diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e5e8d1..1110f69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ yarn-error.log
 # serverless related ignores, see api/src/docker/openscad/Dockerfile for aws-lambda-rie info
 .serverless
 aws-lambda-rie
+
+# docs
+docs/.docusaurus
+docs/build
diff --git a/api/src/docker/aws-emulator.js b/api/src/docker/aws-emulator.js
index 4c722e2..510aebb 100644
--- a/api/src/docker/aws-emulator.js
+++ b/api/src/docker/aws-emulator.js
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ app.post('/render', async (req, res) => {
   res.status(data.statusCode)
   res.send(data.body)
 })
+app.post('/cadquery', async (req, res) => {
+  console.log('making post request to 5060')
+  const { data } = await axios.post(invocationURL(5060), {
+    body: Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(req.body)).toString('base64'),
+  })
+  res.status(data.statusCode)
+  res.send(data.body)
+})
 
 app.listen(port, () => {
   console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`)
diff --git a/api/src/docker/cadquery/Dockerfile b/api/src/docker/cadquery/Dockerfile
index b48c711..f9772ac 100644
--- a/api/src/docker/cadquery/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/src/docker/cadquery/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq
 RUN apt-get -y -qq install software-properties-common dirmngr apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates xvfb imagemagick unzip inkscape
 RUN apt-get update -qq
 # RUN apt-get install -y -qq openscad
-RUN apt-get install -y curl
+# RUN apt-get install -y curl
+RUN apt-get install -y wget
 RUN apt-get install -y git
 
 # install node14, see comment at the to of node14source_setup.sh
@@ -40,17 +41,44 @@ RUN npm install
 
 # Install Miniconda and CadQuery
 #RUN wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
-RUN curl -sL "https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh" > "miniconda.sh"
-RUN bash miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda
-RUN . $HOME/miniconda/bin/activate && conda create -n cadquery && conda activate cadquery && conda install -c conda-forge -c cadquery cadquery=master python=3.8
+# RUN curl -sL "https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh" > "miniconda.sh"
+# RUN bash miniconda.sh -b -p /var/task/miniconda
+# # RUN . /var/task/miniconda/bin/activate && conda create -n cadquery && conda activate cadquery && conda install -c conda-forge -c cadquery cadquery=master python=3.8
+# RUN . /var/task/miniconda/bin/activate
+# # RUN export PATH="/var/task/miniconda/bin:$PATH"
+
+# ENV PATH="/var/task/miniconda/bin:${PATH}"
+# ARG PATH="/var/task/miniconda/bin:${PATH}"
+# RUN conda activate cadquery && conda install -c conda-forge -c cadquery cadquery=master python=3.8
+
+ENV PATH="/root/miniconda3/bin:${PATH}"
+ARG PATH="/root/miniconda3/bin:${PATH}"
+RUN wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh \
+    && mkdir /root/.conda \
+    && bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -b \
+    && rm -f Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh \
+    && echo "Running $(conda --version)" && \
+    conda init bash && \
+    . /root/.bashrc && \
+    conda update conda && \
+    conda create -n cadquery && \
+    conda activate cadquery && \
+    conda install -c conda-forge -c cadquery cadquery=master python=3.8 && \
+    # conda create -n python-app && \
+    # conda activate python-app && \
+    # conda install python=3.8 pip && \
+    git clone https://github.com/CadQuery/cq-cli.git
+
+
+
 
 # Grab a copy of cq-cli to convert the provided script
-RUN git clone https://github.com/CadQuery/cq-cli.git
+# RUN git clone https://github.com/CadQuery/cq-cli.git
 
 COPY *.js /var/task/
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 RUN ["chmod", "+x", "/entrypoint.sh"]
 ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "/entrypoint.sh"]
 COPY shaft_coupler.py /shaft_coupler.py
-RUN . $HOME/miniconda/bin/activate && conda activate cadquery && python cq-cli/cq-cli.py --codec svg --infile /shaft_coupler.py
-# CMD [ "openscad.render" ]
+# RUN . $HOME/miniconda/bin/activate && conda activate cadquery && python cq-cli/cq-cli.py --codec svg --infile /shaft_coupler.py
+CMD [ "openscad.render" ]
diff --git a/api/src/docker/cadquery/openscad.js b/api/src/docker/cadquery/openscad.js
index 1edb2ef..cb1068f 100644
--- a/api/src/docker/cadquery/openscad.js
+++ b/api/src/docker/cadquery/openscad.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const render = async (req, _context, callback) => {
   } else {
     console.log(`got result in route: ${result}, file is: ${tempFile}`)
     const fs = require('fs')
-    const image = fs.readFileSync(`/tmp/${tempFile}/output.png`, {
+    const image = fs.readFileSync(`/tmp/${tempFile}/output.stl`, {
       encoding: 'base64',
     })
     console.log(image, 'encoded image')
diff --git a/api/src/docker/cadquery/runScad.js b/api/src/docker/cadquery/runScad.js
index c23e0b6..788e9ef 100644
--- a/api/src/docker/cadquery/runScad.js
+++ b/api/src/docker/cadquery/runScad.js
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ module.exports.runScad = async ({
   } = {}, // TODO add view settings
 } = {}) => {
   const tempFile = await makeFile(file)
-  const { x: rx, y: ry, z: rz } = rotation
-  const { x: px, y: py, z: pz } = position
-  const cameraArg = `--camera=${px},${py},${pz},${rx},${ry},${rz},${dist}`
-  const command = `xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args "-screen 0 1024x768x24" openscad -o /tmp/${tempFile}/output.png ${cameraArg} --imgsize=${x},${y} --colorscheme DeepOcean /tmp/${tempFile}/main.scad`
+  // this one worked
+  // const command = `conda run -n cadquery python ./cq-cli/cq-cli.py --codec svg --infile /tmp/${tempFile}/main.py --outfile /tmp/${tempFile}/output.svg`
+
+  const command = `conda run -n cadquery python ./cq-cli/cq-cli.py --codec stl --infile /tmp/${tempFile}/main.py --outfile /tmp/${tempFile}/output.stl`
   console.log('command', command)
 
   try {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ async function makeFile(file) {
   console.log(`file to write: ${file}`)
 
   await runCommand(`mkdir /tmp/${tempFile}`)
-  await writeFile(`/tmp/${tempFile}/main.scad`, file)
+  await writeFile(`/tmp/${tempFile}/main.py`, file)
   return tempFile
 }
 
diff --git a/api/src/docker/docker-compose.yml b/api/src/docker/docker-compose.yml
index c797a3c..11ddbd5 100644
--- a/api/src/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/api/src/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "5053:8080"
 
+  cadquery-render:
+    build: ./cadquery/.
+    command: openscad.render
+    ports:
+      - 5060:8080
+
 # networks:
 #   awsland:
 #     name: awsland