diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 5a4e09642..182432e57 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ env:
   - GOROOT=/usr/local/go
   - PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin
 script:
+  - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
   - sudo apt-get update 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
-  - sudo apt-get -y install zip libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 rpm 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+  - sudo apt-get update 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+  - sudo apt-get -y install git zip libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 rpm 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
   - gem install fpm
   - rbenv rehash
+  - make docker
   - make deps
   - make test
   - make test_postgres
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e24c3e709..fe35faefe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ ITTERATION := $(shell date +%s)
 all: build
 
 deps:
-	# which npm && npm -g install uglify-js less autoprefixer
 	go get github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice/rice
 	go get -t -v ./...
 
+docker:
+	mkdir -p $$GOPATH/src/github.com/docker/docker
+	git clone --depth=1 --branch=v1.5.0 git://github.com/docker/docker.git $$GOPATH/src/github.com/docker/docker
+
 test:
 	@test -z "$(shell find . -name '*.go' | xargs gofmt -l)" || (echo "Need to run 'go fmt ./...'"; exit 1)
 	go vet ./...
diff --git a/plugin/notify/github/github.go b/plugin/notify/github/github.go
index b8eaa2afb..b1e5db3c2 100644
--- a/plugin/notify/github/github.go
+++ b/plugin/notify/github/github.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const (
 
 const (
 	DescPending = "this build is pending"
-	DescSuccess = "the build was succcessful"
+	DescSuccess = "the build was successful"
 	DescFailure = "the build failed"
 	DescError   = "oops, something went wrong"
 )
diff --git a/plugin/publish/docker.go b/plugin/publish/docker.go
index eda38e298..7cafb35b0 100644
--- a/plugin/publish/docker.go
+++ b/plugin/publish/docker.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Docker struct {
 	KeepBuild bool     `yaml:"keep_build"`
 	Tag       string   `yaml:"tag"`
 	Tags      []string `yaml:"tags"`
+	ForceTags bool     `yaml:"force_tags"`
 
 	Condition *condition.Condition `yaml:"when,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -100,7 +101,11 @@ func (d *Docker) Write(f *buildfile.Buildfile) {
 	// Tag and push all tags
 	for _, tag := range d.Tags {
 		if tag != buildImageTag {
-			f.WriteCmd(fmt.Sprintf("docker tag %s:%s %s:%s", d.ImageName, buildImageTag, d.ImageName, tag))
+			var options string
+			if d.ForceTags {
+				options = "-f"
+			}
+			f.WriteCmd(fmt.Sprintf("docker tag %s %s:%s %s:%s", options, d.ImageName, buildImageTag, d.ImageName, tag))
 		}
 
 		f.WriteCmd(fmt.Sprintf("docker push %s:%s", d.ImageName, tag))
diff --git a/plugin/publish/docker_test.go b/plugin/publish/docker_test.go
index a23797b5e..915d28f83 100644
--- a/plugin/publish/docker_test.go
+++ b/plugin/publish/docker_test.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestTagsNoSingle(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(response, "docker build --pull -t username/image:release-0.2") {
 		t.Fatalf("Response: " + response + " isn't tagging images using our first custom tag\n\n")
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(response, "docker tag username/image:release-0.2 username/image:release-latest") {
+	if !strings.Contains(response, "docker tag  username/image:release-0.2 username/image:release-latest") {
 		t.Fatalf("Response: " + response + " isn't tagging images using our second custom tag\n\n")
 	}
 	if !strings.Contains(response, "docker push username/image:release-0.2") {
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ func TestTagsWithSingle(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(response, "docker build --pull -t username/image:release-0.3") {
 		t.Fatalf("Response: " + response + " isn't tagging images using our first custom tag\n\n")
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(response, "docker tag username/image:release-0.3 username/image:release-0.2") {
+	if !strings.Contains(response, "docker tag  username/image:release-0.3 username/image:release-0.2") {
 		t.Fatalf("Response: " + response + " isn't tagging images using our second custom tag\n\n")
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(response, "docker tag username/image:release-0.3 username/image:release-latest") {
+	if !strings.Contains(response, "docker tag  username/image:release-0.3 username/image:release-latest") {
 		t.Fatalf("Response: " + response + " isn't tagging images using our third custom tag\n\n")
 	}
 	if !strings.Contains(response, "docker push username/image:release-0.2") {
diff --git a/shared/build/proxy/proxy.go b/shared/build/proxy/proxy.go
index 55ef9a11c..7af6a9b7c 100644
--- a/shared/build/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/shared/build/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -5,14 +5,24 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-// bash header
-const header = "#!/bin/bash\n"
+// bash header plus an embedded perl script that can be used
+// as an alternative to socat to proxy tcp traffic.
+const header = `#!/bin/bash
+set +e
+`
+
+// TODO(bradrydzewski) probably going to remove this
+//echo 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 | base64 -d | gunzip > /tmp/socat && chmod +x /tmp/socat
 
 // this command string will check if the socat utility
 // exists, and if it does, will proxy connections to
 // the external IP address.
 const command = "[ -x /usr/bin/socat ] && socat TCP-LISTEN:%s,fork TCP:%s:%s &\n"
 
+// alternative command that acts as a "polyfill" for socat
+// in the event that it isn't installed on the server
+const polyfill = "[ -x /tmp/socat ] && /tmp/socat TCP-LISTEN:%s,fork TCP:%s:%s &\n"
+
 // Proxy stores proxy configuration details mapping
 // a local port to an external IP address with the
 // same port number.
@@ -29,6 +39,9 @@ func (p Proxy) String() string {
 	buf.WriteString(header)
 	for port, ip := range p {
 		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(command, port, ip, port))
+
+		// TODO(bradrydzewski) probably going to remove this
+		//buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(polyfill, port, ip, port))
 	}
 
 	return buf.String()
diff --git a/shared/build/proxy/proxy_test.go b/shared/build/proxy/proxy_test.go
index 5e3ab54ac..1e2112515 100644
--- a/shared/build/proxy/proxy_test.go
+++ b/shared/build/proxy/proxy_test.go
@@ -12,19 +12,16 @@ func TestProxy(t *testing.T) {
 	p.Set("8080", "172.1.4.5")
 	b := p.Bytes()
 
-	expected := `#!/bin/bash
-[ -x /usr/bin/socat ] && socat TCP-LISTEN:8080,fork TCP:172.1.4.5:8080 &
-`
+	expected := header + "[ -x /usr/bin/socat ] && socat TCP-LISTEN:8080,fork TCP:172.1.4.5:8080 &\n"
 	if string(b) != expected {
-		t.Errorf("Invalid proxy \n%s", expected)
+		t.Errorf("Invalid proxy got:\n%s\nwant:\n%s", string(b), expected)
 	}
 
 	// test creating a proxy script when there
 	// are no proxy addresses added to the map
 	p = Proxy{}
 	b = p.Bytes()
-	expected = "#!/bin/bash\n"
-	if string(b) != expected {
-		t.Errorf("Invalid proxy \n%s", expected)
+	if string(b) != header {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid empty proxy file. Expected\n%s", header)
 	}
 }