diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a658be9..0739da5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM maven:3
 
-ENV SUMO_VERSION 0.25.0
+ENV SUMO_VERSION 1.3.1
 ENV SUMO_SRC sumo-src-$SUMO_VERSION
 ENV SUMO_HOME /opt/sumo
 
@@ -8,21 +8,26 @@ ENV SUMO_HOME /opt/sumo
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -qq \
     wget \
     g++ \
-    make \
+    cmake \
     libxerces-c3.1 \
-    libxerces-c3-dev \
-    python \
+    libxerces-c-dev \
+    libgdal-dev \
     libproj-dev \
-    proj-bin
+    libfox-1.6-dev\
+    libgl2ps-dev\ 
+    swig\
+    python
 
 # Download and extract source code
-RUN wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sumo/sumo/version%20$SUMO_VERSION/sumo-src-$SUMO_VERSION.tar.gz
+RUN wget https://sumo.dlr.de/releases/$SUMO_VERSION/sumo-src-$SUMO_VERSION.tar.gz
 RUN tar xzf sumo-src-$SUMO_VERSION.tar.gz && \
     mv sumo-$SUMO_VERSION $SUMO_HOME && \
     rm sumo-src-$SUMO_VERSION.tar.gz
 
 # Configure and build from source.
-RUN cd $SUMO_HOME && ./configure && make install
+RUN cd $SUMO_HOME && mkdir build/cmake-build && \ 
+    cd build/cmake-build && cmake ../.. && make -j $(nproc) && \
+    make install
 
 # Ensure the installation works. If this call fails, the whole build will fail.
 RUN sumo
@@ -31,7 +36,8 @@ RUN sumo
 RUN apt-get install -qq -y ssh-client git
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/traci4j 
 WORKDIR /opt/traci4j
-RUN git clone https://github.com/egueli/TraCI4J.git /opt/traci4j && mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+RUN git clone https://github.com/egueli/TraCI4J.git /opt/traci4j
+RUN mvn package -f pom.xml -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.compiler.source=1.6 -Dmaven.compiler.target=1.6
 
 # Add volume to allow for host data to be used
 RUN mkdir /data
@@ -43,4 +49,3 @@ EXPOSE 1234
 ENTRYPOINT ["sumo"]
 
 CMD ["--help"]
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0668045..29748cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,30 +1,39 @@
 SUMO Docker Base Image
 ======================
 
-A Docker base image for the SUMO traffic simulation package.
-
-> "Simulation of Urban MObility" (SUMO) is an open source, highly portable,
-> microscopic and continuous road traffic simulation package designed to handle
-> large road networks.
+A Docker base image for the [SUMO](http://sumo.dlr.de/wiki/Main_Page) traffic simulation package. SUMO (Simulation of Urban MObility) is an open source, highly portable, microscopic and continuous road traffic simulation package designed to handle large road networks.
 
 Run with Docker
 -------------
 This uses an automated build on Dockerhub: https://hub.docker.com/r/farberg/sumo-docker/ so you don't have to build the image for yourself.
 
+This Dockerfile uses Docker's concept of [volumes](https://docs.docker.com/v1.10/engine/userguide/containers/dockervolumes/) where you make one or more folders on your host computer available inside the docker container. The paths of these volumes are specificed in the [Dockerfile](Dockerfile). In this case, you can make a folder on your host computer available as ```/data``` in the Docker container. 
+
+For example, if you have your SUMO files stored in the folder ```/some/local/path/to/your/data``` on your host computer, you can "mount" this folder as follows: ``` -v /some/local/path/to/your/data:/data```. When passing command line arguments to SUMO, use ```/data``` instead of the real folder's name on your computer.
+
+This command illustrates this:
 ```
 docker run --rm -t -i -p 1234:1234 -v /some/local/path/to/your/data:/data farberg/sumo-docker
 ```
 
-Example of using Sumo with [Traci4J](https://github.com/egueli/TraCI4J):
+Control SUMO via TraCi
+-------------
+
+Use the following command if you want to control SUMO using the [Traffic Control Interface ](TraCI). This exposes SUMO's features on port 1234 via TCP/IP:
 ```
-docker run -t -i --rm -p 1234:1234 -v /some/local/path/to/your/data:/data farberg/sumo-docker -c /data/cologne.sumocfg --remote-port 1234 -v
+docker run -t -i --rm -p 1234:1234 \
+	-v /some/local/path/to/your/data:/data \
+	farberg/sumo-docker \
+	-c /data/cologne.sumocfg \
+	--remote-port 1234 \
+	-v
 ```
+(remove all \ in the previous example if you use a single line instead of multiple lines)
 
+Java API for TraCI
+-------------
 
-See also:
+A Java API for TraCI is available [here](https://github.com/egueli/TraCI4J). 
 
-* [SUMO Wiki](http://sumo.dlr.de/wiki/Main_Page)
-* [SUMO on SourceForge](http://sourceforge.net/projects/sumo/)
-* [SUMO Simmer package](https://github.com/similitude/sumo-simmer)
-* More information about [Docker](https://www.docker.com/)
+An example application that uses TraCI4J is available [here](https://github.com/pfisterer/sumo-traci-demo).