diff --git a/collection.mk b/collection.mk
index e4cf268..7bf0908 100644
--- a/collection.mk
+++ b/collection.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 	commit-collection\
 	clobber-today
 
+include makerules/docker.mk
+
 ifeq ($(COLLECTION_DIR),)
 COLLECTION_DIR=collection/
 endif
@@ -35,10 +37,10 @@ first-pass:: collect
 second-pass:: collection
 
 collect:: $(SOURCE_CSV) $(ENDPOINT_CSV)
-	digital-land collect $(ENDPOINT_CSV)
+	$(digital-land) collect $(ENDPOINT_CSV) --collection-dir $(COLLECTION_DIR)
 
 collection::
-	digital-land collection-save-csv
+	$(digital-land) collection-save-csv  --collection-dir $(COLLECTION_DIR)
 
 clobber-today::
 	rm -rf $(LOG_FILES_TODAY) $(COLLECTION_INDEX)
@@ -46,12 +48,20 @@ clobber-today::
 makerules::
 	curl -qfsL '$(SOURCE_URL)/makerules/main/collection.mk' > makerules/collection.mk
 
+# These will run as usual if DEVELOPMENT isn't explicitly set to 1
+ifeq ($(DEVELOPMENT),0)
+commit-dataset::
+	mkdir -p $(DATASET_DIRS)
+	git add $(DATASET_DIRS)
+	git diff --quiet && git diff --staged --quiet || (git commit -m "Data $(shell date +%F)"; git push origin $(BRANCH))
+
 commit-collection::
 	git add collection
 	git diff --quiet && git diff --staged --quiet || (git commit -m "Collection $(shell date +%F)"; git push origin $(BRANCH))
 
 save-resources::
 	aws s3 sync s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(RESOURCE_DIR) $(RESOURCE_DIR)
+endif
 
 load-resources::
 	aws s3 sync $(RESOURCE_DIR) s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(RESOURCE_DIR)
diff --git a/docker.mk b/docker.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e5e95f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+ifneq ($(DOCKERISED),1)
+DOCKERISED = 0
+DEVELOPMENT = 0
+else
+# Run in development mode by default for now
+ifeq ($(DEVELOPMENT),0)
+DEVELOPMENT = 0
+else
+DEVELOPMENT = 1
+endif
+endif
+$(info    DOCKERISED is $(DOCKERISED))
+$(info    DEVELOPMENT is $(DEVELOPMENT))
+
+EXTRA_MOUNTS :=
+EXTRA_DL_ARGS :=
+# ifeq ($(and $(DOCKERISED),$(DEVELOPMENT)))
+ifeq ($(DOCKERISED),1)
+ifeq ($(DEVELOPMENT),1)
+EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(PWD)/local_collection/collection/log:/pipeline/collection/log
+EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(PWD)/local_collection/collection/resource:/pipeline/collection/resource
+ifneq (,$(wildcard ./fixed))
+EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(PWD)/local_collection/fixed:/pipeline/fixed
+endif
+ifneq (,$(wildcard ./harmonised))
+EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(PWD)/local_collection/harmonised:/pipeline/harmonised
+endif
+ifneq (,$(wildcard ./harmonised))
+EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(PWD)/local_collection/transformed:/pipeline/transformed
+endif
+
+ifdef ($(LOCAL_SPECIFICATION_PATH),)
+EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(LOCAL_SPECIFICATION_PATH)/specification:/collection/specification
+else ifeq ($(LOCAL_SPECIFICATION),1)
+EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(PWD)/../specification/specification:/collection/specification
+endif
+
+ifdef ($(LOCAL_DL_PYTHON_PATH),)
+EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(LOCAL_DL_PYTHON_PATH):/Src
+else ifeq ($(LOCAL_DL_PYTHON),1)
+EXTRA_MOUNTS += -v $(PWD)/../digital-land-python:/src
+endif
+
+endif
+$(info    EXTRA_MOUNTS is $(EXTRA_MOUNTS))
+
+DOCKER_TAG=latest
+ECR_URL=public.ecr.aws/l6z6v3j6/
+
+EXTRA_DL_ARGS += --specification-dir /collection/specification
+
+/pipeline/collection/resource.csv:
+
+/pipeline/collection/source.csv:
+
+/pipeline/collection/endpoint.csv:
+
+dockerised = docker run -t \
+	-e LOCAL_USER_ID=$(shell id -u) \
+	-e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID \
+    -e AWS_DEFAULT_REGION \
+    -e AWS_REGION \
+    -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY \
+    -e AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN \
+    -e AWS_SESSION_EXPIRATION \
+    -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN \
+	-v $(PWD):/pipeline \
+	$(EXTRA_MOUNTS) \
+	$(ECR_URL)digital-land-python:$(DOCKER_TAG)
+
+shell_cmd = $(dockerised) bash
+
+digital-land = $(dockerised) \
+	digital-land \
+	$(EXTRA_DL_ARGS)
+
+docker-pull::
+ifndef ($(DISABLE_DOCKER_PULL),)
+	docker pull $(ECR_URL)digital-land-python:$(DOCKER_TAG)
+endif
+
+init:: docker-pull
+else
+shell_cmd = $(SHELL)
+digital-land = digital-land
+endif
+
+debug_shell:
+	$(shell_cmd)
diff --git a/makerules.mk b/makerules.mk
index 8b0a7cb..15c8861 100644
--- a/makerules.mk
+++ b/makerules.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 SOURCE_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/digital-land/
 
