diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..404e019b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.git
+node_modules
+Dockerfile
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3348ee1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+FROM node:8
+
+# update apt-get
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dnsutils
+
+USER root
+# Set up non root user
+RUN useradd --user-group --create-home --shell /bin/false ows
+
+# Setup environment variables
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+ENV HOME_PATH=/home/ows
+
+ENV PKG_NAME=btccore-node
+ENV PKG_DIR=$HOME_PATH/$PKG_NAME
+
+ENV APP_NAME=bitcoin-core-services
+ENV APP_DIR=$HOME_PATH/$APP_NAME
+
+ENV BITCOIN_DATA=/data
+
+# Set up folder and add install files
+RUN mkdir -p $PKG_DIR
+RUN mkdir -p $BITCOIN_DATA
+COPY package.json $PKG_DIR
+WORKDIR $PKG_DIR
+
+RUN chown -R ows:ows $HOME_PATH
+RUN chgrp ows /usr/local/lib/node_modules
+RUN chgrp ows /usr/local/bin
+
+USER ows
+RUN npm install -g owstack/btccore-node
+
+WORKDIR $HOME_PATH
+RUN $PKG_NAME create -d $BITCOIN_DATA $APP_NAME
+WORKDIR $APP_DIR
+RUN $PKG_NAME install https://github.com/owstack/btccore-explorer-api.git
+RUN $PKG_NAME install https://github.com/owstack/btccore-wallet-service.git
+USER root
+CMD ["btccore-node","start"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d39a1b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+version: '3.2'
+services:
+  bitcoin-core-conf:
+    build: extra/compose
+    volumes:
+      - bitcoin-core-data-dir:/data
+      - btccore-conf-dir:/home/ows/config
+  bitcoin-core:
+    image: "owstack/bitcoin-core:0.14.1-ows"
+    user: root
+    command: "/usr/local/bin/bitcoind -datadir=/data"
+    ports:
+      - "8332:8332"
+      - "8333:8333"
+      - "18332:18332"
+      - "18333:18333"
+      - "28332:28332"
+      - "28333:28333"
+    volumes:
+      - bitcoin-core-data-dir:/data
+    depends_on:
+      - "bitcoin-core-conf"
+  ows-bitcoin-cash-node:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "3001:3001"
+    depends_on:
+      - "bitcoin-core"
+    volumes:
+    #   - bitcoin-core-data-dir:/data
+      - btccore-conf-dir:/home/ows/config
+    command: "btccore-node start -c /home/ows/config"
+    # command: "cat /home/ows/config/btccore-node.json"
+volumes:
+  bitcoin-core-data-dir:
+  btccore-conf-dir:
diff --git a/extra/compose/Dockerfile b/extra/compose/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed3b7ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/compose/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM buildpack-deps:jessie
+MAINTAINER Ian Patton (ian.patton@gmail.com)
+
+ENV BITCOIN_DATA=/data
+ENV CONFIG_DIR=/home/ows/config
+
+RUN mkdir -p $BITCOIN_DATA
+RUN mkdir -p $CONFIG_DIR
+
+COPY default.bitcoin.conf $BITCOIN_DATA/bitcoin.conf
+COPY default.btccore-node.json $CONFIG_DIR/btccore-node.json
+
+CMD ["echo","installed config files"]
diff --git a/extra/compose/default.bitcoin.conf b/extra/compose/default.bitcoin.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c57b8c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/compose/default.bitcoin.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+server=1
+txindex=1
+addressindex=1
+timestampindex=1
+spentindex=1
+zmqpubrawtx=tcp://0.0.0.0:28332
+zmqpubhashblock=tcp://0.0.0.0:28332
+rpcallowip=0.0.0.0/0
+rpcuser=bitcoin
+rpcpassword=local321
+uacomment=bcccore
diff --git a/extra/compose/default.btccore-node.json b/extra/compose/default.btccore-node.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16287cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/compose/default.btccore-node.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "network": "livenet",
+  "port": 3001,
+  "services": [
+    "explorer-api",
+    "bitcoind",
+    "web"
+  ],
+  "servicesConfig": {
+    "bitcoind": {
+      "spawn": {
+        "datadir": "/data",
+        "exec": "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/btccore-node/bin/bitcoind"
+      }
+    },
+    "explorer-api": {
+      "module": "btccore-explorer-api",
+      "apiPrefix": "explorer-api"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/services/bitcoind.js b/lib/services/bitcoind.js
index 0177f549..1ec18dd2 100644
--- a/lib/services/bitcoind.js
+++ b/lib/services/bitcoind.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
-var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 var util = require('util');
 var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 var btccore = require('btccore-lib');
@@ -852,70 +851,41 @@ Bitcoin.prototype._spawnChildProcess = function(callback) {
     options.push(self._getNetworkOption());
   }
 
