diff --git a/dbt/dbt-run.py b/dbt/dbt-run.py
index 7906e94..8f30dd1 100644
--- a/dbt/dbt-run.py
+++ b/dbt/dbt-run.py
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ def get_package():
               "revision": init_package.fragment
           }]})
 
+  if os.getenv("DBT_LOCAL_PATH"):
+      package_json = json.dumps({"packages": [{
+          "local": '/dbt/package/'
+      }]})
+
   with open("/dbt/packages.yml", "w") as f:
     f.write(package_json)
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.local.yml b/docker-compose.local.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cae6b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.local.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME:-cht-sync}
+services:
+  couch2pg:
+    build: ./couch2pg/
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+    logging:
+      driver: "json-file"
+      options:
+        max-size: "512m"
+    environment:
+      - COUCHDB_USER=${COUCHDB_USER}
+      - COUCHDB_PASSWORD=${COUCHDB_PASSWORD}
+      - COUCHDB_HOST=${COUCHDB_HOST}
+      - COUCHDB_DBS=${COUCHDB_DBS}
+      - COUCHDB_PORT=${COUCHDB_PORT}
+      - COUCHDB_SECURE=${COUCHDB_SECURE:-true}
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRES_HOST=${POSTGRES_HOST}
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
+      - POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+      - POSTGRES_SCHEMA=${POSTGRES_SCHEMA}
+      - POSTGRES_TABLE=${POSTGRES_TABLE}
+    restart: always
+
+  dbt:
+    build: ./dbt/
+    working_dir: /dbt/
+    volumes:
+      - "${DBT_LOCAL_PATH}:/dbt/package/"
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_HOST=${POSTGRES_HOST}
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
+      - POSTGRES_TABLE=${POSTGRES_TABLE}
+      - POSTGRES_SCHEMA=${POSTGRES_SCHEMA}
+      - ROOT_POSTGRES_SCHEMA=${POSTGRES_SCHEMA}
+      - DATAEMON_INTERVAL=${DATAEMON_INTERVAL}
+      - DBT_LOCAL_PATH=${DBT_LOCAL_PATH}
diff --git a/env.template b/env.template
index eb25151..96206c6 100644
--- a/env.template
+++ b/env.template
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ POSTGRES_PORT=5432
 CHT_PIPELINE_BRANCH_URL="https://github.com/medic/cht-pipeline.git#main"
 DATAEMON_INTERVAL=5
 
+# if running locally, path to pipeline
+DBT_LOCAL_PATH="/path/to/cht-pipeline/"
+
 # couchdb
 COUCHDB_USER=medic
 COUCHDB_PASSWORD=password
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d3ecf66..8558d9b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
   "main": "",
   "scripts": {
     "postinstall": "cd couch2pg && npm ci",
-    "test:e2e": "npm run test:e2e-data && npm run test:e2e-containers && mocha tests/**/*.spec.js --timeout 50000; npm run test:e2e-stop-containers ",
+    "test:e2e": "npm run test:e2e-data && npm run test:e2e-containers && mocha tests/**/*.spec.js --timeout 50000 && npm run test:e2e-stop-containers ",
     "lint": "eslint --color --cache .",
-    "test:e2e-stop-containers": "docker compose --env-file ./tests/.e2e-env -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.couchdb.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml down -v",
-    "test:e2e-containers": "docker compose --env-file ./tests/.e2e-env -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.couchdb.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f tests/dbt/docker-compose.yml up -d --build --force-recreate",
+    "test:e2e-stop-containers": "docker compose --env-file ./tests/.e2e-env -f docker-compose.local.yml -f docker-compose.couchdb.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml down -v",
+    "test:e2e-containers": "docker compose --env-file ./tests/.e2e-env -f docker-compose.local.yml -f docker-compose.couchdb.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml up -d --build --force-recreate",
     "test:e2e-data": "cd tests/data && rm -rf ./json_docs && cht csv-to-docs",
     "test": "cd couch2pg && npm run test"
   },
diff --git a/tests/.e2e-env b/tests/.e2e-env
index 9d57327..51f0892 100644
--- a/tests/.e2e-env
+++ b/tests/.e2e-env
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ DBT_POSTGRES_USER="postgres"
 DBT_POSTGRES_PASSWORD="postgres"
 DBT_POSTGRES_SCHEMA="dbt"
 DBT_POSTGRES_HOST="postgres"
-DBT_PACKAGE_TARBALL_URL="http://dbt-package/dbt/package.tar.gz"
+DBT_LOCAL_PATH="./tests/dbt/package"
 DATAEMON_INTERVAL=0
 COUCHDB_USER="medic"
 COUCHDB_PASSWORD="password"
diff --git a/tests/dbt/Dockerfile b/tests/dbt/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d90812..0000000
--- a/tests/dbt/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-FROM nginx:1.25.1-alpine as base_nginx
-
-RUN apk add --update --no-cache \
-    curl \
-    socat \
-    sed \
-    bash \
-    tar
-
-WORKDIR /dbt
-
-COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-COPY package ./package
-RUN tar -czvf ./package.tar.gz ./package
-
diff --git a/tests/dbt/docker-compose.yml b/tests/dbt/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 32f0378..0000000
--- a/tests/dbt/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  dbt-package:
-    build: ./tests/dbt/
-    ports:
-      - "10080:80"
diff --git a/tests/dbt/nginx.conf b/tests/dbt/nginx.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e743aa..0000000
--- a/tests/dbt/nginx.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-user nginx;
-worker_processes auto;
-
-events {
-    worker_connections 10240;
-}
-
-http {
-    sendfile              on;
-    keepalive_timeout     3600;
-
-    server {
-        listen 80;
-        listen [::]:80;
-
-        root /;
-        location / {
-            try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
-        }
-    }
-}