diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_20_04.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_20_04.yml
index 319f4e8..a5ce30f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_20_04.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_20_04.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: local git dependencies
         run: |
           cd staging
-          ../ros_from_src/git_clone.sh
+          # override rosconsole in 20.04 for log4cxx compatibility
+          ROSCONSOLE=https://github.com/ros/rosconsole ../ros_from_src/git_clone.sh
 
       - name: local build
         run: |
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: docker build 20.04
         run: |
           cd ros_from_src
-          docker build --build-arg IMAGE=ubuntu:20.04 --build-arg PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION=8 . -t ros2004
+          docker build --build-arg IMAGE=ubuntu:20.04 --build-arg ROSCONSOLE=https://github.com/ros/rosconsole --build-arg PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION=8 . -t ros2004
 
       - name: docker build 22.04
         run: |
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 774a85f..1a5f767 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ RUN cmake $SRC/ros/core/rosbuild -DCATKIN_BUILD_BINARY_PACKAGE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTAL
 RUN make
 RUN make install
 
+RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install -y python3-dateutil
 RUN apt-get install -y python3-docutils
 RUN export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
@@ -188,9 +189,15 @@ RUN git clone https://github.com/ros/genlisp
 RUN git clone https://github.com/ros/genpy
 RUN git clone https://github.com/ros/std_msgs
 RUN git clone https://github.com/ros/message_runtime
-RUN git clone https://github.com/ros-o/rosconsole
 RUN git clone https://github.com/ros-o/pluginlib
 
+# TODO(lucasw) this doesn't work in 20.04 because of log
+# --build-args ROSCONSOLE=https://github.com/ros-o/rosconsole
+ARG ROSCONSOLE=https://github.com/ros-o/rosconsole
+# ENV ROSCONSOLE=$ROSCONSOLE
+RUN echo $ROSCONSOLE
+RUN git clone $ROSCONSOLE
+
 # runtime dependencies
 # rosbuild
 WORKDIR $SRC
@@ -204,6 +211,7 @@ WORKDIR $SRC/rosdistro
 RUN python3 setup.py install --prefix=$DEST --record install_manifest.txt --single-version-externally-managed
 
 WORKDIR $SRC
+# can be sudo in docker, but otherwise want git clone https://github.com/lucasw/rosdep --branch disable_root_etc_ros
 RUN git clone https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/rosdep
 WORKDIR $SRC/rosdep
 RUN python3 setup.py install --prefix=$DEST --record install_manifest.txt --single-version-externally-managed
diff --git a/git_clone.sh b/git_clone.sh
index 1e8a9c9..257dbd1 100755
--- a/git_clone.sh
+++ b/git_clone.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ git clone https://github.com/ros/genlisp
 git clone https://github.com/ros/genpy
 git clone https://github.com/ros/std_msgs
 git clone https://github.com/ros/message_runtime
-git clone https://github.com/ros-o/rosconsole
 git clone https://github.com/ros-o/pluginlib
 
+ROSCONSOLE1=${ROSCONSOLE:-https://github.com/ros-o/rosconsole}
+git clone $ROSCONSOLE1
+
 # pure python
 cd $SRC
 git clone https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/catkin_pkg