diff --git a/services/document-updater/.dockerignore b/services/document-updater/.dockerignore
index ad21f261b4..386f26df30 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/.dockerignore
+++ b/services/document-updater/.dockerignore
@@ -1,53 +1,9 @@
-compileFolder
-
-Compiled source #
-###################
-*.com
-*.class
-*.dll
-*.exe
-*.o
-*.so
-
-# Packages #
-############
-# it's better to unpack these files and commit the raw source
-# git has its own built in compression methods
-*.7z
-*.dmg
-*.gz
-*.iso
-*.jar
-*.rar
-*.tar
-*.zip
-
-# Logs and databases #
-######################
-*.log
-*.sql
-*.sqlite
-
-# OS generated files #
-######################
-.DS_Store?
-ehthumbs.db
-Icon?
-Thumbs.db
-
-/node_modules/*
-
+node_modules/*
+gitrev
+.git
+.gitignore
+.npm
+.nvmrc
+nodemon.json
 app.js
-app/js/*
-
-test/unit/js/*
-test/acceptance/js/*
-
-forever/
-
-**.swp
-
-# Redis cluster
-**/appendonly.aof
-**/dump.rdb
-**/nodes.conf
+**/js/*
diff --git a/services/document-updater/Dockerfile b/services/document-updater/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aabf01ad91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/document-updater/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+FROM node:6.9.5 as app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+#wildcard as some files may not be in all repos
+COPY package*.json npm-shrink*.json /app/
+
+RUN npm install --quiet
+
+COPY . /app
+
+
+RUN npm run compile:all
+
+FROM node:6.9.5
+
+COPY --from=app /app /app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+USER node
+
+CMD ["node","app.js"]
diff --git a/services/document-updater/Jenkinsfile b/services/document-updater/Jenkinsfile
index ab90aaae29..bc9ba0142f 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/services/document-updater/Jenkinsfile
@@ -9,34 +9,9 @@ pipeline {
   }
 
   stages {
-    stage('Install') {
-      agent {
-        docker {
-          image 'node:6.9.5'
-          args "-v /var/lib/jenkins/.npm:/tmp/.npm -e HOME=/tmp"
-          reuseNode true
-        }
-      }
+    stage('Build') {
       steps {
-        // we need to disable logallrefupdates, else git clones 
-        // during the npm install will require git to lookup the 
-        // user id which does not exist in the container's 
-        // /etc/passwd file, causing the clone to fail.
-        sh 'git config --global core.logallrefupdates false'
-        sh 'rm -rf node_modules'
-        sh 'npm install && npm rebuild'
-      }
-    }
-
-    stage('Compile') {
-      agent {
-        docker {
-          image 'node:6.9.5'
-          reuseNode true
-        }
-      }
-      steps {
-        sh 'npm run compile:all'
+        sh 'make build'
       }
     }
 
@@ -54,12 +29,7 @@ pipeline {
 
     stage('Package and publish build') {
       steps {
-        sh 'echo ${BUILD_NUMBER} > build_number.txt'
-        sh 'touch build.tar.gz' // Avoid tar warning about files changing during read
-        sh 'tar -czf build.tar.gz --exclude=build.tar.gz --exclude-vcs .'
-        withAWS(credentials:'S3_CI_BUILDS_AWS_KEYS', region:"${S3_REGION_BUILD_ARTEFACTS}") {
-            s3Upload(file:'build.tar.gz', bucket:"${S3_BUCKET_BUILD_ARTEFACTS}", path:"${JOB_NAME}/${BUILD_NUMBER}.tar.gz")
-        }
+        sh 'make publish'
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/services/document-updater/Makefile b/services/document-updater/Makefile
index 10adbe3866..215b56a9e9 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/Makefile
+++ b/services/document-updater/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 # This file was auto-generated, do not edit it directly.
 # Instead run bin/update_build_scripts from
 # https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex-dev-environment
-# Version: 1.0.1
+# Version: 1.1.3
 
 BUILD_NUMBER ?= local
 BRANCH_NAME ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 PROJECT_NAME = document-updater
 DOCKER_COMPOSE_FLAGS ?= -f docker-compose.yml
-DOCKER_COMPOSE := docker-compose ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_FLAGS}
+DOCKER_COMPOSE := BUILD_NUMBER=$(BUILD_NUMBER) \
+	BRANCH_NAME=$(BRANCH_NAME) \
+	PROJECT_NAME=$(PROJECT_NAME) \
+	MOCHA_GREP=${MOCHA_GREP} \
+	docker-compose ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_FLAGS}
+
 
 clean:
 	rm -f app.js
@@ -18,12 +23,20 @@ clean:
 test: test_unit test_acceptance
 
 test_unit:
-	@[ -d test/unit ] && $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run --rm test_unit -- ${MOCHA_ARGS} || echo "document-updater has no unit tests"
+	@[ ! -d test/unit ] && echo "document-updater has no unit tests" || $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run --rm test_unit
 
-test_acceptance: test_clean # clear the database before each acceptance test run
-	@[ -d test/acceptance ] && $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run --rm test_acceptance -- ${MOCHA_ARGS} || echo "document-updater has no acceptance tests"
+test_acceptance: test_clean test_acceptance_pre_run # clear the database before each acceptance test run
+	@[ ! -d test/acceptance ] && echo "document-updater has no acceptance tests" || $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run --rm test_acceptance
 
 test_clean:
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) down -t 0
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) down -v -t 0
+
+test_acceptance_pre_run:
+	@[ ! -f test/acceptance/scripts/pre-run ] && echo "document-updater has no pre acceptance tests task" || $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run --rm test_acceptance test/acceptance/scripts/pre-run
+build:
+	docker build --pull --tag gcr.io/csh-gcdm-test/$(PROJECT_NAME):$(BRANCH_NAME)-$(BUILD_NUMBER) .
+
+publish:
+	docker push gcr.io/csh-gcdm-test/$(PROJECT_NAME):$(BRANCH_NAME)-$(BUILD_NUMBER)
 