-  self._stopSpawnedBitcoin(function(err) {
-    if (err) {
-      return callback(err);
-    }
-
-    log.info('Starting bitcoin process');
-    self.spawn.process = spawn(self.spawn.exec, options, {stdio: 'inherit'});
+  var exitShutdown = false;
 
-    self.spawn.process.on('error', function(err) {
-      self.emit('error', err);
-    });
+  async.retry({times: 60, interval: self.startRetryInterval}, function(done) {
+    if (self.node.stopping) {
+      exitShutdown = true;
+      return done();
+    }
 
-    self.spawn.process.once('exit', function(code) {
-      if (!self.node.stopping) {
-        log.warn('Bitcoin process unexpectedly exited with code:', code);
-        log.warn('Restarting bitcoin child process in ' + self.spawnRestartTime + 'ms');
-        setTimeout(function() {
-          self._spawnChildProcess(function(err) {
-            if (err) {
-              return self.emit('error', err);
-            }
-            log.warn('Bitcoin process restarted');
-          });
-        }, self.spawnRestartTime);
-      }
+    node.client = new BitcoinRPC({
+      protocol: 'http',
+      host: '127.0.0.1',
+      port: self.spawn.config.rpcport,
+      user: self.spawn.config.rpcuser,
+      pass: self.spawn.config.rpcpassword,
+      queue: self.spawn.config.rpcqueue
     });
 
-    var exitShutdown = false;
-
-    async.retry({times: 60, interval: self.startRetryInterval}, function(done) {
-      if (self.node.stopping) {
-        exitShutdown = true;
-        return done();
-      }
+    self._loadTipFromNode(node, done);
 
-      node.client = new BitcoinRPC({
-        protocol: 'http',
-        host: '127.0.0.1',
-        port: self.spawn.config.rpcport,
-        user: self.spawn.config.rpcuser,
-        pass: self.spawn.config.rpcpassword,
-        queue: self.spawn.config.rpcqueue
-      });
+  }, function(err) {
+    if (err) {
+      return callback(err);
+    }
+    if (exitShutdown) {
+      return callback(new Error('Stopping while trying to spawn bitcoind.'));
+    }
 
-      self._loadTipFromNode(node, done);
+    self._initZmqSubSocket(node, self.spawn.config.zmqpubrawtx);
 
-    }, function(err) {
+    self._checkReindex(node, function(err) {
       if (err) {
         return callback(err);
       }
-      if (exitShutdown) {
-        return callback(new Error('Stopping while trying to spawn bitcoind.'));
-      }
-
-      self._initZmqSubSocket(node, self.spawn.config.zmqpubrawtx);
-
-      self._checkReindex(node, function(err) {
-        if (err) {
-          return callback(err);
-        }
-        self._checkSyncedAndSubscribeZmqEvents(node);
-        callback(null, node);
-      });
-
+      self._checkSyncedAndSubscribeZmqEvents(node);
+      callback(null, node);
     });
 
