diff --git a/buildbucket/Dockerfile b/buildbucket/Dockerfile
index 45bf4520b3c4046a31174c73f4d17a756a0de71f..bcc061642a440a3d094d5eaed6cc54adc6152b40 100644
--- a/buildbucket/Dockerfile
+++ b/buildbucket/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # To build:
-# docker build -t gitlab.ssec.wisc.edu:5555/cspp_geo/cspp-geo-gridded-glm/buildbucket .
+# docker build -t gitlab.ssec.wisc.edu:5555/cspp_geo/cspp-geo-gridded-glm/buildbucket:r$(date '+%Y%m%d') .
 FROM centos:7
 
 WORKDIR /work
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ WORKDIR /work
 COPY buildbucket_environment.yaml .
 COPY package.sh .
 
-# Download miniconda
-RUN curl -o miniconda.sh https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
-# Install miniconda (copied from https://hub.docker.com/r/continuumio/miniconda3/dockerfile)
-RUN /bin/bash miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda && \
-    ln -s /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh /etc/profile.d/conda.sh && \
-    echo ". /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" >> ~/.bashrc && \
+# Install the `which` command for debugging
+RUN yum -y install which git && yum clean all
+
+# Download and install miniconda
+# Copied from https://hub.docker.com/r/continuumio/miniconda3/dockerfile)
+RUN curl -o miniconda.sh https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh && \
+    /bin/bash miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda && \
+    ln -s $HOME/miniconda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh /etc/profile.d/conda.sh && \
+    echo ". $HOME/miniconda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" >> ~/.bashrc && \
     echo "conda activate base" >> ~/.bashrc
 RUN /bin/bash -c "$HOME/miniconda/bin/conda env create -n build -f buildbucket_environment.yaml"
-
diff --git a/buildbucket/README.md b/buildbucket/README.md
index 81c20bf47d4186a684760f2d755fec782a47e6c9..221cab9421ae8ac837474df9b08fb547945bda6d 100644
--- a/buildbucket/README.md
+++ b/buildbucket/README.md
@@ -5,4 +5,18 @@ environment for the Gridded GLM tool.
 
 ## Built Bucket Creation Instructions
 
-TODO
\ No newline at end of file
+The below commands will build the buildbucket image, tagged with the current
+date, and then push it to the container registry on gitlab.
+
+```bash
+docker build -t gitlab.ssec.wisc.edu:5555/cspp_geo/cspp-geo-gridded-glm/buildbucket:r$(date '+%Y%m%d') .
+docker push gitlab.ssec.wisc.edu:5555/cspp_geo/cspp-geo-gridded-glm/buildbucket:r$(date '+%Y%m%d') 
+```
+
+After testing the image you can tag it as latest by doing:
+
+```bash
+docker tag gitlab.ssec.wisc.edu:5555/cspp_geo/cspp-geo-gridded-glm/buildbucket:r$(date '+%Y%m%d') gitlab.ssec.wisc.edu:5555/cspp_geo/cspp-geo-gridded-glm/buildbucket:latest
+docker push gitlab.ssec.wisc.edu:5555/cspp_geo/cspp-geo-gridded-glm/buildbucket:latest
+
+```
diff --git a/buildbucket/package.sh b/buildbucket/package.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 74104c14de8f2d0562af960e3dded116bf30c82f..0a7132a051d4df4d79846d079fca0f18cbc90632
--- a/buildbucket/package.sh
+++ b/buildbucket/package.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/bash -le
 # purpose: Create package and place it in /dock
 # requires: /gridded_glm to be mounted with package contents (gridded_glm in repository)
-set -ex
+# note: The shebang at the top of this file is needed as-is. The '-l' will
+#       load the .bashrc which allows us to use conda. The '-e' triggers exit
+#       on error behavior. We cannot use '/usr/bin/env bash -le' since most
+#       linux versions only parse the first two arguments of a shebang.
 
-USAGE="Usage: package.sh vX.Y.Z [lmatools_ref glmtools_ref]"
 if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
     version=$1
     lmatools_ref=minvaluegrids
     glmtools_ref=ugf-newgrid
-else if [ $# -eq 3 ]; then
+elif [ $# -eq 3 ]; then
     version=$1
     lmatools_ref=minvaluegrids
     glmtools_ref=ugf-newgrid
 else
-    echo $USAGE
+    echo "Usage: package.sh vX.Y.Z [lmatools_ref glmtools_ref]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# conda activate build
+conda activate build
 
 # Debug Info
 which python
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ echo "Version specified: ${version}"
 echo "lmatools reference: ${lmatools_ref}"
 echo "glmtools reference: ${glmtools_ref}"
 
+# Turn on command printing here because we don't need all of the `conda`
+# internal bash commands to pollute our output
+set -x
+
 # Install glmtools and related packages
 # All dependencies should have been built with the buildbucket
 # Careful: Could result in missing dependencies but we want reproducibility
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ pip install --no-deps git+https://github.com/deeplycloudy/stormdrain.git
 pip install --no-deps git+https://github.com/deeplycloudy/glmtools.git@${glmtools_ref}
 
 # Build a tarball version of the current conda environment
-conda_tb=conda_lmatools-${lmatools}_glmtools-${glmtools_ref}.tar.gz
+conda_tb=conda_lmatools-${lmatools_ref}_glmtools-${glmtools_ref}.tar.gz
 conda pack -n build -o ${conda_tb}
 
 # Build up our package directory