diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf372d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+syntax enable
+set background=dark
+set ai
+" TODO tabstop, etc.
+set hlsearch
+set ignorecase
+
+"let g:slimv_swank_cmd = '! tmux new-window -d -n REPL-SBCL "sbcl --load ~/.vim/slime/start-swank.lisp"' 
+let g:slimv_swank_cmd = '! if [ -z "$TMUX" ] ; then echo you need to start tmux first then open vim within tmux ; exit 1 ; else tmux new-window -d -n REPL-SBCL "sbcl --load ~/.vim/slime/start-swank.lisp" ; fi' 
+"let g:slimv_swank_cmd = '!sbcl --load ~/.vim/slime/start-swank.lisp &' 
+"let g:slimv_swank_cmd = '! xterm -e sbcl --load ~/.vim/slime/start-swank.lisp &'
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 94155e7..5c8ee1d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ WORKDIR /root
 
 RUN set -x \
     && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y git
-
+    && apt-get install -y git 
 RUN git clone 'https://github.com/vim/vim.git'
 RUN apt-get install -y make
 RUN apt-get install -y build-essential
@@ -21,15 +20,22 @@ RUN apt-get install -y libncurses5-dev
 RUN sed --in-place -e 's/#CONF_OPT_PYTHON\>/CONF_OPT_PYTHON/' vim/src/Makefile
 RUN cd vim/src && make
 
-#ADD entry.lisp      /root
+RUN git clone 'https://github.com/kovisoft/slimv.git'
+RUN mkdir .vim && cp -r slimv/* .vim/
+RUN ln -s /root/vim/runtime /usr/local/share/vim
+RUN apt-get install -y tmux
+RUN apt-get install -y procps
+RUN apt-get install -y sbcl
+
+# so we can run tmux
+RUN apt-get install -y locales
+RUN sed --in-place -e '/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/ s/^#//' /etc/locale.gen
+RUN locale-gen
 
-# TODO pgp verification
-#RUN wget 'https://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp'
-#RUN touch .sbclrc
-#RUN sbcl --load quicklisp.lisp --load install_it.lisp --eval '(quit)'
+ADD .vimrc /root
 
 
 
 #STOPSIGNAL SIGTERM
 
-CMD ["./entry.lisp", "--help"]
+CMD ["bash", "-c", "tmux"]