diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 2cae161..efec418 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ pipeline {
 		stage('docker build') {
 			steps {
 				ansiColor('xterm') {
-					dir('images/') {
-						sh 'make'
+					dir('images/lisk/') {
+						sh '''
+						LATEST=$( curl --silent --show-error https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/development/latest.txt )
+						make tag=$LATEST development
+						docker tag lisk/development:$LATEST lisk/development:latest
+						'''
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -13,7 +17,7 @@ pipeline {
 		stage('smoke tests') {
 			steps {
 				ansiColor('xterm') {
-					dir('examples/testnet/') {
+					dir('examples/development/') {
 						sh 'make'
 						retry(3) {
 							sleep 10
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ pipeline {
 	post {
 		always {
 			ansiColor('xterm') {
-				dir('examples/testnet/') {
+				dir('examples/development/') {
 					sh 'make mrproper'
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32b8f80..07994c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,19 +23,19 @@ Install `make` on your system.
 
 ### Build the images
 
-Decide which image you want to build and run:
+Decide which flavour and version you want to build and run:
 
-`make -C images <mainnet|testnet>`
+`make tag=<version> -C images/lisk <mainnet|testnet|betanet|development>`
 
-E.g. to build the testnet image:
+E.g. to build the testnet 0.9.14a image:
 
 ```
-make -C images testnet
+make tag=0.9.14a -C images/lisk testnet
 ```
 
 ### Run images using docker-compose
 
-There are examples for testnet and mainnet in the `examples/`directory.
+There are examples for development, betanet, testnet and mainnet in the `examples/`directory.
 
 #### Examples for testnet
 
diff --git a/examples/betanet/docker-compose.yml b/examples/betanet/docker-compose.yml
index 3ca6c99..f339042 100644
--- a/examples/betanet/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/betanet/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "2"
 services:
 
   lisk:
-    image: lisk/betanet:next
+    image: lisk/betanet:latest
     volumes:
       - lisk-logs:/home/lisk/lisk/logs/
     ports:
diff --git a/examples/development/.env b/examples/development/.env
index ab443f0..3da2db0 100644
--- a/examples/development/.env
+++ b/examples/development/.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-LISK_VERSION=next
+LISK_VERSION=latest
diff --git a/images/Makefile b/images/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2863998..0000000
--- a/images/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-all: testnet mainnet
-
-%:
-	make -C lisk $@
diff --git a/images/lisk/Dockerfile b/images/lisk/Dockerfile
index c30b977..7a99f99 100644
--- a/images/lisk/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/lisk/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 FROM ubuntu:16.04
 
-ARG network=testnet
+ARG tag
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --assume-yes install --no-install-recommends \
-        curl sudo unzip wget zip \
         jq moreutils && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
@@ -13,8 +12,9 @@ RUN groupadd --gid 1100 lisk && \
     useradd lisk --create-home --home-dir /home/lisk --shell /bin/bash --uid 1100 --gid 1100
 
 # the chown flag does not work with tarballs
-ADD ${network}-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz /home/lisk/
-RUN chown lisk:lisk --recursive /home/lisk/lisk-Linux-x86_64
+ADD lisk-${tag}-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz /home/lisk/
+RUN ln -s lisk-${tag}-Linux-x86_64 /home/lisk/lisk-Linux-x86_64 && \
+    chown lisk:lisk --recursive /home/lisk/lisk-Linux-x86_64/
 COPY --chown=lisk:lisk files/ /
 
 USER lisk
diff --git a/images/lisk/Makefile b/images/lisk/Makefile
index bc47172..a178ec1 100644
--- a/images/lisk/Makefile
+++ b/images/lisk/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,33 @@
-.PHONY: all clean testnet
-all: testnet mainnet
-
-tag = next
+check-tag:
+	@: $(if $(tag),,$(error $$tag must be set))
+	@echo Tag: $(tag)
 
+.PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	rm -f *-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz*
-
-betanet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz:
-	curl --fail https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/beta/lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz --output betanet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-	curl --fail https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/beta/lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256 --output betanet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-	sed -i 's/  \(lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz\)/  betanet-\1/' betanet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-	sha256sum -c betanet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-
-betanet: betanet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-	docker build --build-arg network=betanet --tag lisk/betanet:$(tag) .
-
-development-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz:
-	curl --fail https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/development/lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz --output development-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-	curl --fail https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/development/lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256 --output development-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-	sed -i 's/  \(lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz\)/  development-\1/' development-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-	sha256sum -c development-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-
-development: development-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-	docker build --build-arg network=development --tag lisk/development:$(tag) .
-
-mainnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz:
-	curl --fail https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/main/lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz --output mainnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-	curl --fail https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/main/lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256 --output mainnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-	sed -i 's/  \(lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz\)/  mainnet-\1/' mainnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-	sha256sum -c mainnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-
-mainnet: mainnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-	docker build --build-arg network=mainnet --tag lisk/mainnet:$(tag) .
-
-testnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz:
-	curl --fail https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/test/lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz --output testnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-	curl --fail https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/test/lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256 --output testnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-	sed -i 's/  \(lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz\)/  testnet-\1/' testnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-	sha256sum -c testnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
-
-testnet: testnet-lisk-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-	docker build --tag lisk/testnet:$(tag) .
+	rm -f lisk-*-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz*
+
+# different flavours will never have the same version number (tag)
+lisk-%-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz: check-tag
+	wget --no-verbose --continue https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/$(network)/$(tag)/lisk-$(tag)-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+	wget --no-verbose --continue https://downloads.lisk.io/lisk/$(network)/$(tag)/lisk-$(tag)-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
+	sha256sum -c lisk-$(tag)-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.SHA256
+
+.PHONY: betanet
+betanet: network=beta
+betanet: check-tag lisk-$(tag)-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+	docker build --pull --build-arg tag=$(tag) --tag lisk/$@:$(tag) .
+
+.PHONY: development
+development: network=development
+development: check-tag lisk-$(tag)-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+	docker build --pull --build-arg tag=$(tag) --tag lisk/$@:$(tag) .
+
+.PHONY: testnet
+testnet: network=test
+testnet: check-tag lisk-$(tag)-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+	docker build --pull --build-arg tag=$(tag) --tag lisk/$@:$(tag) .
+
+.PHONY: mainnet
+mainnet: network=main
+mainnet: check-tag lisk-$(tag)-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+	docker build --pull --build-arg tag=$(tag) --tag lisk/$@:$(tag) .