diff --git a/quickstart/docker/.env b/quickstart/docker/.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4222022e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickstart/docker/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# OpenZiti Variables
+ZITI_IMAGE=openziti/quickstart
+ZITI_VERSION=latest
+ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-controller
+ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-edge-controller
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/quickstart/docker/README.md b/quickstart/docker/README.md
index fa05e51aa..96707368c 100644
--- a/quickstart/docker/README.md
+++ b/quickstart/docker/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Building and Deploying the Latest Quickstart Docker Image
 Build Docker Image for Local Dev (probably for docker-compose testing)
 ------------------
 1. change to this directory: `cd quickstart/docker`
-2. run the questionably named `./pushDevBuild.sh` which will create a `openziti/quickstart:dev` tag
-3. update `docker-compose.yml` and replace `:latest` with `:dev`
+2. run the script `./buildLocalDev.sh` which will create a `openziti/quickstart:dev` tag
+3. update `.env` and change the value for `ZITI_VERSION` to `dev`
 4. run `docker-compose` as normal
 
 Build Docker Image For Publication
diff --git a/quickstart/docker/pushDevBuild.sh b/quickstart/docker/buildLocalDev.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 62%
rename from quickstart/docker/pushDevBuild.sh
rename to quickstart/docker/buildLocalDev.sh
index 6af87a550..8dc9a0bad
--- a/quickstart/docker/pushDevBuild.sh
+++ b/quickstart/docker/buildLocalDev.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,31 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eo pipefail
 
+echo "${SHELL}"
+
+# This method is required for users bash prior to version 4. More specifically this is to support Mac users as Mac uses
+# an older version of bash.
+myrealpath() {
+  OURPWD=$PWD
+  cd "$(dirname "$1")"
+  LINK=$(readlink "$(basename "$1")")
+  while [ "$LINK" ]; do
+    cd "$(dirname "$LINK")"
+    LINK=$(readlink "$(basename "$1")")
+  done
+  REALPATH="$PWD/$(basename "$1")"
+  cd "$OURPWD"
+  echo "$REALPATH"
+}
+
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
-ZITI_QUICKSTART_ROOT="$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/..)"
-ZITI_ROOT="$(realpath ${ZITI_QUICKSTART_ROOT}/..)"
+if [ "${BASH_VERSINFO:-0}" -lt 4 ]; then
+  ZITI_QUICKSTART_ROOT="$(myrealpath "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/..)"
+  ZITI_ROOT="$(myrealpath "${ZITI_QUICKSTART_ROOT}"/..)"
+else
+  ZITI_QUICKSTART_ROOT="$(realpath "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/..)"
+  ZITI_ROOT="$(realpath "${ZITI_QUICKSTART_ROOT}"/..)"
+fi
 ZITI_DOCKER_ROOT="${ZITI_QUICKSTART_ROOT}/docker"
 
 echo "SCRIPT_DIR           :$SCRIPT_DIR"
diff --git a/quickstart/docker/docker-compose.yml b/quickstart/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 227e6099e..c4d3631ac 100644
--- a/quickstart/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/quickstart/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: '2.4'
 services:
   ziti-controller:
-    image: openziti/quickstart:latest
+    image: "${ZITI_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}"
     env_file:
       - ./default.env
     ports:
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ services:
       - "/openziti/scripts/run-controller.sh"
 
   ziti-edge-router:
-    image: openziti/quickstart:latest
+    image: "${ZITI_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}"
+    depends_on:
+      - ziti-controller
     environment:
-      - ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-controller
-      - ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-edge-controller
+      - ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME}"
+      - ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME}"
       - ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_RAWNAME=ziti-edge-router
     ports:
       - "3022:3022"
@@ -35,10 +37,12 @@ services:
     command: "/openziti/scripts/run-router.sh edge"
 
   ziti-edge-router-wss:
-    image: openziti/quickstart:latest
+    image: "${ZITI_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}"
+    depends_on:
+      - ziti-controller
     environment:
-      - ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-controller
-      - ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-edge-controller
+      - ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME}"
+      - ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME}"
       - ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_RAWNAME=ziti-edge-router-wss
       - ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_PORT=3023
     ports:
@@ -52,10 +56,12 @@ services:
     command: "/openziti/scripts/run-router.sh wss"
 
