diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 01814c2e..fdcf0587 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -51,20 +51,18 @@ RUN pyenv install 3.10
 FROM pyenv as py311
 RUN pyenv install 3.11
 
-# ===================================================================
-FROM base as pants
-RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSL https://static.pantsbuild.org/setup/get-pants.sh | bash
-
 # ===================================================================
 FROM pyenv as shell
 
-ENV PATH="${PATH}:/home/dev/bin"
+
+RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSL https://static.pantsbuild.org/setup/get-pants.sh | bash
+RUN <<EOT bash
+    echo 'export PATH="$PATH:\$HOME/.local/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
+EOT
 
 # the pants installer puts things in ~/cache/nce and it needs to be persistent
 RUN mkdir -p .cache && chown dev:dev .cache
 
-COPY --from=pants /home/dev/bin ./bin
-
 # these are all separate stages to make them build in parallel
 COPY --from=py38 /home/dev/.pyenv/versions ./.pyenv/versions/
 COPY --from=py39 /home/dev/.pyenv/versions ./.pyenv/versions/
@@ -72,4 +70,4 @@ COPY --from=py310 /home/dev/.pyenv/versions ./.pyenv/versions/
 COPY --from=py311 /home/dev/.pyenv/versions ./.pyenv/versions/
 
 VOLUME /home/dev/.cache
-WORKDIR /home/dev/src
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+WORKDIR /home/dev/src
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07250d7e..6bf3b24c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ To perform a release, run:
 
 #### Use the docker-compose container (recommended)
 
+- You'll need to make sure other users (the docker container user), can write to the repo root directory. Run `chmod o+w .`
 - Run `docker compose run --rm shell bash` to get a clean sandbox environment
 
 #### Use on your host system