diff --git a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/Dockerfile b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/Dockerfile
index 7c1df8e5..d5315703 100644
--- a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/Dockerfile
+++ b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-FROM swiftlang/swift:nightly-master-amazonlinux2
+FROM swift:5.2-amazonlinux2
 
 RUN yum -y install zip
diff --git a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/build-and-package.sh b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/build-and-package.sh
index b59f2314..4e45c486 100755
--- a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/build-and-package.sh
+++ b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/build-and-package.sh
@@ -18,13 +18,22 @@ set -eu
 executable=$1
 workspace="$(pwd)/../.."
 
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "preparing docker build image"
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+docker build . -t builder
+echo "done"
+
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "building \"$executable\" lambda"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-docker run --rm -v "$workspace":/workspace -w /workspace/Examples/LambdaFunctions builder bash -cl "swift build --product $executable -c release -Xswiftc -g"
+docker run --rm -v "$workspace":/workspace -w /workspace/Examples/LambdaFunctions builder \
+       bash -cl "swift build --product $executable -c release"
 echo "done"
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "packaging \"$executable\" lambda"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-docker run --rm -v "$workspace":/workspace -w /workspace/Examples/LambdaFunctions builder bash -cl "./scripts/package.sh $executable"
+docker run --rm -v "$workspace":/workspace -w /workspace/Examples/LambdaFunctions builder \
+       bash -cl "./scripts/package.sh $executable"
+echo "done"
diff --git a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/config.sh b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/config.sh
index d6ec4b7f..d4ab9f6f 100755
--- a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/config.sh
+++ b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/config.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 ##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
 
 DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
-
 executables=( $(swift package dump-package | sed -e 's|: null|: ""|g' | jq '.products[] | (select(.type.executable)) | .name' | sed -e 's|"||g') )
 
 if [[ ${#executables[@]} = 0 ]]; then
@@ -32,8 +31,8 @@ elif [[ ${#executables[@]} > 1 ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "CONFIG"
+echo "configuration"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "DIR: $DIR"
+echo "current dir: $DIR"
 echo "executable: $executable"
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
diff --git a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/deploy.sh b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/deploy.sh
index 619826eb..3720b4d0 100755
--- a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -15,44 +15,29 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-# Lambda Function name (must exist in AWS Lambda)
-lambda_name=SwiftSample
-
-# S3 bucket name to upload zip file (must exist in AWS S3)
-s3_bucket=swift-lambda-test
-
-workspace="$(pwd)/../.."
-
 DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 source $DIR/config.sh
 
+workspace="$DIR/../.."
+
 echo -e "\ndeploying $executable"
 
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "preparing docker build image"
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-docker build . -t builder
+$DIR/build-and-package.sh "$executable"
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "building \"$executable\" lambda"
+echo "uploading \"$executable\" lambda to AWS S3"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-docker run --rm -v $workspace:/workspace -w /workspace builder \
-       bash -cl "cd Examples/LambdaFunctions && \
-                 swift build --product $executable -c release -Xswiftc -g"
-echo "done"
 
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "packaging \"$executable\" lambda"
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-docker run --rm -v `pwd`:/workspace -w /workspace builder bash -cl "./scripts/package.sh $executable"
+read -p "S3 bucket name to upload zip file (must exist in AWS S3): " s3_bucket
+s3_bucket=${s3_bucket:-swift-lambda-test} # default for easy testing
+
+aws s3 cp ".build/lambda/$executable/lambda.zip" "s3://$s3_bucket/"
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "uploading \"$executable\" lambda to s3"
+echo "updating AWS Lambda to use \"$executable\""
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-aws s3 cp .build/lambda/$executable/lambda.zip s3://$s3_bucket/
+read -p "Lambda Function name (must exist in AWS Lambda): " lambda_name
+lambda_name=${lambda_name:-SwiftSample} # default for easy testing
 
