diff --git a/t/Dockerfile b/t/Dockerfile
index c44f321..ee35e35 100644
--- a/t/Dockerfile
+++ b/t/Dockerfile
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ FROM docker.mgm.sipwise.com/sipwise-jessie:latest
 # is updated with the current date. It will force refresh of all
 # of the base images and things like `apt-get update` won't be using
 # old cached versions when the Dockerfile is built.
-ENV REFRESHED_AT 2016-01-12
+ENV REFRESHED_AT 2017-06-30
 
-# TODO - the release-trunk-jessie is too dynamic yet, though required for some build/test dependencies
-RUN echo "deb https://deb.sipwise.com/autobuild/ release-trunk-jessie main" >>/etc/apt/sources.list
+# files that get-code generates
+COPY t/sources.list.d/builddeps.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
+COPY t/sources.list.d/preferences /etc/apt/preferences.d/
 
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install --assume-yes perl libstrictures-perl libboolean-perl libclone-perl \
@@ -25,13 +26,22 @@ WORKDIR /code/
 ################################################################################
 # Instructions for usage
 # ----------------------
-# When you want to build the base image from scratch (jump to the next section if you don't want to build yourself!):
-# % docker build --tag="data-hal-jessie" .
-# % docker run --rm -i -t -v $(pwd)/..:/code:rw data-hal-jessie:latest bash
+# When you want to build the base image from scratch
+# (jump to the next section if you don't want to build yourself!):
+#
+# you need to put the proper NGCP sources at t/sources.list.d/builddeps.list
+# for instance, trunk:
+# echo "deb https://deb.sipwise.com/autobuild/ release-trunk-jessie main" > /
+#  t/sources.list.d/builddeps.list
+#
+# NOTE: run the following command from root folder of git repository:
+# % docker build --tag="data-hal-jessie" -f t/Dockerfile .
+# % docker run --rm -i -t -v $(pwd):/code:rw data-hal-jessie:latest bash
 #
 # Use the existing docker image:
 # % docker pull docker.mgm.sipwise.com/data-hal-jessie
-# % docker run --rm -i -t -v $(pwd)/..:/code:rw docker.mgm.sipwise.com/data-hal-jessie:latest bash
+# NOTE: run the following command from root folder of git repository:
+# % docker run --rm -i -t -v $(pwd):/code:rw docker.mgm.sipwise.com/data-hal-jessie:latest bash
 #
 # Inside docker (the command is in history, just press UP button):
 #   ./t/testrunner
diff --git a/t/sources.list.d/builddeps.list b/t/sources.list.d/builddeps.list
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/t/sources.list.d/preferences b/t/sources.list.d/preferences
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29