diff --git a/DOCKER/Dockerfile.testing b/DOCKER/Dockerfile.testing
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e281dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DOCKER/Dockerfile.testing
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM golang:1.10.1
+
+
+# Grab deps (jq, hexdump, xxd, killall)
+RUN apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  jq bsdmainutils vim-common psmisc netcat
+
+# Add testing deps for curl
+RUN echo 'deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing main non-free contrib' >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl
+
+VOLUME /go
+
+EXPOSE 46656
+EXPOSE 46657
+
diff --git a/DOCKER/Makefile b/DOCKER/Makefile
index 10c97250..32510ebb 100644
--- a/DOCKER/Makefile
+++ b/DOCKER/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ push:
 build_develop:
 	docker build -t "tendermint/tendermint:develop" -f Dockerfile.develop .
 
+build_testing:
+	docker build --tag tendermint/testing -f ./Dockerfile.testing .
+
 push_develop:
 	docker push "tendermint/tendermint:develop"
 
diff --git a/test/persist/test_failure_indices.sh b/test/persist/test_failure_indices.sh
index dd630e1b..f97cd718 100644
--- a/test/persist/test_failure_indices.sh
+++ b/test/persist/test_failure_indices.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ for failIndex in $(seq $failsStart $failsEnd); do
     echo "* Test FailIndex $failIndex"
     # test failure at failIndex
 
-    bash ./test/utils/txs.sh "localhost:46657" &
+    bash $(dirname $0)/txs.sh "localhost:46657" &
     start_procs 1 "$failIndex"
 
     # tendermint should already have exited when it hits the fail index
diff --git a/test/utils/txs.sh b/test/persist/txs.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from test/utils/txs.sh
rename to test/persist/txs.sh