diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5f25c81..520c4cb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=ghcr.io/converged-computing/usernetes:node-base
+# ARG BASE_IMAGE=ghcr.io/converged-computing/usernetes:node-base
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=usernetes_base
 # Edit this image to add / adopt for your environment
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 # This are private on our cluster and need to be copied to here
 COPY cspca.llnl.gov.cer.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/
 COPY cspca.cer.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/
+COPY PAN-cspca.llnl.gov.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/
+COPY hpc-profile.json /var/lib/kubelet/seccomp/hpc-profile.json
 RUN update-ca-certificates
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8ed4c7b..81203db 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ export NODE_SUBNET ?= $(shell $(CURDIR)/Makefile.d/node-subnet.sh)
 export NODE_IP := $(subst .0/24,.100,$(NODE_SUBNET))
 
 export CONTAINER_ENGINE ?= $(shell $(CURDIR)/Makefile.d/detect-container-engine.sh CONTAINER_ENGINE)
-
 export CONTAINER_ENGINE_TYPE ?= $(shell $(CURDIR)/Makefile.d/detect-container-engine.sh CONTAINER_ENGINE_TYPE)
-
 COMPOSE ?= $(shell $(CURDIR)/Makefile.d/detect-container-engine.sh COMPOSE)
 
 NODE_SERVICE_NAME := node
@@ -85,7 +83,13 @@ render: check-preflight
 up: check-preflight
 	# Podman creates cni files in a shared location, this ensures unique names that do not clobbed one another
 	sed -i "s/default_network/$(HOSTNAME)/g" $(HERE)/docker-compose.yaml
-	$(COMPOSE) up --build -d
+	$(COMPOSE) up -d
+
+.PHONY: up-built
+up-built: check-preflight
+	# Podman creates cni files in a shared location, this ensures unique names that do not clobbed one another
+	sed -i "s/default_network/$(HOSTNAME)/g" $(HERE)/docker-compose.yaml
+	$(COMPOSE) -f $(HERE)/docker-compose.yaml -f $(HERE)/compose/prebuilt-node.yaml up -d
 
 .PHONY: down
 down:
diff --git a/compose/prebuilt-node.yaml b/compose/prebuilt-node.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27b475a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose/prebuilt-node.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+services:
+  usernetes_node:
+    image: usernetes_node
diff --git a/service/usernetes-start-control-plane.sh b/service/usernetes-start-control-plane.sh
index 3eb884d..7882506 100755
--- a/service/usernetes-start-control-plane.sh
+++ b/service/usernetes-start-control-plane.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # These are variables we likely will change
 # LC only supplies podman
 USERNETES_CONTAINER_TECH=${1:-"podman"} 
-USERNETES_TEMPLATE_PATH=/usr/workspace/usernetes/usernetes-06-26-2025
+USERNETES_TEMPLATE_PATH=/usr/workspace/usernetes/usernetes-develop
 
 # We will copy join command here
 shared_join_command_dir="/usr/workspace/usernetes"
@@ -101,9 +101,12 @@ mkdir -p "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"
 setup_podman() {
     # These are likely to give issues. This resets podman with a vfs backend and then
     # cleans up tmp in the unshared context
+    if [[ -e "${HOME}/.config/containers/storage.conf" ]]; then
+        return    
+    fi
     if [[ -x "/collab/usr/gapps/lcweg/containers/scripts/enable-podman.sh" ]]; then
         log "      Running enable-podman.sh vfs"
-        if ! bash /collab/usr/gapps/lcweg/containers/scripts/enable-podman.sh vfs; then
+        if ! bash /collab/usr/gapps/lcweg/containers/scripts/enable-podman.sh overlay; then
             log "      WARNING: enable-podman.sh script failed. Continuing, but podman might not be configured correctly."
         fi
     else
@@ -126,8 +129,13 @@ unshare_cleanup
 # Usernetes Specific Setup
 log "📂 Copying Usernetes template from ${USERNETES_TEMPLATE_PATH}"
 cp -R "${USERNETES_TEMPLATE_PATH}" "${TMPDIR}/usernetes"
-cd "${TMPDIR}/usernetes" # Now inside the copied template
-sleep 3 # Allow filesystem operations to settle if needed
+
+ # Now inside the copied template
+cd "${TMPDIR}/usernetes"
+sleep 3
+
+log "👷 Building Usernetes container image 'usernetes_base'"
+${container_runtime_path} build --userns-uid-map=0:0:1 --userns-uid-map=1:1:1999 --userns-uid-map=65534:2000:2 -f $(pwd)/Dockerfile.d/Dockerfile.base -t usernetes_base $(pwd)
 
