diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e579de7..4a7d834 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ artifacts
 coverage.txt
 profile.out
 sim_log_file
-
+mytestnet
 # IDE
 .vscode
-.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5208cb5..7d75dc4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ FROM golang:1.20.5-alpine AS build-env
 # Set up dependencies
 ENV PACKAGES bash curl make git libc-dev gcc linux-headers eudev-dev python3
 
+
 # ADD . /code
 WORKDIR /code
 
 COPY . .
 
-ADD https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v1.2.1/libwasmvm_muslc.x86_64.a /lib/libwasmvm_muslc.a
+RUN WASMVM_VERSION=$(go list -m github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm | sed 's/.* //') && \
+    wget https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/$WASMVM_VERSION/libwasmvm_muslc.x86_64.a \
+    -O /lib/libwasmvm_muslc.a 
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache $PACKAGES && \
     BUILD_TAGS=muslc LINK_STATICALLY=true make install && \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f85f84b..bf9b20c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -494,11 +494,17 @@ proto-update-deps:
 ###                                Localnet                                 ###
 ###############################################################################
 
-# Run a 4-node testnet locally
+# Run a 4-node testnet locally after generating a statically built binary
+
+static-build:
+	$(DOCKER) build . -t passage-image
+	$(DOCKER) create --name passage-container passage-image
+	@mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)
+	$(DOCKER) cp passage-container:/usr/local/bin/passage $(BUILDDIR)/passage && $(DOCKER) rm passage-container
+
 localnet-start: localnet-stop $(TESTNETDIR)
-	docker-compose up
 
-$(TESTNETDIR): build-linux
+$(TESTNETDIR): static-build
 	$(BUILDDIR)/passage testnet \
 		--chain-id $(TESTNETCHAINID)  \
 		--keyring-backend test \
@@ -506,10 +512,12 @@ $(TESTNETDIR): build-linux
 		--node-daemon-home passage \
 		--starting-ip-address 192.168.0.2
 
+		$(DOCKER) compose up -d
+
 localnet-stop:
-	docker-compose down
+	$(DOCKER) compose down
 
 localnet-clean:
 	sudo rm -rf $(TESTNETDIR)
 
-.PHONY: localnet-start localnet-stop localnet-clean
\ No newline at end of file
+.PHONY: localnet-start localnet-stop localnet-clean static-build
diff --git a/tests/localpassage/README.md b/tests/localpassage/README.md
index 8802c3a..e34da77 100644
--- a/tests/localpassage/README.md
+++ b/tests/localpassage/README.md
@@ -6,25 +6,35 @@ LocalPassage comes with no initial state. In the future, we would like to be abl
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-Ensure you have docker docker-compose, and golang installed:
+Ensure you have docker and docker-compose installed:
 
 ```sh
 # Docker
-sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io
+for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose docker-compose-v2 podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done
+# Add Docker's official GPG key:
 sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt install docker.io -y
+sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
+sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+
+# Add the repository to Apt sources:
+echo \
+  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
+  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+```
 
-# Docker compose
-sudo apt install docker-compose -y
+If you're running docker as a non-root user you need to add your USER to the `docker` group to avoid appending every `docker` ccommand with `sudo`. Add `USER` to the `docker` group:
 
-# Golang
-curl -OL https://golang.org/dl/go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-sudo tar -C /usr/local -xvf go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
+```bash
+sudo groupadd docker
+sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
+newgrp docker
 ```
 
-Alternatively, internal teams can use the AWS Launch Template `passage-localnet-devbox-template` to provision an instance with these dependencies already installed.
-
 ## LocalPassage - No Initial State
 
 The following commands must be executed from the root folder of the Passage repository.
@@ -42,12 +52,19 @@ The following commands must be executed from the root folder of the Passage repo
    - Runs `passage testnet` to initialize the configuration files of the network. These will be stored under `./mytestnet`.
    - Runs the `docker-compose.yml` file to spin up the networked nodes in separate containers.
 
-3. You can stop the chain using Ctrl + C.
+3. It runs the containers in deatched mode. To check the logs of the container nodes
+
+   ```bash
+   docker container logs <container-name>
+   ```
+
+   Where `container-name` can be `passagenode0`, `passagenode1`, `passagenode2` or `passagenode3`
 
 4. When you are done you can clean up the environment with:
 
    ```bash
+   make localnet-stop
    make localnet-clean
    ```
 
-   Which will remove the configuration files found under `./mytestnet`.
+   Which will stop and remove the configuration files found under `./mytestnet`.