   ziti-fabric-router-br:
-    image: openziti/quickstart:latest
+    image: "${ZITI_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}"
+    depends_on:
+      - ziti-controller
     environment:
-      - ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-controller
-      - ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-edge-controller
+      - ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME}"
+      - ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME}"
       - ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_RAWNAME=ziti-fabric-router-br
     #ports:
     #  - 3024:3024
@@ -68,10 +74,12 @@ services:
     command: "/openziti/scripts/run-router.sh fabric"
 
   ziti-private-red:
-    image: openziti/quickstart:latest
+    image: "${ZITI_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}"
+    depends_on:
+      - ziti-controller
     environment:
-      - ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-controller
-      - ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-edge-controller
+      - ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME}"
+      - ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME}"
       - ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_RAWNAME=ziti-private-red
     #ports:
     #  - 3025:3025
@@ -83,10 +91,12 @@ services:
     command: "/openziti/scripts/run-router.sh private"
 
   ziti-private-blue:
-    image: openziti/quickstart:latest
+    image: "${ZITI_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}"
+    depends_on:
+      - ziti-controller
     environment:
-      - ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-controller
-      - ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME=ziti-edge-controller
+      - ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME}"
+      - ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_RAWNAME}"
       - ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_RAWNAME=ziti-private-blue
     #ports:
     #  - 3026:3026
@@ -112,7 +122,7 @@ services:
     image: openziti/zac
     environment:
       - ZAC_SERVER_CERT_CHAIN=/openziti/pki/ziti-controller-intermediate/certs/ziti-controller-server.cert
-      - ZAC_SERVER_KEY=/openziti/pki/ziti-controller-intermediate/keys/ziti-controller-server.key -it
+      - ZAC_SERVER_KEY=/openziti/pki/ziti-controller-intermediate/keys/ziti-controller-server.key
     ports:
       - "1408:1408"
       - "8443:8443"
diff --git a/quickstart/docker/image/run-router.sh b/quickstart/docker/image/run-router.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/quickstart/docker/image/ziti-cli-functions.sh b/quickstart/docker/image/ziti-cli-functions.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index cf805488a..bb3054e11
--- a/quickstart/docker/image/ziti-cli-functions.sh
+++ b/quickstart/docker/image/ziti-cli-functions.sh
@@ -366,12 +366,12 @@ function generateEnvFile {
     export ZITI_BIN_ROOT="${ZITI_HOME-}/ziti-bin"
   fi
 
+  export ENV_FILE="${ZITI_HOME-}/${ZITI_NETWORK-}.env"
+
   if ! ziti_createEnvFile; then
     return 1
   fi
 
-  export ENV_FILE="${ZITI_HOME-}/${ZITI_NETWORK-}.env"
-
   echo -e "environment file sourced from: $(BLUE "${ENV_FILE}")"
 }
 
diff --git a/quickstart/docker/simplified-docker-compose.yml b/quickstart/docker/simplified-docker-compose.yml
index c31c57704..7646adef9 100644
--- a/quickstart/docker/simplified-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/quickstart/docker/simplified-docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: '2.4'
 services:
   ziti-controller:
-    image: openziti/quickstart:latest
+    image: "${ZITI_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}"
     env_file:
       - ./default.env
     ports:
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ services:
       - "/openziti/scripts/run-controller.sh"
 
   ziti-edge-router:
-    image: openziti/quickstart:latest
+    image: "${ZITI_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}"
     environment:
       - ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_RAWNAME=ziti-edge-router
+    depends_on:
+      - ziti-controller
     ports:
       - "3022:3022"
     networks:
@@ -36,7 +38,9 @@ services:
     image: openziti/zac
     environment:
       - ZAC_SERVER_CERT_CHAIN=/openziti/pki/ziti-controller-intermediate/certs/ziti-controller-server.cert
-      - ZAC_SERVER_KEY=/openziti/pki/ziti-controller-intermediate/keys/ziti-controller-server.key -it
+      - ZAC_SERVER_KEY=/openziti/pki/ziti-controller-intermediate/keys/ziti-controller-server.key
+    depends_on:
+      - ziti-controller
     ports:
       - "1408:1408"
       - "8443:8443"