diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 84ba5d6c..8f7d1102 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
     "remoteEnv": {
         // Allow X11 apps to run inside the container
         "DISPLAY": "${localEnv:DISPLAY}",
-        // We put venv on a different volume to cache so have to copy
-        "UV_LINK_MODE": "copy",
         // Do the equivalent of "activate" the venv so we don't have to "uv run" everything
         "PATH": "/workspaces/${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}/.venv/bin:${containerEnv:PATH}"
     },
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index dd7f8c3a..d4dfcaaf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 FROM ghcr.io/diamondlightsource/ubuntu-devcontainer:noble AS developer
 
 # Add any system dependencies for the developer/build environment here
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     graphviz \
     && apt-get dist-clean
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96f72ded..0bf5a5ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # python-copier-template
 
-Diamond's opinionated [copier](https://copier.readthedocs.io) template for pure Python projects managed by pip. It can be optionally used to:
+Diamond's opinionated [copier](https://copier.readthedocs.io) template for pure Python projects. It can be optionally used to:
 
 - Create new projects from
 - Update existing projects in line with it
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Releases        | <https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/python-copier-template/
 It integrates the following tools:
 
 - [setuptools](https://setuptools.pypa.io) and [setuptools-scm](https://setuptools-scm.readthedocs.io) for packaging
-- [pip](https://pip.pypa.io) to manage installation
+- [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) to manage installation and project lockfile
 - [pytest](https://docs.pytest.org) for code testing and coverage
 - [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) to run linting and formatting such as [ruff](https://docs.astral.sh/ruff)
 - [pyright](https://microsoft.github.io/pyright) or [mypy](https://www.mypy-lang.org) for static type checking
diff --git a/template/Dockerfile.jinja b/template/Dockerfile.jinja
index dd522313..87d417ac 100644
--- a/template/Dockerfile.jinja
+++ b/template/Dockerfile.jinja
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 FROM ghcr.io/diamondlightsource/ubuntu-devcontainer:noble AS developer
 
 # Add any system dependencies for the developer/build environment here
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     graphviz \
     && apt-get dist-clean{% if docker %}
 
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY . /app
 RUN chmod o+wrX .
 
+# Tell uv sync to install python in a known location so we can copy it out later
+ENV UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=/python
+
 # Sync the project without its dev dependencies
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv sync --locked --no-editable --no-dev
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's/files/ldap files/g' /etc/nsswitch.conf
 # Make editable and debuggable
 RUN uv pip install debugpy
 RUN uv pip install -e .
+ENV PATH=/app/.venv/bin:$PATH
 
 # Alternate entrypoint to allow devcontainer to attach
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/bash", "-c", "--" ]
@@ -46,10 +50,13 @@ CMD [ "while true; do sleep 30; done;" ]
 FROM ubuntu:noble AS runtime
 
 # Add apt-get system dependecies for runtime here if needed
-# RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+# RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 #     some-library \
 #     && apt-get dist-clean
 
+# Copy the python installation from the build stage
+COPY --from=build /python /python
+
 # Copy the environment, but not the source code
 COPY --from=build /app/.venv /app/.venv
 ENV PATH=/app/.venv/bin:$PATH