diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69931e0f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+ARG BASE_IMAGE="ubuntu"
+# ARG TAG="18.04"
+ARG TAG="22.04"
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}:${TAG}
+WORKDIR /vesc_tool
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ARG USER_NAME=vesc_tool
+ARG USER_UID=1000
+ARG USER_GID=1000
+
+RUN groupadd ${USER_NAME} --gid ${USER_GID}\
+    && useradd -l -m ${USER_NAME} -u ${USER_UID} -g ${USER_GID} -s /bin/bash
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+    sudo \
+    bash-completion \
+    python3 python-is-python3 perl git openssl libssl-dev\
+    wget curl iputils-ping build-essential \
+    make ca-certificates xz-utils bzip2 zip \
+    # libqt5printsupport5 libqt5quickwidgets5 libqt5gamepad5 libqt5serialport5 \
+    # libqt5bluetooth5 libqt5positioning5 libqt5bluetooth5 libqt5widgets5 qml-module-qtquick-controls \
+    # qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-extras qml-module-qt-labs-settings \
+    # qtbase5-dev qtchooser qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools \
+    # libdrm-dev libgles2-mesa-dev \
+    # libxcb-xinerama0-dev "^libxcb.*" \
+    # libx11-xcb-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libxrender-dev libxi-dev \
+    # flex bison gperf libicu-dev libxslt-dev ruby libssl-dev \
+    # libxcursor-dev libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev libxrandr-dev \
+    # libfontconfig1-dev libcap-dev libxtst-dev libpulse-dev libudev-dev \
+    # libpci-dev libnss3-dev libasound2-dev libxss-dev libegl1-mesa-dev \
+    # gperf bison libbz2-dev libgcrypt20-dev libdrm-dev libcups2-dev \
+    # libatkmm-1.6-dev libasound2-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
+    # libbluetooth-dev bluetooth blueman bluez libusb-dev libdbus-1-dev bluez-hcidump \
+    # bluez-tools
+    qtbase5-private-dev qtscript5-dev \
+    qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qml-module-qtquick-extras \
+    qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qtbase5-dev qtchooser qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools libqt5quickcontrols2-5 qtquickcontrols2-5-dev \
+    qtcreator qtcreator-doc libqt5serialport5-dev qml-module-qt3d qt3d5-dev \
+    qtdeclarative5-dev qtconnectivity5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev qtpositioning5-dev \
+    libqt5gamepad5-dev qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qt-labs-platform libqt5svg5-dev
+
+ENV USER=${USER_NAME}
+
+RUN echo "vesc_tool ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/${USER_NAME}
+RUN chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/${USER_NAME}
+
+RUN chown -R ${USER_NAME}:${USER_NAME} /${USER_NAME}
+
+USER ${USER_NAME}
+
+# RUN  cd /opt \
+#     && sudo mkdir qt5 \
+#     && sudo chown $USER qt5 \
+#     && git clone https://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git \
+#     && cd qt5 \
+#     && git checkout 5.15 \
+#     && perl init-repository --module-subset=default,-qtwebkit,-qtwebkit-examples,-qtwebengine 
+
+# RUN sudo mkdir /opt/qt5/build \
+#     && cd /opt/qt5/build \
+#     && sudo chown $USER /opt/qt5/build \
+#     && ../configure -prefix /opt/Qt/5.15-static/ -release -opensource -confirm-license \
+#     -static -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-psql -no-sql-sqlite -no-journald -qt-zlib -no-mtdev \
+#     -no-gif -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-harfbuzz -qt-pcre -no-glib -no-compile-examples \
+#     -no-cups -no-iconv -no-tslib -dbus-linked \
+#     -no-xcb-xlib -no-eglfs -no-directfb -no-linuxfb -no-kms \
+#     -nomake examples -nomake tests -skip qtwebsockets -skip qtwebchannel \
+#     -skip qtwebengine -skip qtwayland -skip qtwinextras -skip qtsensors -skip multimedia \
+#     -no-libproxy -no-icu -qt-freetype -skip qtimageformats -opengl es2 \
+#     && make -j$(nproc) \
+#     && sudo make install
+
+CMD ["bash"]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa1d3178c..2cf1ff0c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,3 +31,17 @@ If you have custom hardware and you want to add support for it in the official r
 1) Go to https://github.com/vedderb/bldc and use the github fork function.  
