diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0547004..583be00 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg -
       apt update && apt install -y nodejs
 
 # laconic-so
-RUN curl -LO https://git.vdb.to/cerc-io/stack-orchestrator/releases/download/latest/laconic-so && \
-      chmod +x ./laconic-so && \
-      mv ./laconic-so /usr/bin/laconic-so
+#RUN curl -LO https://git.vdb.to/cerc-io/stack-orchestrator/releases/download/latest/laconic-so && \
+#      chmod +x ./laconic-so && \
+#      mv ./laconic-so /usr/bin/laconic-so
+
+# for testing, put so in the root of this repo prior to running `build-containers`
+COPY laconic-so /usr/bin/laconic-so
 
 # laconic-registry-cli
 RUN npm config set @cerc-io:registry https://git.vdb.to/api/packages/cerc-io/npm/ && \