 log "👷 Building Usernetes container image 'usernetes_node'"
 ${container_runtime_path} build --userns-uid-map=0:0:1 --userns-uid-map=1:1:1999 --userns-uid-map=65534:2000:2 -f $(pwd)/Dockerfile -t usernetes_node $(pwd)
@@ -136,6 +144,7 @@ cleanup() {
     log "🧹 Cleaning up old networks or volumes (best effort)"
     make down-v || log "      'make down-v' failed, possibly because nothing was running. Continuing."
 
+
     # Explicit cleanup, as 'make down-v' might not cover everything or could fail
     "${container_runtime_path}" network rm usernetes_default -f || log "      Network 'usernetes_default' not found."
     "${container_runtime_path}" volume rm usernetes_node-var -f || log "      Volume 'usernetes_node-var' not found."
@@ -145,7 +154,7 @@ cleanup() {
 cleanup
 
 log "    ⬆️ Bringing up the Usernetes node(s) with 'make up'"
-if ! make up; then
+if ! make up-built; then
     error_exit "Failed to bring up Usernetes with 'make up'."
 fi
 sleep 3
diff --git a/service/usernetes-start-worker.sh b/service/usernetes-start-worker.sh
index 276984d..eda0ae9 100755
--- a/service/usernetes-start-worker.sh
+++ b/service/usernetes-start-worker.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # These are variables we likely will change
 # LC only supplies podman
 USERNETES_CONTAINER_TECH=${1:-"podman"} 
-USERNETES_TEMPLATE_PATH=/usr/workspace/usernetes/usernetes-06-26-2025
+USERNETES_TEMPLATE_PATH=/usr/workspace/usernetes/usernetes-develop
 
 # Logging functions for consistency (like Akihiro!)
 log() {
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ mkdir -p "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"
 setup_podman() {
     # These are likely to give issues. This resets podman with a vfs backend and then
     # cleans up tmp in the unshared context
+    if [[ -e "${HOME}/.config/containers/storage.conf" ]]; then
+        return    
+    fi
     if [[ -x "/collab/usr/gapps/lcweg/containers/scripts/enable-podman.sh" ]]; then
         log "      Running enable-podman.sh vfs"
         if ! bash /collab/usr/gapps/lcweg/containers/scripts/enable-podman.sh vfs; then
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@ cp -R "${USERNETES_TEMPLATE_PATH}" "${TMPDIR}/usernetes"
 cd "${TMPDIR}/usernetes"
 sleep 3
 
+log "👷 Building Usernetes container image 'usernetes_base'"
+${container_runtime_path} build --userns-uid-map=0:0:1 --userns-uid-map=1:1:1999 --userns-uid-map=65534:2000:2 -f $(pwd)/Dockerfile.d/Dockerfile.base -t usernetes_base $(pwd)
+
 log "👷 Building Usernetes container image 'usernetes_node'"
 ${container_runtime_path} build --userns-uid-map=0:0:1 --userns-uid-map=1:1:1999 --userns-uid-map=65534:2000:2 -f $(pwd)/Dockerfile -t usernetes_node $(pwd)
 
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ cleanup() {
 cleanup
 
 log "    ⬆️ Bringing up the Usernetes node(s) with 'make up'"
-if ! make up; then
+if ! make up-built; then
     error_exit "Failed to bring up Usernetes with 'make up'."
 fi
 sleep 3