 2) Make your changes, test them and make a pull request to the main repository.  
 3) If the pull request gets accepted your hardware will become part of the next official release. It will show up in the binary beta typically after a few days and in the stable version the next time a stable release is made.
+
+## How to Build the Docker Image
+
+### tested only Linux
+
+docker build . -t vesc_tool
+
+### run bach
+
+docker run --rm -it -v `pwd`:/vesc_tool vesc_tool:latest bash
+
+### or build in docker
+
+docker run --rm -it -v `pwd`:/vesc_tool vesc_tool:latest /vesc_tool/build_lin
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diff --git a/build_lin b/build_lin
index 0d61474b6..0749b0218 100755
--- a/build_lin
+++ b/build_lin
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ rm -rf build/lin/*
 # Original
 qmake -config release "CONFIG += release_lin build_original"
 make clean
-make -j8
+make -j$(nproc)
 rm -rf build/lin/obj
 cd build/lin
 zip vesc_tool_original_linux.zip `ls | grep -v '\.zip$'`
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ cd ../..
 # Platinum
 qmake -config release "CONFIG += release_lin build_platinum"
 make clean
-make -j8
+make -j$(nproc)
 rm -rf build/lin/obj
 cd build/lin
 zip vesc_tool_platinum_linux.zip `ls | grep -v '\.zip$'`
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ cd ../..
 # Gold
 qmake -config release "CONFIG += release_lin build_gold"
 make clean
-make -j8
+make -j$(nproc)
 rm -rf build/lin/obj
 cd build/lin
 zip vesc_tool_gold_linux.zip `ls | grep -v '\.zip$'`
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ cd ../..
 # Silver
 qmake -config release "CONFIG += release_lin build_silver"
 make clean
-make -j8
+make -j$(nproc)
 rm -rf build/lin/obj
 cd build/lin
 zip vesc_tool_silver_linux.zip `ls | grep -v '\.zip$'`
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ cd ../..
 # Bronze
 qmake -config release "CONFIG += release_lin build_bronze"
 make clean
-make -j8
+make -j$(nproc)
 rm -rf build/lin/obj
 cd build/lin
 zip vesc_tool_bronze_linux.zip `ls | grep -v '\.zip$'`
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ cd ../..
 # Free of charge
 qmake -config release "CONFIG += release_lin build_free"
 make clean
-make -j8
+make -j$(nproc)
 rm -rf build/lin/obj
 cd build/lin
 zip vesc_tool_free_linux.zip `ls | grep -v '\.zip$'`
diff --git a/build_lin_original_only b/build_lin_original_only
index 5759b5cff..b30bc0c82 100755
--- a/build_lin_original_only
+++ b/build_lin_original_only
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ rm -rf build/lin/*
 # Original
 qmake -config release "CONFIG += release_lin build_original"
 make clean
-make -j8
+make -j$(nproc)
 rm -rf build/lin/obj
 
diff --git a/vesc_tool.pro b/vesc_tool.pro
index e16e7073c..8b0eec6b5 100644
--- a/vesc_tool.pro
+++ b/vesc_tool.pro
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ release_win {
 release_lin {
     # http://micro.nicholaswilson.me.uk/post/31855915892/rules-of-static-linking-libstdc-libc-libgcc
     # http://insanecoding.blogspot.se/2012/07/creating-portable-linux-binaries.html
+    CONFIG += exclude_fw
     QMAKE_LFLAGS += -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc
     DESTDIR = build/lin
     OBJECTS_DIR = build/lin/obj