diff --git a/lib/models/apis/runnable.js b/lib/models/apis/runnable.js
index f039232b2..f68e52449 100644
--- a/lib/models/apis/runnable.js
+++ b/lib/models/apis/runnable.js
@@ -181,6 +181,22 @@ Runnable.prototype.buildBuild = function (build, opts, cb) {
   buildModel.build(opts, cb);
  };
 
+
+Runnable.prototype.createContextVersion = function (contextId, cb) {
+  debug('createContextVersion', formatArgs(arguments));
+  this
+    .newContext(contextId.toString())
+    .createVersion(cb);
+};
+
+Runnable.prototype.copyVersionIcvFiles = function (contextId, cvId, icvId, cb) {
+  debug('copyVersionIcvFile', formatArgs(arguments));
+  this
+    .newContext(contextId)
+    .newVersion(cvId)
+    .copyFilesFromSource(icvId, cb);
+};
+
 Runnable.prototype.addAppCodeVersionsToContextVersion =
   function (appCodeVersions, contextVersion, cb) {
     debug('addAppCodeVersionsToContextVersion', formatArgs(arguments));
diff --git a/lib/routes/builds.js b/lib/routes/builds.js
index 83bf47f06..e7692c36d 100644
--- a/lib/routes/builds.js
+++ b/lib/routes/builds.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ app.post('/builds/',
         },
         mw.req('body.owner.github')
           .validate(validations.equalsKeypath('context.owner.github'))
-          .else(mw.next(Boom.badRequest('Context versions\' owners must match build owner')))),
+          .else(mw.next(Boom.badRequest('Context version\'s owner must match build owner')))),
       function (req, res, next) {
         req.contextIds = req.contextVersions.map(pluck('context'));
         req.contextVersionIds = req.contextVersions.map(pluck('_id'));
diff --git a/lib/routes/contexts/versions/index.js b/lib/routes/contexts/versions/index.js
index 40cc92d7f..499ca247a 100644
--- a/lib/routes/contexts/versions/index.js
+++ b/lib/routes/contexts/versions/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 var express = require('express');
 var app = module.exports = express();
+var uuid = require('uuid');
 
 var mw = require('dat-middleware');
 var flow = require('middleware-flow');
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ var isPopulatedArray = validations.isPopulatedArray;
 var transformations = require('middlewares/transformations');
 var mavis = require('middlewares/apis').mavis;
 var docker = require('middlewares/apis').docker;
+var runnable = require('middlewares/apis').runnable;
 var error = require('error');
 var ownerIsHelloRunnable = require('middlewares/owner-is-hello-runnable');
 
@@ -208,10 +210,45 @@ app.post('/contexts/:contextId/versions/:id/actions/copy',
   checkFound('contextVersion'),
   // only supports deep copy for now
   mw.query('deep').require().validate(validations.equals('true')),
-  contextVersions.createDeepCopy('sessionUser', 'contextVersion'),
+  mw.req('context.owner.github').require()
+    .validate(validations.equals(process.env.HELLO_RUNNABLE_GITHUB_ID))
+    .validate(validations.notEqualsKeypath('sessionUser.accounts.github.id'))
+    .then(
+      // if the build owner is hello-runnable and user is not hello-runnable
+      deepCopyCvFromHelloRunnable('contextVersion')
+    ).else(
+      contextVersions.createDeepCopy('sessionUser', 'contextVersion')),
   mw.res.status(201),
   mw.res.json('contextVersion'));
 
+function deepCopyCvFromHelloRunnable (cvKey) {
+  return flow.series(
+    // maybe error if the contextVersion has acvs?
+    // make a new context
+    mw.req('contextVersion', cvKey),
+    mw.body().pick('owner'),
+    runnable.create({}, 'sessionUser'),
+    // create context requires name
+    function (req, res, next) {
+      req.body.name = uuid();
+      next();
+    },
+    runnable.model.createContext('body'),
+    mw.req().set('newContext', 'runnableResult'),
+    // make a new context-version
+    runnable.create({}, 'sessionUser'),
+    runnable.model.createContextVersion('newContext._id'),
+    mw.req().set('newContextVersion', 'runnableResult'),
+    // use infracodeversion copy route to copy the files
+    runnable.create({}, 'sessionUser'),
+    runnable.model.copyVersionIcvFiles(
+      'newContext._id',
+      'newContextVersion._id',
+      'contextVersion.infraCodeVersion'),
+    contextVersions.findById('newContextVersion._id')
+  );
+}
+
 /** Builds a context version
  *  used internally (github hook, build build), session user may not be real
  *  @param id versionId of the source version