diff --git a/test/all.sh b/test/all.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cda933e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/all.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+bash "$DIR/kill_node.sh"
+docker pull harmonyone/localnet-test
+docker run -it --expose 9000-9999 -v "$DIR/../:/go/src/github.com/harmony-one/harmony" harmonyone/localnet-test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/api.sh b/test/api.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1dd47dc20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/api.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+bash "$DIR/kill_node.sh"
+
+docker_name="harmony-localnet-test"
+
+case ${1} in
+run)
+    docker pull harmonyone/localnet-test
+    docker rm "$docker_name"
+    docker run -it --name "$docker_name" --expose 9000-9999 -v "$DIR/../:/go/src/github.com/harmony-one/harmony" harmonyone/localnet-test -n -k
+    ;;
+attach)
+    docker exec -it "$docker_name" /bin/bash
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "
+Node API tests
+
+Param:     Help:
+run        Run the Node API tests
+attach     Attach onto the Node API testing docker image for inspection
+"
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/test/debug.sh b/test/debug.sh
index 03cd9dcf5..b8b267c4b 100755
--- a/test/debug.sh
+++ b/test/debug.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 ./test/kill_node.sh
 rm -rf tmp_log*
 rm *.rlp
 rm -rf .dht*
-./test/deploy.sh -D 600000 ./test/configs/local-resharding.txt
+scripts/go_executable_build.sh -S || exit 1  # dynamic builds are faster for debug iteration...
+./test/deploy.sh -B -D 600000 ./test/configs/local-resharding.txt
diff --git a/test/deploy.sh b/test/deploy.sh
index ff5b22ea9..2e7f1c13d 100755
--- a/test/deploy.sh
+++ b/test/deploy.sh
@@ -18,16 +18,18 @@ function cleanup() {
 }
 
 function build() {
-  pushd ${ROOT}
-  export GO111MODULE=on
-  if [[ "$OS" == "Darwin" ]]; then
-    # MacOS doesn't support static build
-    scripts/go_executable_build.sh -S
-  else
-    # Static build on Linux platform
-    scripts/go_executable_build.sh -s
+  if [[ "${NOBUILD}" != "true" ]]; then
+    pushd ${ROOT}
+    export GO111MODULE=on
+    if [[ "$OS" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+      # MacOS doesn't support static build
+      scripts/go_executable_build.sh -S
+    else
+      # Static build on Linux platform
+      scripts/go_executable_build.sh -s
+    fi
+    popd
   fi
-  popd
 }
 
 function setup() {
@@ -41,9 +43,7 @@ function setup() {
   cleanup
 
   # Note that the binarys only works on MacOS & Linux
-  if [[ "${NOBUILD}" != "true" ]]; then
-    build
-  fi
+  build
 
   # Create a tmp folder for logs
   t=$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ SHARDS=2
 DRYRUN=
 NETWORK=localnet
 VERBOSE=false
+NOBUILD=false
 
 while getopts "hD:m:s:nBN:v" option; do
   case ${option} in
diff --git a/test/go.sh b/test/go.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1aecb760f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/go.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+docker pull harmonyone/localnet-test
+docker run -it -v "$DIR/../:/go/src/github.com/harmony-one/harmony" harmonyone/localnet-test -- -g