diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_container.yml b/.github/workflows/build_container.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a9fc82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_container.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Container build
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.7]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Build container
+      run: |
+        make
+
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7cfc9a..f254253 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SHELL          := /bin/sh
 
 # Set variables if testing locally
 ifeq ($(IS_RELEASE_BUILD),)
-    SPARK_VERSION := 3.0
+    SPARK_VERSION := 3.1
     PROCESSOR := cpu
     FRAMEWORK_VERSION := py37
     SM_VERSION := 1.0
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ init:
 	pip install pipenv --upgrade
 	pipenv run pip install --upgrade pip
 	pipenv install
-	cp {Pipfile,Pipfile.lock,setup.py} ${BUILD_CONTEXT}
+	cp Pipfile ${BUILD_CONTEXT}
+	cp Pipfile.lock ${BUILD_CONTEXT}
+	cp setup.py ${BUILD_CONTEXT}
 
 # Builds and moves container python library into the Docker build context
 build-container-library: init
 	python setup.py bdist_wheel;
-	cp dist/*.whl ${BUILD_CONTEXT}
+	cp -- dist/*.whl ${BUILD_CONTEXT}
 
 install-container-library: init
 	pipenv run safety check  # https://github.com/pyupio/safety
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ build-static-config:
 	--processor ${PROCESSOR} --framework-version ${FRAMEWORK_VERSION} --sm-version ${SM_VERSION}
 
 # Builds docker image.
-build: build-container-library build-static-config
+build: build-container-library
 	./scripts/build.sh --region ${REGION} --use-case ${USE_CASE} --spark-version ${SPARK_VERSION} \
 	--processor ${PROCESSOR} --framework-version ${FRAMEWORK_VERSION} --sm-version ${SM_VERSION}
 
@@ -147,4 +149,4 @@ release:
 
 
 # Targets that don't create a file with the same name as the target.
-.PHONY: all build test test-all clean clean-all release whitelist build-container-library
\ No newline at end of file
+.PHONY: all build test test-all clean clean-all release whitelist build-container-library
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 9e915e1..6595df2 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ source scripts/shared.sh
 
 parse_std_args "$@"
 
-aws ecr get-login-password --region us-west-2 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin 137112412989.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
+#aws ecr get-login-password --region us-west-2 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin 137112412989.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
 
 echo "building image ${version} ... "
 docker build \
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ docker build \
     -t sagemaker-spark:latest \
     ${build_context}
 
-docker logout https://137112412989.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
+#docker logout https://137112412989.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com