diff --git a/docs/roles/deploy_container.md b/docs/roles/deploy_container.md
index 46285580..e34d028c 100644
--- a/docs/roles/deploy_container.md
+++ b/docs/roles/deploy_container.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Deploy container
-Step that deploys the codebase in a Docker container image.
+Step that deploys the codebase in a Docker container image. Requires Docker and the `community.docker` collection for Ansible to be installed on your deploy server. You will also need to add a `docker` group and make sure your local deploy user is in that group, for example:
+
+```
+sudo groupadd docker
+sudo usermod -aG docker deploy
+```
+
+This can be handled automatically by [`ce-provision`](https://github.com/codeenigma/ce-provision) using the `ce_deploy` and `docker_ce` roles.
+
+AWS ECR registries require the AWS CLI user provided for `ce-deploy` to have the managed AWS `EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds` policy attached via IAM to allow access to fetch credentials and push containers.
 
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@@ -16,6 +25,7 @@ deploy_container:
   docker_registry_pass: asdf1234
   docker_base_command: "docker image build"
   docker_build_dir: "{{ _ce_deploy_build_dir }}"
+  dockerfile_template: example.j2 # provide a templates directory next to your playbook and change this to match your Dockerfile template name
   environment_vars: {} # dictionary you can populate for use in a custom Dockerfile template   
   # Requires the deploy IAM user to have the managed EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds policy attached
   aws_ecr:
diff --git a/roles/deploy_container/README.md b/roles/deploy_container/README.md
index 0647af50..e34d028c 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_container/README.md
+++ b/roles/deploy_container/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Deploy container
-Step that deploys the codebase in a Docker container image. Requires Docker and the `community.docker` collection for Ansible to be installed on your deploy server. This can be handled by [`ce-provision`](https://github.com/codeenigma/ce-provision) using the `ce_deploy` and `docker_ce` roles.
+Step that deploys the codebase in a Docker container image. Requires Docker and the `community.docker` collection for Ansible to be installed on your deploy server. You will also need to add a `docker` group and make sure your local deploy user is in that group, for example:
+
+```
+sudo groupadd docker
+sudo usermod -aG docker deploy
+```
+
+This can be handled automatically by [`ce-provision`](https://github.com/codeenigma/ce-provision) using the `ce_deploy` and `docker_ce` roles.
 
 AWS ECR registries require the AWS CLI user provided for `ce-deploy` to have the managed AWS `EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds` policy attached via IAM to allow access to fetch credentials and push containers.
 
@@ -18,6 +25,7 @@ deploy_container:
   docker_registry_pass: asdf1234
   docker_base_command: "docker image build"
   docker_build_dir: "{{ _ce_deploy_build_dir }}"
+  dockerfile_template: example.j2 # provide a templates directory next to your playbook and change this to match your Dockerfile template name
   environment_vars: {} # dictionary you can populate for use in a custom Dockerfile template   
   # Requires the deploy IAM user to have the managed EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds policy attached
   aws_ecr:
diff --git a/roles/deploy_container/defaults/main.yml b/roles/deploy_container/defaults/main.yml
index 4e4d30c3..8b1e8e69 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_container/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/deploy_container/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ deploy_container:
   docker_registry_pass: asdf1234
   docker_base_command: "docker image build"
   docker_build_dir: "{{ _ce_deploy_build_dir }}"
+  dockerfile_template: example.j2 # provide a templates directory next to your playbook and change this to match your Dockerfile template name
   environment_vars: {} # dictionary you can populate for use in a custom Dockerfile template   
   # Requires the deploy IAM user to have the managed EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds policy attached
   aws_ecr:
diff --git a/roles/deploy_container/tasks/main.yml b/roles/deploy_container/tasks/main.yml
index 37013df2..2b037a40 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_container/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/deploy_container/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: Create Dockerfile from template.
   local_action:
     module: ansible.builtin.template
-    src: Dockerfile.j2
+    src: "{{ deploy_container.dockerfile_template }}"
     dest: "{{ deploy_container.docker_build_dir }}/Dockerfile"
 
 - name: Set Docker registry username and password.
diff --git a/roles/deploy_container/templates/Dockerfile.j2 b/roles/deploy_container/templates/example.j2
similarity index 80%
rename from roles/deploy_container/templates/Dockerfile.j2
rename to roles/deploy_container/templates/example.j2
index d0f5e81c..5a155197 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_container/templates/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/roles/deploy_container/templates/example.j2
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 MAINTAINER sysadm@codeenigma.com 
 
 RUN apt-get update 
-RUN apt-get install –y nginx 
+RUN apt-get install -y nginx 
 CMD ["echo","Image created"]
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