diff --git a/.github/workflows/packer-aws.yml b/.github/workflows/packer-aws.yml
index d25cfe5..92d80cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packer-aws.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packer-aws.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run `packer build`
         id: build
-        run: packer build -var aws_access_key=${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY }} -var aws_secret_key=${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_KEY }} -var glueops_codespaces_container_tag=${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }} aws.pkr.hcl
+        run: packer build -var glueops_codespaces_container_tag=${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }} aws.pkr.hcl
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_KEY }}
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07ee971..14a183f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,36 @@
 # codespaces
 
+## Description: 
 
 This repo contains all the environmental tools/dependencies to deploy the entire glueops platform. Tools include but are not limited to: terraform, helm, kubectl, etc. We primarily use this repository in all of our codespaces as well as github actions. Ref: https://github.com/GlueOps/glueops/blob/%F0%9F%9A%80%F0%9F%92%8E%F0%9F%99%8C%F0%9F%9A%80/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json#L5
 
 
-Releasing:
+# Releasing:
 - Please stick to semver standards when dropping a new tag.
-- Once you publish a release a new image will be built and uploaded to dockerhub: https://hub.docker.com/r/glueops/codespaces/tags
+- Once you publish a release a new image will be built and uploaded to GHCR: https://github.com/GlueOps/codespaces/pkgs/container/codespaces
+
+
+
+# Running packer locally:
+
+It's best to just reference the github workflows under `.github/workflows` the packer workflows for each respective cloud start with `packer-*`. For each respective cloud you will notice env variables are being passed into a github action step. To do this locally, you will need to create credentials for the respective cloud and then `export` the applicable environment variables before running the `packer build` command.
+
+
+### Running AWS:
+
+
+```bash
+export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
+export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
+packer build -var glueops_codespaces_container_tag=v0.52.0 aws.pkr.hcl
+```
+
+### Running Hetzner
+
+```bash
+export HCLOUD_TOKEN="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
+packer build -var glueops_codespaces_container_tag=v0.52.0 hetzner.pkr.hcl
+```
+
+
+_Note: v0.52.0 is the latest version at the time of creating this README.md you can check for the latest version here: https://github.com/GlueOps/codespaces/releases
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diff --git a/aws.pkr.hcl b/aws.pkr.hcl
index bdd9a06..9267526 100644
--- a/aws.pkr.hcl
+++ b/aws.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
-variable "aws_access_key" {
-  type = string
-}
-
-variable "aws_secret_key" {
-  type = string
-}
-
 #https://github.com/GlueOps/codespaces/pkgs/container/codespaces
 variable "glueops_codespaces_container_tag" {
   type    = string
 }
 
 source "amazon-ebs" "cde" {
-  access_key = "${var.aws_access_key}"
-  secret_key = "${var.aws_secret_key}"
   region     = "us-west-2"
   source_ami_filter {
     filters = {
@@ -21,7 +11,7 @@ source "amazon-ebs" "cde" {
       name                = "debian-12-amd64-*"
       root-device-type    = "ebs"
     }
-    owners      = ["136693071363"]
+    owners      = ["136693071363"] # Amazon
     most_recent = true
   }
   instance_type = "t3a.large"
@@ -50,19 +40,17 @@ build {
 
   provisioner "shell" {
     scripts = [
-      "os-setup.sh",
+      "os-setup-start.sh",
+      "developer-setup.sh",
+      "os-setup-finish.sh",
+      
     ]
     env = {
       BUILDER = "packer"
+      GLUEOPS_CODESPACES_CONTAINER_TAG = var.glueops_codespaces_container_tag
     }
   }
 
-  provisioner "shell" {
-    inline = [
-      "sudo docker pull ghcr.io/glueops/codespaces:${var.glueops_codespaces_container_tag}",
-    ]
-  }
-
 }
 
