diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f68c7a..221f878 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /*.pdf
 
+.version_local
+
 .DS_Store
 
 .vscode*
diff --git a/.latexmkrc b/.latexmkrc
index 93e3097..67742d6 100644
--- a/.latexmkrc
+++ b/.latexmkrc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+print("Using the local .latexmkrc\n");
+
 # overleaf template
 
 # Settings
diff --git a/.version_repo b/.version_repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b22a6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.version_repo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Using the local .latexmkrc
+Latexmk, John Collins, 17 Mar. 2022. Version 4.77
+XeTeX 3.141592653-2.6-0.999994 (TeX Live 2022)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 45f95f3..4ae2491 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,47 @@
-.PHONY: main.pdf clean redo test_git versioned
+.PHONY: install_docker main.pdf clean redo test_git test_version versioned check-common-typos
 
+DOCKER_VERSION=latest
+
+DOCKER=docker run -i --rm --name latex -v "$$PWD":/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app texlive/texlive
+LATEXMK=$(DOCKER) latexmk
+XETEX=$(DOCKER) xetex
+LATEXDIFFVC=$(DOCKER) latexdiff-vc
+
+# keep as first command to build stuff
 main.pdf: main.tex main.bib
-	latexmk -pdfxe main.tex # use xelatex to build pdf
+	$(LATEXMK) -pdfxe main.tex # use xelatex to build pdf
+
+install_docker:
+	docker pull texlive/texlive:$(DOCKER_VERSION)
 
 clean:
-	latexmk -c
+	$(LATEXMK) -c
 	x=`biber --cache` && if [ -d "$x" ]; then $(RM) $x; fi
-	$(RM) *.out *.aux *.log *.bbl *.blg *~ *.toc *.idx *.eps dummy *.fls *.fdb_latexmk *.bcf *.run.xml *.xdv
-	$(RM) $(patsubst %.tex, %.ps, $(wildcard *.tex))
-	$(RM) $(patsubst %.tex, %.dvi, $(wildcard *.tex))
-	$(RM) $(patsubst %.tex, %.pdf, $(wildcard *.tex))
+	#$(RM) *.out *.aux *.log *.bbl *.blg *~ *.toc *.idx *.eps dummy *.fls *.fdb_latexmk *.bcf *.run.xml *.xdv
+	#$(RM) $(patsubst %.tex, %.ps, $(wildcard *.tex))
+	#$(RM) $(patsubst %.tex, %.dvi, $(wildcard *.tex))
+	#$(RM) $(patsubst %.tex, %.pdf, $(wildcard *.tex))
 
 redo: clean main.pdf
 
 test_git:
 	if [ -z "$$(git status --untracked-files=no --porcelain)" ]; then exit 0; else echo -e "\nERROR: working directory not clean. commit changes before running versioned build"; exit 1; fi
-# TODO check if we are also synced to at least one remote
+	# TODO check if we are also synced to at least one remote
 
-versioned: test_git clean main.pdf
+test_version:
+	rm -f .version_local
+	$(LATEXMK) --version > .version_local
+	$(XETEX) --version | head -1 >> .version_local
+	@if ! diff -b .version_local .version_repo; then echo -e "\nWARNING! local versions and remote versions do not match! (above is local, below is repo)"; else echo "versions match!"; fi
+
+versioned: test_git clean main.pdf test_version
 	cp main.pdf "main-$$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')-$$(git rev-parse --short HEAD).pdf"
 
-# TODO latexdiff
-# latexdiff-vc --pdf main.tex -r 123456 -r abcdef
+# latexdiff: # TODO
+	# latexdiff-vc --pdf main.tex -r 123456 -r abcdef
 
 # common typos check. find words, but ignore latex comment and macros
-CT=grep -inr --include \*.tex "$${TYPO}" | grep -v ":%" | grep -v "newacronym" | grep -i --color=always "$${TYPO}"; exit 0
 check-common-typos:
-	TYPO="application" && ${CT}
-	TYPO="run-time" && ${CT}
-	TYPO="behaviour" && ${CT}
-	TYPO="ground-truth" && ${CT}
-	TYPO="groundtruth" && ${CT}
-	TYPO="seperator" && ${CT}
+	./typos.sh
+
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa35c40..9ace093 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,3 +3,23 @@
 ## usage
 
 The makefile contains build- and clean-instructions. Additionally, it contains a command to first check if everything is committed, then build and tag the pdf with the current datetime and git commit hash.
+
+## setup
+
+- ubuntu 22.04
+    - Recent releases are needed, for latexmk on ubuntu this can be found at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/latexmk/1:4.77-1/+build/23584396
+    - texlive
+
+## other notes
+- latexmk 4.77 is only available in ubuntu 22.10
+- texlive doesn't have recent deb files
+- dockers
+    - arkark/latexmk is outdatad 
+        - latexmk 4.74b
+        - last commit 2021-05 https://github.com/arkark/latexmk-docker
+    - nopreserveroot/texlive-full 
+        - unknown repo
+    - texlive/texlive
+        - weekly updates
+        - https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/images/texlive
+- usenix template uses microtype, but the latter requires pdftex and doesn't work with xelatex :sob:
diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index 2a2ce38..afd282c 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 % IEEE Template:
-\documentclass[conference]{templates/IEEEtran}
+%\documentclass[conference]{templates/IEEEtran}
 % USENIX Template:
-%\documentclass[letterpaper,twocolumn,10pt]{article}
-%\usepackage{usenix-2020-09}
+\documentclass[letterpaper,twocolumn,10pt]{article}
+\usepackage{templates/usenix-2020-09}
 % STANDALONE TEMPLATE
 %\documentclass{article}
 %\usepackage[letterpaper,top=2cm,bottom=2cm,left=3cm,right=3cm,marginparwidth=1.75cm]{geometry}
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 
 % Packages
 
-\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
-\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+%\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+%\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage{csquotes}
 \usepackage[english]{babel}
 \usepackage{tikz}
 \usepackage{subfig}
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 \usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption}
 \usepackage{comment}
 \usepackage{xcolor}
-\usepackage[nospread,keeplastbox]{flushend}
+%\usepackage[nospread,keeplastbox]{flushend}
 \usepackage{tcolorbox}
 \usepackage{listings}
 %\usepackage{cite}
diff --git a/typos.sh b/typos.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a275286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typos.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+check_typo () {
+    grep -nri --include \*.tex "${1}" | grep -v ":%" | grep -v "newacronym" | grep -i --color=always "${1}"
+}
+
+check_typo "application"
+check_typo "run-time"
+check_typo "behaviour"
+check_typo "ground-truth"
+check_typo "groundtruth"
+check_typo "seperator"
+
+exit 0