diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e46781e58..4cba985e7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ jobs:
         - mkdir -p ${HOME}/ccache
         - docker pull $DOCKER_BUILD_IMAGE
       script:
+        - echo "build..."
         - docker run -v "$(pwd):/lbrycrd" -v "${HOME}/ccache:/ccache" -w /lbrycrd -e CCACHE_DIR=/ccache ${DOCKER_IMAGE} packaging/build_${NAME}_64bit.sh
       before_deploy:
         - mkdir -p dist
         - sudo zip -Xj dist/lbrycrd-${NAME}.zip src/lbrycrdd${EXT} src/lbrycrd-cli${EXT} src/lbrycrd-tx${EXT}
         - sudo zip -Xj dist/lbrycrd-${NAME}-test.zip src/test/test_lbrycrd${EXT} src/test/test_lbrycrd_fuzzy${EXT}
+        - sudo cp dist/lbrycrd-${NAME}.zip packaging/docker-for-binary/lbrycrd-${NAME}.zip
         - sha256sum dist/lbrycrd-${NAME}.zip
         - sha256sum dist/lbrycrd-${NAME}-test.zip
       deploy:
@@ -44,6 +46,13 @@ jobs:
           on:
             repo: lbryio/lbrycrd
             all_branches: true
+        - provider: script
+          script: bash packaging/docker-for-binary/auto_deploy.sh ${TRAVIS_BRANCH}
+          skip_cleanup: true
+          on:
+            repo: lbryio/lbrycrd
+            all_branches: true
+            condition: $NAME = linux
 
     - <<: *build-template
       name: windows
diff --git a/packaging/docker-for-binary/Dockerfile.Auto b/packaging/docker-for-binary/Dockerfile.Auto
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36a968731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/docker-for-binary/Dockerfile.Auto
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+FROM ubuntu:18.04 as prep
+LABEL MAINTAINER="leopere [at] nixc [dot] us"
+## TODO: Implement version pinning. `apt-get install curl=<version>`
+RUN apt-get update && \
+  apt-get -y install unzip curl build-essential && \
+  apt-get autoclean -y && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+WORKDIR /
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
+COPY ./stuff/start.sh start
+COPY ./stuff/healthcheck.sh healthcheck
+COPY ./stuff/advance_blocks.sh advance
+COPY ./stuff/fix-permissions.c fix-permissions.c
+COPY ./lbrycrd-linux.zip lbrycrd-linux.zip
+
+RUN unzip ./lbrycrd-linux.zip && \
+  gcc fix-permissions.c -o fix-permissions && \
+  chmod +x ./lbrycrdd ./lbrycrd-cli ./lbrycrd-tx ./start ./healthcheck ./fix-permissions ./advance
+
+FROM ubuntu:18.04 as app
+COPY --from=prep /lbrycrdd /lbrycrd-cli /lbrycrd-tx /start /healthcheck /fix-permissions /advance /usr/bin/
+RUN addgroup --gid 1000 lbrycrd && \
+  adduser lbrycrd --uid 1000 --gid 1000 --gecos GECOS --shell /bin/bash --disabled-password --home /data && \
+  mkdir /etc/lbry && \
+  chown lbrycrd /etc/lbry && \
+  chmod a+s /usr/bin/fix-permissions
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install wget && apt-get autoclean -y && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+VOLUME ["/data"]
+WORKDIR /data
+HEALTHCHECK CMD /usr/bin/healthcheck
+EXPOSE 9246 9245 11337 29245
+
+USER lbrycrd
+CMD ["start"]
diff --git a/packaging/docker-for-binary/README.md b/packaging/docker-for-binary/README.md
index bf5f26ccc..4f2d37282 100644
--- a/packaging/docker-for-binary/README.md
+++ b/packaging/docker-for-binary/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,36 @@
 # lbrycrd Docker image
-`
+
+## Scripts
+
+There are two scripts `deploy.sh` and `auto_deploy.sh` These are used to create 
+docker images to push to lbry's Docker Hub.
+
+### `auto_deploy.sh`
+
+This script is used by the LBRYcrd's CI. When a branch or tag is built 
+it will create a docker image for it and push it to DockerHub. This should
+not be used outside of the CI environment. In addition to this, the 
+`Dockerfile.Auto` is associated with this script. This will only run on the
+Linux build job. 
+
+#### Requirements
+
+- You would need to build lbrycrd with the Docker image for reproducible 
+builds. https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/lbry/build_lbrycrd
+- You will need DockerHub credentials to run this locally. 
+- When the script is executed you will need the parameter as
+ `./auto_deploy.sh ${tag_name}`
+
+### `deploy.sh`
+
+This can be used locally to manually create a docker image based on a 
+release. `release_url` is requested as a parameter to the script when 
+run locally. This will grab the binary from github releases inside the
+image build. 
+
+#### Requirements
+
+- You will need DockerHub credentials to run this locally. 
 
