diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6e6a88a4a..e384cb55a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ LABEL maintainer="kgarza@datacite.org"
 
 # Set correct environment variables.
 ENV HOME /home/app
-ENV DOCKERIZE_VERSION v0.6.0
 
 # Allow app user to read /etc/container_environment
 RUN usermod -a -G docker_env app
@@ -19,13 +18,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" &&
     apt-get install ntp wget tzdata pandoc -y && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
-# install dockerize
-RUN wget https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/$DOCKERIZE_VERSION/dockerize-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz && \
-    tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf dockerize-linux-amd64-$DOCKERIZE_VERSION.tar.gz
-
-# enable SSH
-RUN rm -f /etc/service/sshd/down
-
 # Enable Passenger and Nginx and remove the default site
 # Preserve env variables for nginx
 RUN rm -f /etc/service/nginx/down && \
@@ -53,6 +45,10 @@ RUN mkdir -p tmp/pids && \
     chown -R app:app /home/app/webapp && \
     chmod -R 755 /home/app/webapp
 
+# enable SSH
+RUN rm -f /etc/service/sshd/down && \
+    /etc/my_init.d/00_regen_ssh_host_keys.sh
+
 # Install Ruby gems for middleman
 WORKDIR /home/app/webapp/vendor/middleman
 RUN /sbin/setuser app bundle install 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ad7fd4dc2..999522862 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ services:
     image: datacite/lupo
     ports:
       - "8065:80"
+      - "2265:22"
     volumes:
       - ./app:/home/app/webapp/app
       - ./config:/home/app/webapp/config
diff --git a/vendor/docker/10_ssh.sh b/vendor/docker/10_ssh.sh
index 233671d1b..b6b27ea62 100755
--- a/vendor/docker/10_ssh.sh
+++ b/vendor/docker/10_ssh.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-dockerize -template /home/app/webapp/vendor/docker/authorized_keys.tmpl:/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+if [ "${PUBLIC_KEY}" ]; then
+  echo "${PUBLIC_KEY}" > /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+fi
diff --git a/vendor/docker/authorized_keys.tmpl b/vendor/docker/authorized_keys.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 45590915c..000000000
--- a/vendor/docker/authorized_keys.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{{ .Env.PUBLIC_KEY }}
\ No newline at end of file