diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 750227aee6..590f717bcc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ FROM ubuntu:focal as build
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-WORKDIR /tmp
+WORKDIR /build
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y \
         build-essential \
         curl \
+        ffmpeg \
         gdb \
         libssl-dev \
         libssl1.1 \
@@ -31,13 +32,17 @@ RUN $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo fetch
 RUN set -x \
   && mkdir -p src \
   && echo 'fn main() { println!("rebuild me!"); }' > src/main.rs \
-  && $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo build
+  && $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo build --release
 
+# Static image assets
+COPY assets/ assets/
+
+# Code
 COPY src/ src/
 
 # If the timestamps are older on actual src/ files than
 # cached "fake build" above, nothing gets built.
 RUN touch src/main.rs
 
-RUN $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo build
+RUN $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo build --release
 
diff --git a/assets/sonic-full.png b/assets/sonic-full.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9064e965d1
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/sonic-full.png differ
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1e15f3c12c..bad748f9fd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,22 +9,29 @@ mod workers;
 use anyhow::bail;
 use crate::workers::{spawn_workers, Workload};
 use crossbeam::Receiver;
-use easyenv::{init_env_logger, get_env_num};
+use easyenv::{init_env_logger, get_env_num, get_env_string};
+use egg_mode::error::Error;
 use egg_mode::media::{media_types, upload_media, set_metadata, get_status, ProgressInfo, MediaHandle};
 use egg_mode::stream::StreamMessage;
 use egg_mode::tweet::DraftTweet;
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
 use log::{warn, info, error};
-use std::{env, thread};
 use std::io::{stdout, Write};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use tokio::time::delay_for;
-use egg_mode::error::Error;
+use std::{env, thread};
 use tokio::runtime::Builder;
+use tokio::time::delay_for;
 
 pub type AnyhowResult<T> = anyhow::Result<T>;
 
+const ENV_ASSET_IMAGE_PATH : &'static str = "ASSET_IMAGE_PATH";
+const ENV_QUEUE_LENGTH : &'static str = "QUEUE_LENGTH";
+const ENV_TEMP_DIRECTORY : &'static str = "TEMP_DIRECTORY";
+const ENV_THREAD_COUNT : &'static str = "THREAD_COUNT";
+const ENV_TWEET_TEXT : &'static str = "TWEET_TEXT";
+const ENV_WORKER_THREAD_COUNT : &'static str = "WORKER_THREAD_COUNT";
+
 const VOCODES_BOT_USER_ID : u64 = 1310037441441599488;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -61,16 +68,17 @@ pub struct ProgramArgs {
   pub worker_count: usize,
 }
 
+//#[tokio::main]
 fn main() -> AnyhowResult<()> {
   init_env_logger(None);
 
   let program_args = ProgramArgs {
-    tweet_text: "This is a deepfake response generated by vo.codes. Use responsibly.".to_string(),
-    temp_directory: "/tmp".to_string(),
-    png_filename: "/home/bt/dev/voice/twitter-vocodes-bot/assets/sonic-full.png".to_string(),
-    core_thread_count: 10,
-    queue_length: 10,
-    worker_count: 5,
+    tweet_text: get_env_string(ENV_TWEET_TEXT, "This is a deepfake response generated by vo.codes. Use responsibly."),
+    temp_directory: get_env_string(ENV_TEMP_DIRECTORY, "/tmp"),
+    png_filename: get_env_string(ENV_ASSET_IMAGE_PATH, "./assets/sonic-full.png"),
+    core_thread_count: get_env_num(ENV_THREAD_COUNT, 10)?,
+    queue_length: get_env_num(ENV_QUEUE_LENGTH, 10)?,
+    worker_count: get_env_num(ENV_WORKER_THREAD_COUNT, 5)?,
   };
 
   let mut runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new()
@@ -90,7 +98,6 @@ fn main() -> AnyhowResult<()> {
   Ok(())
 }
 
-//#[tokio::main]
 async fn start_bot(program_args: ProgramArgs) -> AnyhowResult<()> {
   info!("Loading configs, secrets, and logging in...");