diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d5ca96dd..422ea9d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ docker-clean:
 	_NO_SYNC_KALEIDOSCOPE=1 ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_USER="$(ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_USER)" ./bin/run-docker "rm -rf -- testing/googletest/build/* _build/* /kaleidoscope-persist/temp/*"
 
 docker-bash:
-	ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_USER="$(ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_USER)" ./bin/run-docker "bash"
+	_NO_SYNC_KALEIDOSCOPE=1 DOCKER_LIVE_KALEIDOSCOPE_DIR=1 ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_USER="$(ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_USER)" ./bin/run-docker "bash"
 
 run-tests: $(ARDUINO_DIRECTORIES_USER)/hardware/keyboardio/virtual/boards.txt build-gtest-gmock
 	$(MAKE) -c tests
diff --git a/bin/run-docker b/bin/run-docker
index aac051e0..db346dba 100755
--- a/bin/run-docker
+++ b/bin/run-docker
@@ -50,13 +50,20 @@ tar  -cf "${XFER_DIR}/kaleidoscope.tar"  \
 
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$DOCKER_LIVE_KALEIDOSCOPE_DIR" ]; then 
+	_KALEIDOSCOPE_MOUNT="type=tmpfs,destination=/kaleidoscope:exec"
+else
+	echo "Kaleidoscope is mounted read/write inside docker"
+	_KALEIDOSCOPE_MOUNT="type=bind,source=$(pwd),destination=/kaleidoscope,consistency=cached"
+fi
+
 
-echo "Building the docker image..."
+echo "Building the docker image. This could take a few minutes."
 docker build -q -t kaleidoscope/docker etc
 # We do want word splitting since there are multiple options here
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086   
 docker run --rm $DOCKER_RUN_INTERACTIVE_OPTS \
-       --mount type=tmpfs,destination=/kaleidoscope:exec \
+       --mount ${_KALEIDOSCOPE_MOUNT} \
        --mount type=bind,source="${XFER_DIR}",destination=/kaleidoscope-src,consistency=delegated,readonly \
        --mount type=volume,source=kaleidoscope-persist,destination=/kaleidoscope-persist,consistency=delegated \
        --mount type=volume,source=kaleidoscope-googletest-build,destination=/kaleidoscope/testing/googletest/build,consistency=delegated \