 packer {
diff --git a/developer-setup.sh b/developer-setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f09e5a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/developer-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+# Prompt for GitHub username
+
+echo -e "\n\nEverything is now getting setup. This process will take a few minutes...\n\n"
+
+# Create user vscode
+sudo adduser --disabled-password --uid 1337 --gecos "" vscode
+
+# Create .ssh directory for vscode
+sudo mkdir -p /home/vscode/.ssh
+sudo chmod 700 /home/vscode/.ssh
+
+sudo touch /home/vscode/.ssh/authorized_keys 
+sudo chmod 600 /home/vscode/.ssh/authorized_keys
+sudo chown -R vscode:vscode /home/vscode/.ssh
+
+# Give vscode sudo access without a password
+echo "vscode ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/vscode > /dev/null
+
+echo "Installing other requirements now"
+
+curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh && sudo sh get-docker.sh && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install tmux jq figlet -y && sudo apt-get clean
+#export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+#sudo apt-get -s dist-upgrade | grep "^Inst" | grep -i securi | awk -F " " {'print $2'} | xargs sudo apt-get install -y
+sudo groupadd -f docker
+sudo usermod -aG docker vscode
+echo 'fs.inotify.max_user_instances=1024' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
+echo 1024 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances
+sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GlueOps/development-only-utilities/v0.11.0/tools/developer-setup/.glueopsrc --output /home/vscode/.glueopsrc
+echo "source /home/vscode/.glueopsrc" | sudo tee -a /home/vscode/.bashrc
+sudo chown -R vscode:vscode /home/vscode
+# disables the password for the current user (ex. root/admin/ubuntu users)
+sudo passwd -d $USER
+server_ip=$(echo $SSH_CONNECTION | awk '{print $3}')
+echo ""
+echo ""
+#sudo figlet GlueOps | sudo tee /etc/motd
+{ echo -e "\e[1;32m$(figlet GlueOps)\e[0m"; echo ""; echo -e "\e[1;34mPlease log in as user 'vscode' or switch to that user by running:\e[0m"; echo ""; echo -e "\e[1;33m    sudo su - vscode\e[0m"; echo ""; echo -e "\e[1;34mAfter switching to the 'vscode' user, run the following command:\e[0m"; echo ""; echo -e "\e[1;33m    dev\e[0m"; } | sudo tee /etc/motd
+
+#Install tailscale
+curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
+
+
+
+if [ -z "$GLUEOPS_CODESPACES_CONTAINER_TAG" ]; then
+  echo "GLUEOPS_CODESPACES_CONTAINER_TAG is not set."
+else
+  # If the variable is set, pull the Docker image using the tag
+  echo "Pulling down codespace version: $GLUEOPS_CODESPACES_CONTAINER_TAG"
+  sudo docker pull ghcr.io/glueops/codespaces:$GLUEOPS_CODESPACES_CONTAINER_TAG
+fi
+
+echo -e "\n\n\n\n\nPlease reboot using: sudo reboot \n\n"
+
+
diff --git a/hetzner.pkr.hcl b/hetzner.pkr.hcl
index 82fb247..05bd194 100644
--- a/hetzner.pkr.hcl
+++ b/hetzner.pkr.hcl
@@ -25,17 +25,15 @@ build {
   sources = ["source.hcloud.base-amd64"]
   provisioner "shell" {
     scripts = [
-      "os-setup.sh",
+      "os-setup-start.sh",
+      "developer-setup.sh",
+      "os-setup-finish.sh",
     ]
     env = {
       BUILDER = "packer"
+      GLUEOPS_CODESPACES_CONTAINER_TAG = var.glueops_codespaces_container_tag
     }
   }
-  provisioner "shell" {
-    inline = [
-      "sudo docker pull ghcr.io/glueops/codespaces:${var.glueops_codespaces_container_tag}",
-    ]
-  }
 }
 
 # packer.pkr.hcl
diff --git a/os-setup.sh b/os-setup-finish.sh
similarity index 60%
rename from os-setup.sh
rename to os-setup-finish.sh
index 967b039..5ec52eb 100644
--- a/os-setup.sh
+++ b/os-setup-finish.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e -o pipefail
 
-echo "waiting for cloud-init to finish..."
-sudo cloud-init status --wait
-
-echo "installing packages..."
-sudo apt-get update
-echo "installing tailscale"
-curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
-curl -sL setup.glueops.dev | sh
-
-# My setup...
-
 echo "cleaning up"
 sudo cloud-init clean --machine-id --seed --logs
 sudo rm -rvf /var/lib/cloud/instances /etc/machine-id /var/lib/dbus/machine-id /var/log/cloud-init*
diff --git a/os-setup-start.sh b/os-setup-start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7416bd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os-setup-start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+echo "waiting for cloud-init to finish..."
+sudo cloud-init status --wait
+
+echo "update packages..."
+sudo apt-get update
+