diff --git a/book/src/installing_client_tools.md b/book/src/installing_client_tools.md
index fb84d6301..d086079ab 100644
--- a/book/src/installing_client_tools.md
+++ b/book/src/installing_client_tools.md
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ Kanidm currently is packaged for the following systems:
 - OpenSUSE Leap 15.4/15.5/15.6
 - MacOS
 - Arch Linux
-- NixOS
-- Fedora 38
 - CentOS Stream 9
+- Debian
+- Fedora 38
+- NixOS
+- Ubuntu
 
 The `kanidm` client has been built and tested from Windows, but is not (yet) packaged routinely.
 
@@ -56,10 +58,6 @@ brew install kanidm
 
 [Kanidm on AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?O=0&K=kanidm)
 
-### NixOS
-
-[Kanidm in NixOS](https://search.nixos.org/packages?sort=relevance&type=packages&query=kanidm)
-
 ### Fedora / Centos Stream
 
 > [!NOTE]
@@ -84,6 +82,14 @@ You can then install with:
 dnf install kanidm-clients
 ```
 
+### NixOS
+
+[Kanidm in NixOS](https://search.nixos.org/packages?sort=relevance&type=packages&query=kanidm)
+
+### Ubuntu and Debian
+
+See <https://kanidm.github.io/kanidm_ppa/> for nightly-built packages of the current development builds, and how to install them.
+
 ## Tools Container
 
 In some cases if your distribution does not have native kanidm-client support, and you can't access
@@ -97,9 +103,9 @@ chmod 666 ~/.cache/kanidm_tokens
 docker pull kanidm/tools:latest
 docker run --rm -i -t \
     --network host \
-    -v /etc/kanidm/config:/etc/kanidm/config:ro \
-    -v ~/.config/kanidm:/home/kanidm/.config/kanidm:ro \
-    -v ~/.cache/kanidm_tokens:/home/kanidm/.cache/kanidm_tokens \
+    --mount "type=bind,src=/etc/kanidm/config,target=/etc/kanidm/config" \
+    --mount "type=bind,src=$HOME/.config/kanidm,target=/home/kanidm/.config/kanidm" \
+    --mount "type=bind,src=$HOME/.cache/kanidm_tokens,target=/home/kanidm/.cache/kanidm_tokens" \
     kanidm/tools:latest \
     /sbin/kanidm --help
 ```
diff --git a/platform/debian/interactive_entrypoint.sh b/platform/debian/interactive_entrypoint.sh
index 434e5ee81..595b9f643 100755
--- a/platform/debian/interactive_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/platform/debian/interactive_entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [ -z "${TZ}" ]; then
+    export TZ="UTC"
+fi
+
+ln -snf "/usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ" "/etc/localtime" && echo "$TZ" > /etc/timezone
+
 # Install dependencies, for example make!
 scripts/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
 
diff --git a/platform/debian/ubuntu_docker_builder.sh b/platform/debian/ubuntu_docker_builder.sh
index ee13c94c5..5a9876285 100755
--- a/platform/debian/ubuntu_docker_builder.sh
+++ b/platform/debian/ubuntu_docker_builder.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 # Starts a ubuntu docker container with the source code mounted
 
+if [ -z "${KANIDM_CONTAINER}" ]; then
+    KANIDM_CONTAINER="ubuntu:latest"
+fi
+
 if [ "$(basename "$(pwd)")" != "kanidm" ]; then
     echo "Please run this from the root dir of the repo"
     exit 1
@@ -9,10 +13,14 @@ fi
 
 echo "Starting base ubuntu container"
 echo "Repository is in ~/kanidm/"
-docker run --rm -it \
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2068
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+docker run --rm -it $KANIDM_BUILDER_OPTIONS \
     -e "INSTALL_RUST=1" \
     -e "PACKAGING=1" \
+    -e "TZ=UTC" \
     -v "$(pwd):/root/kanidm/" \
     --workdir "/root/kanidm/" \
     --entrypoint "/root/kanidm/platform/debian/interactive_entrypoint.sh" \
-    ubuntu:latest "$@"
+    "${KANIDM_CONTAINER}" $@
diff --git a/scripts/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh b/scripts/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
index 71aa95192..5cb8f72c3 100755
--- a/scripts/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ if [ "${PACKAGING}" -eq 1 ]; then
         fakeroot \
         dh-make \
         debmake
-fi
-
-if [ "${PACKAGING}" -eq 1 ]; then
     export INSTALL_RUST=1
 fi
 
@@ -46,6 +43,10 @@ if [ -z "$(which cargo)" ]; then
         curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
         #shellcheck disable=SC1091
         source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
+    else
+        echo "#############################################################"
+        echo "Couldn't find rust and you didn't say to install it..."
+        echo "#############################################################"
     fi
 
 fi