   });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2548a83..802a77ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/owstack/btccore-node/issues"
   },
   "bin": {
-    "btccore-node": "./bin/btccore-node",
-    "bitcoind": "./bin/bitcoind"
+    "btccore-node": "./bin/btccore-node"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "preinstall": "./scripts/download",
-    "verify": "./scripts/download --skip-bitcoin-download --verify-bitcoin-download",
     "test": "mocha -R spec --recursive",
     "regtest": "./scripts/regtest",
     "jshint": "jshint --reporter=node_modules/jshint-stylish ./lib",
diff --git a/scripts/download b/scripts/download
deleted file mode 100755
index 68bdd10a..00000000
--- a/scripts/download
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-root_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/.."
-platform=`uname -a | awk '{print tolower($1)}'`
-arch=`uname -m`
-version="0.14.6"
-url="https://download.bitcoinabc.org"
-tag="v0.14.6"
-
-if [ "${platform}" == "linux" ]; then
-    tarball_dir="linux"
-    if [ "${arch}" == "x86_64" ]; then
-        tarball_name="bitcoin-${version}-${arch}-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
-    elif [ "${arch}" == "x86_32" ]; then
-        tarball_name="bitcoin-${version}-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
-    fi
-elif [ "${platform}" == "darwin" ]; then
-    tarball_dir="osx"
-    tarball_name="bitcoin-${version}-osx64.tar.gz"
-else
-    echo "Bitcoin binary distribution not available for platform and architecture ${platform} ${arch}"
-    exit -1
-fi
-
-binary_url="${url}/${version}/${tarball_dir}/${tarball_name}"
-#shasums_url="${url}/${tag}/SHA256SUMS.asc"
-
-download_bitcoind() {
-
-    cd "${root_dir}/bin"
-
-    echo "Downloading bitcoin-abc: ${binary_url}"
-
-    is_curl=true
-    if hash curl 2>/dev/null; then
-        curl --fail -I $binary_url >/dev/null 2>&1
-    else
-        is_curl=false
-        wget --server-response --spider $binary_url >/dev/null 2>&1
-    fi
-
-    if test $? -eq 0; then
-        if [ "${is_curl}" = true ]; then
-            curl -L $binary_url > $tarball_name
-#            curl -L $shasums_url > SHA256SUMS.asc
-        else
-            wget $binary_url
-#            wget $shasums_url
-        fi
-        if test -e "${tarball_name}"; then
-            echo "Unpacking bitcoin-abc distribution"
-            tar -xvzf $tarball_name
-            if test $? -eq 0; then
-                ln -sf "bitcoin-${version}/bin/bitcoind"
-                return;
-            fi
-        fi
-    fi
-    echo "Bitcoin binary distribution could not be downloaded"
-    exit -1
-}
-
-verify_download() {
-    echo "Verifying signatures of bitcoin-abc download"
-    gpg --verify "${root_dir}/bin/SHA256SUMS.asc"
-
-    if hash shasum 2>/dev/null; then
-        shasum_cmd="shasum -a 256"
-    else
-        shasum_cmd="sha256sum"
-    fi
-
-    download_sha=$(${shasum_cmd} "${root_dir}/bin/${tarball_name}" | awk '{print $1}')
-    expected_sha=$(cat "${root_dir}/bin/SHA256SUMS.asc" | grep "${tarball_name}" | awk '{print $1}')
-    echo "Checksum (download): ${download_sha}"
-    echo "Checksum (verified): ${expected_sha}"
-    if [ "${download_sha}" != "${expected_sha}" ]; then
-        echo -e "\033[1;31mChecksums did NOT match!\033[0m\n"
-        exit 1
-    else
-        echo -e "\033[1;32mChecksums matched!\033[0m\n"
-    fi
-}
-
-download=1
-verify=0
-
-if [ "${SKIP_BITCOIN_DOWNLOAD}" = 1 ]; then
-    download=0;
-fi
-
-if [ "${VERIFY_BITCOIN_DOWNLOAD}" = 1 ]; then
-    verify=1;
-fi
-
-while [ -n "$1" ]; do
-  param="$1"
-  value="$2"
-
-  case $param in
-    --skip-bitcoin-download)
-          download=0
-          ;;
-    --verify-bitcoin-download)
-          verify=1
-          ;;
-  esac
-  shift
-done
-
-if [ "${download}" = 1 ]; then
-    download_bitcoind
-fi