 .PHONY: clean test test_unit test_acceptance test_clean build publish
diff --git a/services/document-updater/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/document-updater/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 9f40ba879d..21c006641e 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/document-updater/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -1,33 +1,32 @@
 # This file was auto-generated, do not edit it directly.
 # Instead run bin/update_build_scripts from
 # https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex-dev-environment
-# Version: 1.0.1
+# Version: 1.1.3
 
 version: "2"
 
 services:
   test_unit:
-    image: node:6.9.5
-    volumes:
-      - .:/app
-    working_dir: /app
-    entrypoint: npm run test:unit:_run
+    image: gcr.io/csh-gcdm-test/$PROJECT_NAME:$BRANCH_NAME-$BUILD_NUMBER
+    user: node
+    command: npm run test:unit:_run
 
   test_acceptance:
-    image: node:6.9.5
-    volumes:
-      - .:/app
-    working_dir: /app
+    build: .
+    image: gcr.io/csh-gcdm-test/$PROJECT_NAME:$BRANCH_NAME-$BUILD_NUMBER
     environment:
       REDIS_HOST: redis
       MONGO_HOST: mongo
+      POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
     depends_on:
-      - redis
       - mongo
-    entrypoint: npm run test:acceptance:_run
+      - redis
+    user: node
+    command: npm run test:acceptance:_run
 
   redis:
     image: redis
 
   mongo:
     image: mongo:3.4
+
diff --git a/services/document-updater/docker-compose.yml b/services/document-updater/docker-compose.yml
index d55ca56580..f24caa8883 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/document-updater/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,33 +1,39 @@
 # This file was auto-generated, do not edit it directly.
 # Instead run bin/update_build_scripts from
 # https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex-dev-environment
-# Version: 1.0.1
+# Version: 1.1.3
 
 version: "2"
 
 services:
   test_unit:
-    image: node:6.9.5
+    build: .
     volumes:
       - .:/app
     working_dir: /app
-    entrypoint: npm run test:unit
+    environment:
+      MOCHA_GREP: ${MOCHA_GREP}
+    command: npm run test:unit
+    user: node
 
   test_acceptance:
-    image: node:6.9.5
+    build: .
     volumes:
       - .:/app
+    working_dir: /app
     environment:
       REDIS_HOST: redis
       MONGO_HOST: mongo
+      POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
+      MOCHA_GREP: ${MOCHA_GREP}
+    user: node
     depends_on:
-      - redis
       - mongo
-    working_dir: /app
-    entrypoint: npm run test:acceptance
-
+      - redis
+    command: npm run test:acceptance
   redis:
     image: redis
 
   mongo:
     image: mongo:3.4
+
diff --git a/services/document-updater/nodemon.json b/services/document-updater/nodemon.json
index 9a3be8d966..98db38d71b 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/nodemon.json
+++ b/services/document-updater/nodemon.json
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
   "execMap": {
     "js": "npm run start"
   },
+
   "watch": [
     "app/coffee/",
-    "app.coffee"
+    "app.coffee",
+    "config/"
   ],
   "ext": "coffee"
+
 }
diff --git a/services/document-updater/package.json b/services/document-updater/package.json
index ce5aa9d18c..a23ae73427 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/package.json
+++ b/services/document-updater/package.json
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/sharelatex/document-updater-sharelatex.git"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "compile:app": "coffee -o app/js -c app/coffee && coffee -c app.coffee",
-    "start": "npm run compile:app && node app.js",
+    "compile:app": "([ -e app/coffee ] && coffee $COFFEE_OPTIONS -o app/js -c app/coffee || echo 'No CoffeeScript folder to compile') && ( [ -e app.coffee ] && coffee $COFFEE_OPTIONS -c app.coffee || echo 'No CoffeeScript app to compile')",
+    "start": "npm run compile:app && node $NODE_APP_OPTIONS app.js",
     "test:acceptance:_run": "mocha --recursive --reporter spec --timeout 15000 --exit $@ test/acceptance/js",
-    "test:acceptance": "npm run compile:app && npm run compile:acceptance_tests && npm run test:acceptance:_run -- $@",
+    "test:acceptance": "npm run compile:app && npm run compile:acceptance_tests && npm run test:acceptance:_run -- --grep=$MOCHA_GREP",
     "test:unit:_run": "mocha --recursive --reporter spec $@ test/unit/js",
-    "test:unit": "npm run compile:app && npm run compile:unit_tests && npm run test:unit:_run -- $@",
-    "compile:unit_tests": "[ -e test/unit ] && coffee -o test/unit/js -c test/unit/coffee || echo 'No unit tests to compile'",
-    "compile:acceptance_tests": "[ -e test/acceptance ] && coffee -o test/acceptance/js -c test/acceptance/coffee || echo 'No acceptance tests to compile'",
+    "test:unit": "npm run compile:app && npm run compile:unit_tests && npm run test:unit:_run -- --grep=$MOCHA_GREP",
+    "compile:unit_tests": "[ ! -e test/unit/coffee ] &&  echo 'No unit tests to compile' || coffee -o test/unit/js -c test/unit/coffee",
+    "compile:acceptance_tests": "[ ! -e test/acceptance/coffee ] && echo 'No acceptance tests to compile' || coffee -o test/acceptance/js -c test/acceptance/coffee",
     "compile:all": "npm run compile:app && npm run compile:unit_tests && npm run compile:acceptance_tests",
     "nodemon": "nodemon --config nodemon.json"
   },