diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 3c67b0a1b..80e59ef52 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 tests
-.git
 node_modules
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68f9fc032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=denoland/deno:2.0.1
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS build
+WORKDIR /src
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y git jq && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+ADD . .
+RUN export VERSION=`git -C . -c safe.directory=* describe --tags --always` && \
+    jq -r ".version|=\"$VERSION\"" bids-validator/deno.json > ._deno.json
+
+WORKDIR /src/bids-validator
+RUN deno cache ./bids-validator-deno
+RUN ./build.ts
+
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS base
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY . .
+COPY --from=build /src/._deno.json /src/bids-validator/deno.json
+WORKDIR /src/bids-validator
+RUN deno cache ./bids-validator-deno
+ENTRYPOINT ["./bids-validator-deno"]
+
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS min
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY --from=build /src/bids-validator/dist/validator/* .
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["deno", "-A", "./bids-validator.js"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c769d7cf5..e4b1b1590 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 ## Quickstart
 
-This repository currently houses 4 packages:
+This repository houses 4 packages:
 1. [./bids-validator](./bids-validator)The current deno based bids-validator cli and library
 2. [./web](./web)The current web based validator
 3. [./legacy/bids-validator](legacy/bids-validator)The legacy node validator 
diff --git a/bids-validator/Dockerfile b/bids-validator/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fde2e02b..000000000
--- a/bids-validator/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=denoland/deno:2.0.1
-FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS base
-WORKDIR /src
-
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y git && \
-    apt-get clean && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-COPY . .
-RUN deno cache ./bids-validator-deno
-RUN ./build.ts
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["./bids-validator-deno"]
-
-FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS min
-WORKDIR /src
-COPY --from=base /src/dist/validator/* .
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["deno", "-A", "./bids-validator.js"]
diff --git a/bids-validator/src/version.ts b/bids-validator/src/version.ts
index a54acf381..7c65b06ec 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/version.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/version.ts
@@ -33,12 +33,17 @@ export async function getVersion(): Promise<string> {
 
 async function getLocalVersion(path: string): Promise<string> {
   // safe.directory setting so we could still operate from another user
-  const command = new Deno.Command("git", {
-    args: ['-C', path, '-c', 'safe.directory=*', 'describe', '--tags', '--always'],
-  })
-  const { success, stdout } = await command.output();
-  const description = new TextDecoder().decode(stdout).trim()
-  return description
+  try {
+    const command = new Deno.Command("git", {
+      args: ['-C', path, '-c', 'safe.directory=*', 'describe', '--tags', '--always'],
+    })
+    const { success, stdout } = await command.output();
+    console.log(success)
+    const description = new TextDecoder().decode(stdout).trim()
+    return description
+  } catch(err) {
+    return ""
+  }
 }
 
 function getArchiveVersion(): string | undefined {