diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8128f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+# Needed in case tzdata gets upgraded
+ENV TZ=Australia/Brisbane
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Use Aussie mirrors
+RUN sed -i 's/http:\/\/archive./http:\/\/au.archive./g' /etc/apt/sources.list
+
+# Update Ubuntu software stack and install base GDAL stack
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get upgrade -y
+RUN apt-get install -y wget g++ cmake libhdf5-dev libgdal-dev gdal-bin
+
+RUN apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY . /tmp/kealib
+RUN cd /tmp/kealib \
+    && mkdir build \
+    && cd build \
+    && cmake -D LIBKEA_WITH_GDAL=ON .. \
+    && make \
+    && make install \
+    && cd ../.. \
+    && rm -rf kealib
+
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
+ENV GDAL_DRIVER_PATH=/usr/local/lib/gdalplugins
+
+RUN gdal_translate --formats | grep KEA
diff --git a/gdal/keadataset.cpp b/gdal/keadataset.cpp
index 24ce2b7..370e541 100644
--- a/gdal/keadataset.cpp
+++ b/gdal/keadataset.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "keacopy.h"
 
 #include "libkea/KEACommon.h"
+#include "cpl_vsi_virtual.h"
 
 // Function for converting a libkea type into a GDAL type
 GDALDataType KEA_to_GDAL_Type( kealib::KEADataType ekeaType )
@@ -166,6 +167,14 @@ GDALDataset *KEADataset::Open( GDALOpenInfo * poOpenInfo )
                   poOpenInfo->pszFilename, e.what() );
             return nullptr;
         }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+            // was a problem - can't be a valid file
+            CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_OpenFailed,
+                     "Attempt to open file `%s' failed. Error: unknown\n",
+                     poOpenInfo->pszFilename);
+            return nullptr;
+        }
     }
     else
     {
@@ -208,6 +217,20 @@ GDALDataset *KEADataset::Create( const char * pszFilename,
                   "Attempt to create file `%s' failed. Invalid creation option(s)\n", pszFilename);
         return nullptr;
     }
+    
+    // This helps avoiding issues with H5File handles in a bad state, that
+    // may cause crashes at process termination
+    // Cf https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/8743
+    if (VSIFileManager::GetHandler(pszFilename) !=
+        VSIFileManager::GetHandler(""))
+    {
+        CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_OpenFailed,
+                 "Attempt to create file `%s' failed. /vsi file systems not "
+                 "supported\n",
+                 pszFilename);
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+        
     // process any creation options in papszParmList
     // default value
     unsigned int nimageblockSize = kealib::KEA_IMAGE_CHUNK_SIZE;
@@ -296,6 +319,13 @@ GDALDataset *KEADataset::Create( const char * pszFilename,
                   pszFilename, e.what() );
         return nullptr;
     }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_OpenFailed,
+                 "Attempt to create file `%s' failed. Error: unknown\n",
+                 pszFilename);
+        return nullptr;
+    }
 }
 
 GDALDataset *KEADataset::CreateCopy( const char * pszFilename, GDALDataset *pSrcDs,