diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2d6ce0d..5e43826 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
-FROM python:3.10.9-slim-bullseye
-COPY . /jellyfin
-WORKDIR jellyfin
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+FROM python:3.11.3-slim-bullseye
+ARG INSTALL_DEBUG
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# install debug tools for testing environment
+RUN if [ "$INSTALL_DEBUG" ] ; then \
+        apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
+        vim htop bmon net-tools iputils-ping procps \
+        && pip install --user ipython \
+    ; fi
+
+# install requirements
+COPY ./requirements.txt /requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --user -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY app /app
+WORKDIR app
+
+VOLUME /youtube
+
+CMD ["python", "server.py"]
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index eaddd28..72986ac 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 from src.connect import Jellyfin, TubeArchivist, env_check
 from src.series import Library
 
-env_check()
-Jellyfin().ping()
-TubeArchivist().ping()
-
 
 def main():
     """main thread"""
+    env_check()
+    Jellyfin().ping()
+    TubeArchivist().ping()
+
     library = Library()
     library.validate_series()
 
diff --git a/app/server.py b/app/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4640474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"""wait for hooks"""
+
+from flask import Flask
+from main import main as run_refresh
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+
+@app.route("/", methods=["POST"])
+def home():
+    """handle post grequest"""
+    run_refresh()
+
+    return "success"
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    PORT = 8080
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=PORT)
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 1a07ca3..a4229c2 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -15,22 +15,48 @@ function validate {
     # note: this logic is duplicated in the `./github/workflows/lint_python.yml` config
     # if you update this file, you should update that as well
     echo "running black"
-    black --exclude "migrations/*" --diff --color --check -l 79 "$check_path"
+    black --force-exclude "migrations/*" --diff --color --check -l 79 "$check_path"
     echo "running codespell"
-    codespell --skip="./.git,./package.json,./package-lock.json,./node_modules,./.mypy_cache" "$check_path"
+    codespell --skip="./.git,./.venv,./.mypy_cache" "$check_path"
     echo "running flake8"
-    flake8 "$check_path" --exclude "migrations" --count --max-complexity=10 \
+    flake8 "$check_path" --exclude "migrations,.venv" --count --max-complexity=10 \
         --max-line-length=79 --show-source --statistics
     echo "running isort"
-    isort --skip "migrations" --check-only --diff --profile black -l 79 "$check_path"
+    isort --skip "migrations" --skip ".venv" --check-only --diff --profile black -l 79 "$check_path"
     printf "    \n> all validations passed\n"
 
 }
 
+function sync_test {
+
+    # docker commands don't need sudo in testing vm
+
+    host="tubearchivist.local"
+    # make base folder
+    ssh "$host" "mkdir -p docker"
+
+    # copy project files to build image
+    rsync -a --progress --delete-after \
+        --exclude ".git" \
+        --exclude ".gitignore" \
+        --exclude "**/cache" \
+        --exclude "**/__pycache__/" \
+        --exclude ".venv" \
+        --exclude "db.sqlite3" \
+        --exclude ".mypy_cache" \
+        . -e ssh "$host":tubearchivist-jf
+
+    ssh "$host" "docker buildx build --build-arg INSTALL_DEBUG=1 -t bbilly1/tubearchivist-jf:latest tubearchivist-jf --load"
+    ssh "$host" 'docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up -d'
+
+}
+
 if [[ $1 == "validate" ]]; then
     validate "$2"
+elif [[ $1 == "test" ]]; then
+    sync_test
 else
-    echo "valid options are: validate"
+    echo "valid options are: validate | test"
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4ac89c9..7f27fea 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
+version: '3.3'
+
 services:
-  ta-jf:
-    build: ./
+  jellyfin:
+    image: jellyfin/jellyfin
+    container_name: jellyfin
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - 8096:8096
+    volumes:
+      - ./jellyfin/config:/config
+      - ./jellyfin/cache:/cache
+      - ./tubearchivist/youtube:/media/youtube:ro
+  tubearchivist-jf:
+    image: bbilly1/tubearchivist-jf
+    container_name: tubearchivist-jf
     environment:
-      - TA_VIDEO_PATH="/youtube"
-      - TA_URL="http://tubearchivist.local"
-      - TA_TOKEN="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
-      - JF_URL="http://jellyfin.local:8096"
-      - JF_TOKEN="yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"
-#    volumes:
-#      - ./config.json:/jellyfin/config.json:ro
-#      - /youtube:/youtube
-    command: python main.py
+      - TA_URL=http://tubearchivist:8000
+      - TA_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+      - JF_URL=http://jellyfin:8096
+      - JF_TOKEN=yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
+    volumes:
+      - ./tubearchivist/youtube:/youtube
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 663bd1f..85826af 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-requests
\ No newline at end of file
+requests==2.31.0
+Flask==2.3.2