+include makerules/docker.mk
 # deduce the repository
 ifeq ($(REPOSITORY),)
 REPOSITORY=$(shell basename -s .git `git config --get remote.origin.url`)
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ second-pass::
 	@:
 
 # initialise
-ifeq (,$(wildcard /.dockerenv ))
+ifeq ($(DOCKERISED),0)
 init::
 	pip install --upgrade pip
 ifneq (,$(wildcard requirements.txt))
diff --git a/pipeline.mk b/pipeline.mk
index 801ba59..748c5fa 100644
--- a/pipeline.mk
+++ b/pipeline.mk
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 	dataset\
 	commit-dataset
 
+include makerules/docker.mk
+
 # data sources
 # collected resources
 ifeq ($(COLLECTION_DIR),)
@@ -53,13 +55,13 @@ endif
 
 define run-pipeline =
 	mkdir -p $(@D) $(ISSUE_DIR)$(notdir $(@D))
-	digital-land --pipeline-name $(notdir $(@D)) $(DIGITAL_LAND_FLAGS) pipeline --issue-dir $(ISSUE_DIR)$(notdir $(@D)) $(PIPELINE_FLAGS) $< $@
+	$(digital-land) --pipeline-name $(notdir $(@D)) $(DIGITAL_LAND_FLAGS) pipeline --issue-dir $(ISSUE_DIR)$(notdir $(@D)) $(PIPELINE_FLAGS) $< $@
 endef
 
 define build-dataset =
 	mkdir -p $(@D)
-	time digital-land --pipeline-name $(notdir $(basename $@)) load-entries --output-path $(basename $@).sqlite3 $(^)
-	time digital-land --pipeline-name $(notdir $(basename $@)) build-dataset $(basename $@).sqlite3 $@
+	time $(digital-land) --pipeline-name $(notdir $(basename $@)) load-entries --output-path $(basename $@).sqlite3 $(^)
+	time $(digital-land) --pipeline-name $(notdir $(basename $@)) build-dataset $(basename $@).sqlite3 $@
 endef
 
 collection:: collection/pipeline.mk
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ collection:: collection/pipeline.mk
 -include collection/pipeline.mk
 
 collection/pipeline.mk: collection/resource.csv collection/source.csv
-	digital-land collection-pipeline-makerules > collection/pipeline.mk
+	$(shell_cmd) -c "digital-land $(EXTRA_DL_ARGS) collection-pipeline-makerules > collection/pipeline.mk"
 
 # restart the make process to pick-up collected resource files
 second-pass::
@@ -86,46 +88,49 @@ endif
 endif
 
 clobber::
-	rm -rf $(TRANSFORMED_DIR) $(ISSUE_DIR) $(DATASET_DIR)
+	$(shell_cmd) rm -rf $(TRANSFORMED_DIR) $(ISSUE_DIR) $(DATASET_DIR)
 
 clean::
-	rm -rf ./var
+	$(shell_cmd) rm -rf ./var
 
 # local copies of the organisation dataset needed by harmonise
 init::
 	@mkdir -p $(CACHE_DIR)
-	curl -qfs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/digital-land/organisation-dataset/main/collection/organisation.csv" > $(CACHE_DIR)organisation.csv
+	$(shell_cmd) curl -qfs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/digital-land/organisation-dataset/main/collection/organisation.csv" > $(CACHE_DIR)organisation.csv
 
 makerules::
-	curl -qfsL '$(SOURCE_URL)/makerules/main/pipeline.mk' > makerules/pipeline.mk
+	$(shell_cmd) curl -qfsL '$(SOURCE_URL)/makerules/main/pipeline.mk' > makerules/pipeline.mk
+
+fetch-s3::
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 sync s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(RESOURCE_DIR) $(RESOURCE_DIR) --no-progress
+
+fetch-transformed-s3::
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 sync s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(ISSUE_DIR) $(ISSUE_DIR) --no-progress
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 sync s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(TRANSFORMED_DIR) $(TRANSFORMED_DIR) --no-progress
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 sync s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(DATASET_DIR) $(DATASET_DIR) --no-progress
 
