diff --git a/development.mk b/development.mk
index 7e81738..688e70d 100644
--- a/development.mk
+++ b/development.mk
@@ -3,6 +3,22 @@
 	workon\
 	dev
 
+EXTRA_MOUNTS :=
+ifdef ($(LOCAL_SPECIFICATION_PATH),)
+	EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(LOCAL_SPECIFICATION_PATH)/specification:/collection/specification
+else ifeq ($(LOCAL_SPECIFICATION),1)
+	EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(PWD)/../specification/specificaiton:/collection/specification
+endif
+
+ifdef ($(LOCAL_DL_PYTHON_PATH),)
+	EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(LOCAL_DL_PYTHON_PATH):/Src
+else ifeq ($(LOCAL_DL_PYTHON),1)
+	EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(PWD)/../digital-land-python:/src
+endif
+
+DOCKER_TAG=latest
+ECR_URL=public.ecr.aws/l6z6v3j6/
+
 # useful when developing
 # export PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV=true
 
@@ -25,3 +41,24 @@ prune::
 
 makerules::
 	curl -qfsL '$(SOURCE_URL)/makerules/main/development.mk' > makerules/development.mk
+
+dockerised = docker run -t \
+	-e LOCAL_USER_ID=$(shell id -u) \
+	-v $(PWD):/pipeline \
+	-v $(PWD)/local_collection:/data \
+	$(EXTRA_MOUNTS) \
+	--workdir /data \
+	$(ECR_URL)digital-land-python:$(DOCKER_TAG) \
+	digital-land \
+	--specification-dir /collection/specification
+
+docker-pull::
+ifndef ($(DISABLE_DOCKER_PULL),)
+	docker pull $(ECR_URL)digital-land-python:$(DOCKER_TAG)
+endif
+
+dockerised-fetch:: docker-pull
+	mkdir -p local_collection
+	$(dockerised) \
+		fetch \
+		'$(ENDPOINT_URL)'
diff --git a/makerules.mk b/makerules.mk
index 6f954eb..8b0a7cb 100644
--- a/makerules.mk
+++ b/makerules.mk
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ second-pass::
 	@:
 
 # initialise
+ifeq (,$(wildcard /.dockerenv ))
 init::
 	pip install --upgrade pip
 ifneq (,$(wildcard requirements.txt))
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(wildcard setup.py))
 	pip install -e .$(PIP_INSTALL_PACKAGE)
 endif
+endif
 
 submodules::
 	git submodule update --init --recursive --remote
@@ -86,7 +88,6 @@ prune::
 makerules::
 	curl -qfsL '$(SOURCE_URL)/makerules/main/makerules.mk' > makerules/makerules.mk
 
-ifeq (,$(wildcard ./makerules/specification.mk))
 # update local copies of specification files
 specification::
 	@mkdir -p specification/
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ specification::
 	curl -qfsL '$(SOURCE_URL)/specification/main/specification/pipeline.csv' > specification/pipeline.csv
 	curl -qfsL '$(SOURCE_URL)/specification/main/specification/theme.csv' > specification/theme.csv
 
+ifeq (,$(wildcard ./makerules/specification.mk))
 init::	specification
 endif