diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 43e7429b..6a9bcb37 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,8 +8,35 @@ MAINTAINER KBase Developer
 
 # RUN apt-get update
 
-RUN conda install python="3.7"
+RUN lsb_release -a
 
+# deactivate &**&)^&&*_)&ing conda
+ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+RUN echo $PATH
+RUN rm -r /miniconda
+
+# install python 3.7
+RUN sudo apt-get update
+RUN sudo apt-get install build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev \
+    libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev curl libbz2-dev libsqlite3-dev -y
+RUN cd /opt \
+    && curl -O https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.3/Python-3.7.3.tar.xz \
+    && tar -xf Python-3.7.3.tar.xz \
+    && cd Python-3.7.3 \
+    && ./configure --enable-optimizations --with-ensurepip=install \
+        --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions\
+    && make -j 8 \
+    && make install
+
+RUN rm /opt/Python-3.7.3.tar.xz \
+    && rm -r /opt/Python-3.7.3
+
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3.7 /usr/local/bin/python
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/bin/pip3 /usr/local/bin/pip
+RUN which python
+RUN python --version
+
+# install arango for tests. Kind of pointless until the other deps are also installed
 ENV ARANGO_VER=3.5.1
 ENV ARANGO_VER_PRE=35
 
@@ -32,9 +59,6 @@ WORKDIR /kb/module
 # really need a test build and a prod build. Not sure that's possible via sdk.
 RUN pipenv install --system --deploy --ignore-pipfile --dev
 
-RUN which python
-RUN python --version
-
 RUN cd test \
     && cp test.cfg.example test-sdk.cfg \
     && sed -i "s#^test.temp.dir=.*#test.temp.dir=temp_test_dir#" test-sdk.cfg \
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 3f05f966..66a1b738 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ pint = "==0.10.1"
 python-ranges = "==0.1.3"
 confluent-kafka = "==1.3.0"
 pygtrie = "==2.3.2"
+jinja2 = "==2.11.2"
+uwsgi = "==2.0.18"
 
 [requires]
 python_version = "3.7"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 8b8452c6..fb71047b 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "936d8ff045ad3c00cdb26bfd23ad84d1cefd0ee8e830e103c3cda91a877def04"
+            "sha256": "5a4faaaa7c7b50b046f3d1596dc91fa2eb0b45e241f33b3c351f42407a6cea82"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@
             "markers": "python_version < '3.8'",
             "version": "==1.6.0"
         },
+        "jinja2": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:89aab215427ef59c34ad58735269eb58b1a5808103067f7bb9d5836c651b3bb0",
+                "sha256:f0a4641d3cf955324a89c04f3d94663aa4d638abe8f733ecd3582848e1c37035"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.11.2"
+        },
         "jsonrpcbase": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:7ea67fc1a7c87756e9a876e18a342e431e80d0ef3ba867dfd6f3fac5bf3fcc0d"
@@ -128,6 +136,44 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==5.1.1"
         },
+        "markupsafe": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:00bc623926325b26bb9605ae9eae8a215691f33cae5df11ca5424f06f2d1f473",
+                "sha256:09027a7803a62ca78792ad89403b1b7a73a01c8cb65909cd876f7fcebd79b161",
+                "sha256:09c4b7f37d6c648cb13f9230d847adf22f8171b1ccc4d5682398e77f40309235",
+                "sha256:1027c282dad077d0bae18be6794e6b6b8c91d58ed8a8d89a89d59693b9131db5",
+                "sha256:13d3144e1e340870b25e7b10b98d779608c02016d5184cfb9927a9f10c689f42",
+                "sha256:24982cc2533820871eba85ba648cd53d8623687ff11cbb805be4ff7b4c971aff",
+                "sha256:29872e92839765e546828bb7754a68c418d927cd064fd4708fab9fe9c8bb116b",
+                "sha256:43a55c2930bbc139570ac2452adf3d70cdbb3cfe5912c71cdce1c2c6bbd9c5d1",
+                "sha256:46c99d2de99945ec5cb54f23c8cd5689f6d7177305ebff350a58ce5f8de1669e",
+                "sha256:500d4957e52ddc3351cabf489e79c91c17f6e0899158447047588650b5e69183",
+                "sha256:535f6fc4d397c1563d08b88e485c3496cf5784e927af890fb3c3aac7f933ec66",
+                "sha256:596510de112c685489095da617b5bcbbac7dd6384aeebeda4df6025d0256a81b",
+                "sha256:62fe6c95e3ec8a7fad637b7f3d372c15ec1caa01ab47926cfdf7a75b40e0eac1",
+                "sha256:6788b695d50a51edb699cb55e35487e430fa21f1ed838122d722e0ff0ac5ba15",
+                "sha256:6dd73240d2af64df90aa7c4e7481e23825ea70af4b4922f8ede5b9e35f78a3b1",
+                "sha256:717ba8fe3ae9cc0006d7c451f0bb265ee07739daf76355d06366154ee68d221e",
+                "sha256:79855e1c5b8da654cf486b830bd42c06e8780cea587384cf6545b7d9ac013a0b",
+                "sha256:7c1699dfe0cf8ff607dbdcc1e9b9af1755371f92a68f706051cc8c37d447c905",
+                "sha256:88e5fcfb52ee7b911e8bb6d6aa2fd21fbecc674eadd44118a9cc3863f938e735",
+                "sha256:8defac2f2ccd6805ebf65f5eeb132adcf2ab57aa11fdf4c0dd5169a004710e7d",
+                "sha256:98c7086708b163d425c67c7a91bad6e466bb99d797aa64f965e9d25c12111a5e",
+                "sha256:9add70b36c5666a2ed02b43b335fe19002ee5235efd4b8a89bfcf9005bebac0d",
+                "sha256:9bf40443012702a1d2070043cb6291650a0841ece432556f784f004937f0f32c",
+                "sha256:ade5e387d2ad0d7ebf59146cc00c8044acbd863725f887353a10df825fc8ae21",
+                "sha256:b00c1de48212e4cc9603895652c5c410df699856a2853135b3967591e4beebc2",
+                "sha256:b1282f8c00509d99fef04d8ba936b156d419be841854fe901d8ae224c59f0be5",
+                "sha256:b2051432115498d3562c084a49bba65d97cf251f5a331c64a12ee7e04dacc51b",
+                "sha256:ba59edeaa2fc6114428f1637ffff42da1e311e29382d81b339c1817d37ec93c6",
+                "sha256:c8716a48d94b06bb3b2524c2b77e055fb313aeb4ea620c8dd03a105574ba704f",
+                "sha256:cd5df75523866410809ca100dc9681e301e3c27567cf498077e8551b6d20e42f",
+                "sha256:cdb132fc825c38e1aeec2c8aa9338310d29d337bebbd7baa06889d09a60a1fa2",
+                "sha256:e249096428b3ae81b08327a63a485ad0878de3fb939049038579ac0ef61e17e7",
+                "sha256:e8313f01ba26fbbe36c7be1966a7b7424942f670f38e666995b88d012765b9be"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.1.1"
+        },
         "pint": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:d5b5bcb570b2a8e0a598621fc41684497ff248f418bbfe00f69bd6e13caa14b8",
@@ -217,6 +263,13 @@
             ],
             "version": "==1.25.9"
         },
+        "uwsgi": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:4972ac538800fb2d421027f49b4a1869b66048839507ccf0aa2fda792d99f583"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.0.18"
+        },
         "zipp": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:aa36550ff0c0b7ef7fa639055d797116ee891440eac1a56f378e2d3179e0320b",