 ## Configuration
 
diff --git a/packaging/docker-for-binary/auto_deploy.sh b/packaging/docker-for-binary/auto_deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3bc0c45ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/docker-for-binary/auto_deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+set -euo pipefail
+hash docker 2>/dev/null || { echo >&2 'Make sure Docker is installed'; exit 1;  }
+
+set +eo pipefail
+docker version | grep -q Server
+ret=$?
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Cannot connect to Docker server. Is it running? Do you have the right user permissions?"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Docker tag parameter cannot be empty"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+cd packaging/docker-for-binary
+docker build --tag "lbry/lbrycrd:$1" -f Dockerfile.Auto "$DIR"
+echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login --username "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+docker push "lbry/lbrycrd:$1"
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 58761d716..12783153f 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ bool AppInitMain()
         if (fReindex) {
             // remove old LevelDB indexes
             boost::system::error_code ec;
-            fs::remove_all(GetDataDir() / "blocks" / "index", ec);
+            fs::remove_all(GetBlocksDir() / "index", ec);
             fs::remove_all(GetDataDir() / "chainstate", ec);
             fs::remove_all(GetDataDir() / "claimtrie", ec);
         }
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index ec3bb39b4..a571e66a5 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -704,12 +704,14 @@ const fs::path &GetBlocksDir(bool fNetSpecific)
     if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-blocksdir")) {
         path = fs::system_complete(gArgs.GetArg("-blocksdir", ""));
         if (!fs::is_directory(path)) {
-            path = "";
-            return path;
+            LogPrintf("%s: %s is not a directory, fallback to GetDataDir\n", __func__, path);
+            path.clear();
         }
-    } else {
-        path = GetDataDir(false);
     }
+
+    if (path.empty())
+        path = GetDataDir(false);
+
     if (fNetSpecific)
         path /= BaseParams().DataDir();
 
@@ -733,12 +735,14 @@ const fs::path &GetDataDir(bool fNetSpecific)
     if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-datadir")) {
         path = fs::system_complete(gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", ""));
         if (!fs::is_directory(path)) {
-            path = "";
-            return path;
+            LogPrintf("%s: %s is not a directory, fallback to GetDefaultDataDir\n", __func__, path);
+            path.clear();
         }
-    } else {
-        path = GetDefaultDataDir();
     }
+
+    if (path.empty())
+        path = GetDefaultDataDir();
+
     if (fNetSpecific)
         path /= BaseParams().DataDir();
 
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 2ead2162f..726b55607 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -4362,7 +4362,7 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex(const CChainParams& chainparams)
         needs_init = g_chainstate.mapBlockIndex.empty();
 
         if (needs_init) {
-            auto blockDir = GetDataDir() / "blocks";
+            auto& blockDir = GetBlocksDir();
             for (auto it: fs::directory_iterator(blockDir)) {
                 boost::system::error_code ec;
                 if (fs::file_size(it, ec) > 100000000) {