+# These will run as usual if DEVELOPMENT isn't explicitly set to 1
+ifeq ($(DEVELOPMENT),0)
 commit-dataset::
 	mkdir -p $(DATASET_DIRS)
 	git add $(DATASET_DIRS)
 	git diff --quiet && git diff --staged --quiet || (git commit -m "Data $(shell date +%F)"; git push origin $(BRANCH))
 
-fetch-s3::
-	aws s3 sync s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(RESOURCE_DIR) $(RESOURCE_DIR) --no-progress
-
-fetch-transformed-s3::
-	aws s3 sync s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(ISSUE_DIR) $(ISSUE_DIR) --no-progress
-	aws s3 sync s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(TRANSFORMED_DIR) $(TRANSFORMED_DIR) --no-progress
-	aws s3 sync s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(DATASET_DIR) $(DATASET_DIR) --no-progress
-	
 push-collection-s3::
-	aws s3 sync $(RESOURCE_DIR) s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(RESOURCE_DIR) --no-progress
-	aws s3 cp $(COLLECTION_DIR)/log.csv s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(COLLECTION_DIR) --no-progress
-	aws s3 cp $(COLLECTION_DIR)/resource.csv s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(COLLECTION_DIR) --no-progress
-	aws s3 cp $(COLLECTION_DIR)/source.csv s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(COLLECTION_DIR) --no-progress
-	aws s3 cp $(COLLECTION_DIR)/endpoint.csv s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(COLLECTION_DIR) --no-progress
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 sync $(RESOURCE_DIR) s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(RESOURCE_DIR) --no-progress
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 cp $(COLLECTION_DIR)/log.csv s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(COLLECTION_DIR) --no-progress
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 cp $(COLLECTION_DIR)/resource.csv s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(COLLECTION_DIR) --no-progress
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 cp $(COLLECTION_DIR)/source.csv s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(COLLECTION_DIR) --no-progress
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 cp $(COLLECTION_DIR)/endpoint.csv s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(COLLECTION_DIR) --no-progress
 
 push-dataset-s3::
-	@mkdir -p $(TRANSFORMED_DIR)
-	aws s3 sync $(TRANSFORMED_DIR) s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(TRANSFORMED_DIR) --no-progress
-	@mkdir -p $(ISSUE_DIR)
-	aws s3 sync $(ISSUE_DIR) s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(ISSUE_DIR) --no-progress
-	@mkdir -p $(DATASET_DIR)
-	aws s3 sync $(DATASET_DIR) s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(DATASET_DIR) --no-progress
+	@$(shell_cmd) mkdir -p $(TRANSFORMED_DIR)
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 sync $(TRANSFORMED_DIR) s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(TRANSFORMED_DIR) --no-progress
+	@$(shell_cmd) mkdir -p $(ISSUE_DIR)
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 sync $(ISSUE_DIR) s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(ISSUE_DIR) --no-progress
+	@$(shell_cmd) mkdir -p $(DATASET_DIR)
+	$(shell_cmd) aws s3 sync $(DATASET_DIR) s3://collection-dataset/$(REPOSITORY)/$(DATASET_DIR) --no-progress
+endif
 
 pipeline-run::
 	aws batch submit-job --job-name $(REPOSITORY)-$(shell date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S') --job-queue dl-batch-queue --job-definition dl-batch-def --container-overrides '{"environment": [{"name":"BATCH_FILE_URL","value":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/digital-land/docker-builds/main/pipeline_run.sh"}, {"name" : "REPOSITORY","value" : "$(REPOSITORY)"}]}'
diff --git a/render.mk b/render.mk
index 7dc304c..fc68053 100644
--- a/render.mk
+++ b/render.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ ifeq ($(VIEW_MODEL),)
 VIEW_MODEL=$(DATASET_DIR)view_model.sqlite3
 endif
 
+include makerules/docker.mk
 
 TEMPLATE_FILES=$(wildcard templates/*)
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ render:: $(TEMPLATE_FILES) $(SPECIFICATION_FILES) $(DATASET_FILES) $(DATASET_PAT
 ifneq ($(RENDER_COMMAND),)
 	$(RENDER_COMMAND)
 else
-	digital-land --pipeline-name $(DATASET) render --dataset-path $(DATASET_PATH) $(RENDER_FLAGS)
+	$(digital-land) --pipeline-name $(DATASET) render --dataset-path $(DATASET_PATH) $(RENDER_FLAGS)
 endif
 	@touch ./docs/.nojekyll
 
@@ -62,10 +63,10 @@ server:
 	cd docs && python3 -m http.server
 
 clobber clean:: clobber-dataset clobber-docs
-	
+
 clobber-dataset::
 	rm -rf $(DATASET_PATH)
-	
+
 clobber-docs::
 	rm -rf $(DOCS_DIR)