diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 1de5659..53f7426 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-target
\ No newline at end of file
+**/target/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f10d33a..de6f9e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ pg_vectorize powers the [VectorDB Stack](https://tembo.io/docs/product/stacks/ai
 - [Vector Search Example](#vector-search-example)
 - [RAG Example](#rag-example)
 - [Updating Embeddings](#updating-embeddings)
+- [Directly Interact with LLMs](#directly-interact-with-llms)
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/extension/Makefile b/extension/Makefile
index 6ed4acb..fb3888c 100644
--- a/extension/Makefile
+++ b/extension/Makefile
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ DISTNAME = $(shell grep -m 1 '^name' Trunk.toml | sed -e 's/[^"]*"\([^"]*\)",\{0
 DISTVERSION  = $(shell grep -m 1 '^version' Trunk.toml | sed -e 's/[^"]*"\([^"]*\)",\{0,1\}/\1/')
 PG_VERSION:=16
 DATABASE_URL:=postgres://${USER}:${USER}@localhost:288${PG_VERSION}/postgres
-PGRX_PG_CONFIG =$(shell cargo pgrx info pg-config pg${PG_VERSION})
+PGRX_PG_CONFIG:=$(shell cargo pgrx info pg-config pg${PG_VERSION})
 UPGRADE_FROM_VER:=0.16.0
 BRANCH:=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 RUST_LOG:=debug
 ARCH := $(shell uname -m)
 
-
 .PHONY: install-pg_cron install-pg_vector install-pgmq run setup test-integration test-unit test-version test-branch test-upgrade cat-logs docs
 
 sqlx-cache:
@@ -58,13 +57,12 @@ install-pg_cron:
 	git clone https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron.git && \
 	cd pg_cron && \
 	sed -i.bak 's/-Werror//g' Makefile && \
-	PG_CONFIG=${PGRX_PG_CONFIG} make clean && \
 	PG_CONFIG=${PGRX_PG_CONFIG} make && \
 	PG_CONFIG=${PGRX_PG_CONFIG} make install && \
 	cd .. && rm -rf pg_cron
 
 install-pgvector:
-	git clone --branch v0.6.0 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git && \
+	git clone https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git && \
 	cd pgvector && \
 	PG_CONFIG=${PGRX_PG_CONFIG} make clean && \
 	PG_CONFIG=${PGRX_PG_CONFIG} make && \
@@ -75,6 +73,7 @@ install-pgmq:
 	git clone https://github.com/tembo-io/pgmq.git && \
 	cd pgmq/pgmq-extension && \
 	PG_CONFIG=${PGRX_PG_CONFIG} make && \
+	PG_CONFIG=${PGRX_PG_CONFIG} make clean && \
 	PG_CONFIG=${PGRX_PG_CONFIG} make install && \
 	cd .. && rm -rf pgmq
 
diff --git a/images/vectorize-pg/Dockerfile b/images/vectorize-pg/Dockerfile
index 9d09621..43d373f 100644
--- a/images/vectorize-pg/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/vectorize-pg/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ARG PG_MAJ=16
 FROM postgres:$PG_MAJ-bookworm as builder
 
-ARG VECTOR_VER=0.7.1
-ARG VSCALE_VER=0.2.0
-ARG CRON_VER=1.6.2
+ARG VECTOR_VER=0.7.4
+ARG VSCALE_VER=0.3.0
+ARG CRON_VER=1.6.4
 ARG PGRX_VER=0.11.3
 ARG PG_MAJ=16
 
@@ -21,27 +21,6 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 
 WORKDIR /vectorize
 
-# install pgvector
-RUN git clone https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git && \
-	cd pgvector && \
-	git fetch origin v$VECTOR_VER && \
-	git checkout v$VECTOR_VER && \
-	make && make install && \
-    cd .. && rm -rf pgvector
-
-# install pg_cron
-RUN git clone https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron.git --branch v$CRON_VER && \
-	cd pg_cron && \
-	make && make install && \
-    cd .. && rm -rf pg_cron
-
-# install pgmq
-RUN git clone https://github.com/tembo-io/pgmq.git && \
-	cd pgmq/extension && \
-	make && \
-	make install && \
-	cd ../.. && rm -rf pgmq
-
 # Install Rust dependencies
 RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
 RUN $HOME/.cargo/bin/rustup default stable
@@ -54,22 +33,13 @@ RUN $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo pgrx init --pg$PG_MAJ $(which pg_config)
 ARG PG_MAJ=16
 RUN $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo pgrx init --pg${PG_MAJ} /usr/bin/pg_config
 
-# install vectorscale
-ARG TARGETARCH
-RUN if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "amd64" ]; then \
-        export RUSTFLAGS="-C target-feature=+avx2,+fma"; \
-    fi
+COPY . .
 
-RUN git clone https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale.git && \
-	cd pgvectorscale/pgvectorscale && \
-	git fetch origin $VSCALE_VER && \
-	git checkout $VSCALE_VER && \
-	sed -i '/blas/d' Cargo.toml && \
-	sed -i '/blas_src/d' src/access_method/mod.rs && \
-	$HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo pgrx install --pg-config=$(which pg_config)
+# install dependencies
+ARG PG_MAJ=16
+RUN export PATH="${HOME}/.cargo/bin:$PATH" && cd extension && make setup.dependencies PGRX_PG_CONFIG=$(cargo pgrx info pg-config pg${PG_MAJ})
 
 # install pg-vectorize
-COPY . .
 RUN cd extension && \
 	$HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo pgrx install --pg-config=$(which pg_config)
 
diff --git a/images/vectorize-pg/postgresql.conf b/images/vectorize-pg/postgresql.conf
index c2e75d8..47afcc1 100644
--- a/images/vectorize-pg/postgresql.conf
+++ b/images/vectorize-pg/postgresql.conf
@@ -816,5 +816,5 @@ pg_stat_statements.track = all         # Track statements generated by stored pr
 # Add settings for extensions here
 shared_preload_libraries = 'vectorize,pg_cron'
 cron.database_name = 'postgres'
-vectorize.embedding_service_url = 'http://vector-serve:3000/v1/embeddings'
+vectorize.embedding_service_url = 'http://vector-serve:3000/v1'
 vectorize.ollama_service_url = 'http://ollama-serve:3001/v1/chat'