-
-if [ "${verify}" = 1 ]; then
-    verify_download
-fi
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js b/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js
index 7b814eb6..91df84e3 100644
--- a/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js
+++ b/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js
@@ -1694,15 +1694,6 @@ describe('Bitcoin Service', function() {
         done();
       });
     });
-    it('will give error from stopSpawnedBitcoin', function() {
-      var bitcoind = new BitcoinService(baseConfig);
-      bitcoind._loadSpawnConfiguration = sinon.stub();
-      bitcoind._stopSpawnedBitcoin = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(0, new Error('test'));
-      bitcoind._spawnChildProcess(function(err) {
-        err.should.be.instanceOf(Error);
-        err.message.should.equal('test');
-      });
-    });
     it('will exit spawn if shutdown', function() {
       var config = {
         node: {
@@ -1763,16 +1754,6 @@ describe('Bitcoin Service', function() {
       bitcoind._checkReindex = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null);
       bitcoind._spawnChildProcess(function(err, node) {
         should.not.exist(err);
-        spawn.callCount.should.equal(1);
-        spawn.args[0][0].should.equal('testexec');
-        spawn.args[0][1].should.deep.equal([
-          '--conf=testdir/bitcoin.conf',
-          '--datadir=testdir',
-          '--testnet'
-        ]);
-        spawn.args[0][2].should.deep.equal({
-          stdio: 'inherit'
-        });
         bitcoind._loadTipFromNode.callCount.should.equal(1);
         bitcoind._initZmqSubSocket.callCount.should.equal(1);
         should.exist(bitcoind._initZmqSubSocket.args[0][0].client);
@@ -1815,51 +1796,13 @@ describe('Bitcoin Service', function() {
         }
         process.once('exit', function() {
           setTimeout(function() {
-            bitcoind._spawnChildProcess.callCount.should.equal(2);
+            bitcoind._spawnChildProcess.callCount.should.equal(1);
             done();
           }, 5);
         });
         process.emit('exit', 1);
       });
     });
-    it('will emit error during respawn', function(done) {
-      var process = new EventEmitter();
-      var spawn = sinon.stub().returns(process);
-      var TestBitcoinService = proxyquire('../../lib/services/bitcoind', {
-        fs: {
-          readFileSync: readFileSync
-        },
-        child_process: {
-          spawn: spawn
-        }
-      });
-      var bitcoind = new TestBitcoinService(baseConfig);
-      bitcoind._loadSpawnConfiguration = sinon.stub();
-      bitcoind.spawn = {};
-      bitcoind.spawn.exec = 'bitcoind';
-      bitcoind.spawn.datadir = '/tmp/bitcoin';
-      bitcoind.spawn.configPath = '/tmp/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf';
-      bitcoind.spawn.config = {};
-      bitcoind.spawnRestartTime = 1;
-      bitcoind._loadTipFromNode = sinon.stub().callsArg(1);
-      bitcoind._initZmqSubSocket = sinon.stub();
-      bitcoind._checkReindex = sinon.stub().callsArg(1);
-      bitcoind._checkSyncedAndSubscribeZmqEvents = sinon.stub();
-      bitcoind._stopSpawnedBitcoin = sinon.stub().callsArg(0);
-      sinon.spy(bitcoind, '_spawnChildProcess');
-      bitcoind._spawnChildProcess(function(err) {
-        if (err) {
-          return done(err);
-        }
-        bitcoind._spawnChildProcess = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(0, new Error('test'));
-        bitcoind.on('error', function(err) {
-          err.should.be.instanceOf(Error);
-          err.message.should.equal('test');
-          done();
-        });
-        process.emit('exit', 1);
-      });
-    });
     it('will NOT respawn bitcoind spawned process if shutting down', function(done) {
       var process = new EventEmitter();
       var spawn = sinon.stub().returns(process);