArr[3]}, which is not node."
+#  echo "[bootstrapper] correcting permissions..."
+#  chown -R 1000:1000 data/
+#fi
+echo "[bootstrapper] launching runner"
+npm run docker:prod:_runner
diff --git a/scripts/docker_build.sh b/scripts/docker_build.sh
index 947a393..867dac4 100755
--- a/scripts/docker_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker_build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Disseminate Build Script
 # This script builds disseminate into a docker container, using the dockerfile provided in the repository.
 
-docker build . -t disseminate:latest
+docker build --build-arg UID=1000 --build-arg GID=1000 . -t disseminate:latest
diff --git a/scripts/docker_run.sh b/scripts/docker_run.sh
index 4bbef67..d77ba23 100755
--- a/scripts/docker_run.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker_run.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,14 @@
 # I'm so bad at bash scripting
-cat << EOF
-    ____  ______________ __
-   / __ \/  _/ ___/ ___// /
-  / / / // / \__ \\__ \/ / 
- / /_/ // / ___/ /__/ /_/  
-/_____/___//____/____(_)   
+#cat << EOF
+#    ____  ______________ __
+#   / __ \/  _/ ___/ ___// /
+#  / / / // / \__ \\__ \/ / 
+# / /_/ // / ___/ /__/ /_/  
+#/_____/___//____/____(_)   
+#
+#EOF
 
-EOF
-if [ ! -d data ]; then
-  echo '-------------'
-  echo 'Data folder not found. Did you set up a volume?'
-  echo '-------------'
-  exit 1
-fi
-if [ -z "$(find data -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1)" ]; then
-  echo '-------------'
-  echo 'Data directory is empty, copying template.'
-  echo '-------------'
-  cp -r data.template/* data/
-fi
-
-
-echo 'Starting...'
+echo '[runner] starting...'
 node src/index.js
-echo 'Exiting...'
+echo '[runner] exited.'
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker_test.sh b/scripts/docker_test.sh
index 6aca363..0ec595c 100755
--- a/scripts/docker_test.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker_test.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Disseminate docker test script
-
 mkdir ignore
 cd ignore
+
 docker run --rm -it -p 3024:3024 -v ./data:/app/data disseminate:latest
+
+cd ..
+rm -R ignore
diff --git a/scripts/docker_test_bash.sh b/scripts/docker_test_bash.sh
index 917271d..1775428 100755
--- a/scripts/docker_test_bash.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker_test_bash.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 
 mkdir ignore
 cd ignore
-docker run --rm -it -p 3024:3024 -v ./data:/app/data disseminate:latest /bin/sh
+docker run --rm -it -p 3024:3024 --user 1000:1000 -v ./data:/app/data disseminate:latest /bin/bash
+cd ..
 rm ignore