diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eb964e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+^LICENSE\.md$
+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03c2bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Package: workflow.scenario.preparation
+Title: Run the Scenario Preparation Workflow
+Version: 0.0.0.9000
+Authors@R: 
+    person(c(person(given = "Jackson",
+             family = "Hoffart",
+             role = c("aut", "cre", "ctr"),
+             email = "jackson.hoffart@gmail.com",
+             comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-8600-5042")),
+      person(given = "RMI",
+             role = c("cph", "fnd"),
+             email = "PACTA4investors@rmi.org"))
+Description: A workflow to prepare climate change scenarios for the PACTA tool.
+License: MIT + file LICENSE
+Encoding: UTF-8
+Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
+Imports: 
+    dplyr
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e4d7ade..9d59e13 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,20 +2,22 @@ FROM --platform=linux/amd64 rocker/tidyverse
 
 # install system dependencies for R packages
 RUN apt-get update \
-  && apt-get install -y git \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("pak", "renv"))'
+# copy in DESCRIPTION from this repo
+COPY DESCRIPTION /DESCRIPTION
+
+# install pak, find dependencies from DESCRIPTION, and install them
+RUN Rscript -e "\
+    install.packages('pak'); \
+    deps <- pak::local_deps(root = '.'); \
+    pkg_deps <- deps[!deps[['direct']], 'ref']; \
+    print(pkg_deps); \
+    pak::pak(pkg_deps); \
+    "
 
 COPY . /workflow.scenario.preparation
 
 WORKDIR /workflow.scenario.preparation
 
-RUN Rscript -e '\
-  readRenviron(".env"); \
-  non_cran_pkg_deps <- c("RMI-PACTA/pacta.scenario.data.preparation"); \
-  cran_pkg_deps <- setdiff(renv::dependencies()$Package, basename(non_cran_pkg_deps)); \
-  pak::pkg_install(pkg = c(non_cran_pkg_deps, cran_pkg_deps)); \
-  '
-
 CMD Rscript run_pacta_scenario_preparation.R
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index b12f8fc..7ec6c95 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,21 +1,2 @@
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2023 RMI-PACTA
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
+YEAR: 2024
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER: RMI
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3f0481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024 RMI
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/run_pacta_scenario_preparation.R b/run_pacta_scenario_preparation.R
index ab352f3..be244d2 100644
--- a/run_pacta_scenario_preparation.R
+++ b/run_pacta_scenario_preparation.R
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-library(tidyverse)
+library(dplyr)
 
 mtcars %>%
   distinct(cyl, mpg)
diff --git a/workflow.scenario.preparation.Rproj b/workflow.scenario.preparation.Rproj
index 4f10a56..f6cd4b6 100644
--- a/workflow.scenario.preparation.Rproj
+++ b/workflow.scenario.preparation.Rproj
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ LaTeX: XeLaTeX
 
 AutoAppendNewline: Yes
 StripTrailingWhitespace: Yes
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageUseDevtools: Yes
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source