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "updating \"$lambda_name\" to latest \"$executable\""
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-aws lambda update-function-code --function $lambda_name --s3-bucket $s3_bucket --s3-key lambda.zip
+aws lambda update-function-code --function "$lambda_name" --s3-bucket "$s3_bucket" --s3-key lambda.zip
diff --git a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/package.sh b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/package.sh
index 190be3f8..17d5853b 100755
--- a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/package.sh
+++ b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/package.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ set -eu
 
 executable=$1
 
-target=.build/lambda/$executable
+target=".build/lambda/$executable"
 rm -rf "$target"
 mkdir -p "$target"
 cp ".build/release/$executable" "$target/"
-cp -Pv /usr/lib/swift/linux/lib*so* "$target"
+# add the target deps based on ldd
+ldd ".build/release/$executable" | grep swift | awk '{print $3}' | xargs cp -Lv -t "$target"
 cd "$target"
 ln -s "$executable" "bootstrap"
 zip --symlinks lambda.zip *
diff --git a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/sam-deploy.sh b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/sam-deploy.sh
index 779ed0e9..d87d966d 100755
--- a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/sam-deploy.sh
+++ b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/sam-deploy.sh
@@ -18,15 +18,10 @@ source $DIR/config.sh
 
 echo -e "\ndeploying $executable"
 
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "preparing docker build image"
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-docker build . -q -t builder
-
-$DIR/build-and-package.sh ${executable}
+$DIR/build-and-package.sh "$executable"
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "deploying using SAM"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-sam deploy --template "./scripts/SAM/${executable}-template.yml" $@
\ No newline at end of file
+sam deploy --template "./scripts/SAM/$executable-template.yml" $@
diff --git a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/serverless-deploy.sh b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/serverless-deploy.sh
index 7e2d7cb0..241ee7bf 100755
--- a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/serverless-deploy.sh
+++ b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/serverless-deploy.sh
@@ -13,20 +13,17 @@
 ##
 ##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
 
+set -eu
+
 DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 source $DIR/config.sh
 
 echo -e "\ndeploying $executable"
 
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "preparing docker build image"
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-docker build . -q -t builder
-
-$DIR/build-and-package.sh ${executable}
+$DIR/build-and-package.sh "$executable"
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "deploying using Serverless"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-serverless deploy --config "./scripts/serverless/${executable}-template.yml" --stage dev -v
\ No newline at end of file
+serverless deploy --config "./scripts/serverless/$executable-template.yml" --stage dev -v
diff --git a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/serverless-remove.sh b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/serverless-remove.sh
index f6b228c5..262c07cb 100755
--- a/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/serverless-remove.sh
+++ b/Examples/LambdaFunctions/scripts/serverless-remove.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 ##
 ##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
 
+set -eu
+
 DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 source $DIR/config.sh
 
@@ -22,4 +24,4 @@ echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "removing using Serverless"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-serverless remove --config "./scripts/serverless/${executable}-template.yml" --stage dev -v
\ No newline at end of file
+serverless remove --config "./scripts/serverless/$executable-template.yml" --stage dev -v
diff --git a/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/Dockerfile b/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/Dockerfile
index 7c1df8e5..d5315703 100644
--- a/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/Dockerfile
+++ b/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-FROM swiftlang/swift:nightly-master-amazonlinux2
+FROM swift:5.2-amazonlinux2
 
 RUN yum -y install zip
diff --git a/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/scripts/deploy.sh b/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/scripts/deploy.sh
index 8c137d60..75be0ceb 100755
--- a/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -15,23 +15,9 @@
 
 set -eu
 
+executable=MyLambda
 lambda_name=SwiftSample
 s3_bucket=swift-lambda-test
-executables=( $(swift package dump-package | sed -e 's|: null|: ""|g' | jq '.products[] | (select(.type.executable)) | .name' | sed -e 's|"||g') )
-
-if [[ ${#executables[@]} = 0 ]]; then
-    echo "no executables found"
-    exit 1
-elif [[ ${#executables[@]} = 1 ]]; then
-    executable=${executables[0]}
-elif [[ ${#executables[@]} > 1 ]]; then
-    echo "multiple executables found:"
-    for executable in ${executables[@]}; do
-      echo "  * $executable"
-    done
-    echo ""
-    read -p "select which executables to deploy: " executable
-fi
 
 echo -e "\ndeploying $executable"
 
@@ -39,19 +25,21 @@ echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "preparing docker build image"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 docker build . -t builder
+echo "done"
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "building \"$executable\" lambda"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-docker run --rm -v `pwd`/../../..:/workspace -w /workspace builder \
-       bash -cl "cd Examples/EndToEndDebugging/MyLambda &&
-                 swift build --product $executable -c release -Xswiftc -g"
+docker run --rm -v `pwd`/../../..:/workspace -w /workspace/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda builder \
+       bash -cl "swift build --product $executable -c release"
 echo "done"
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "packaging \"$executable\" lambda"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-docker run --rm -v `pwd`:/workspace -w /workspace builder bash -cl "./scripts/package.sh $executable"
+docker run --rm -v `pwd`:/workspace -w /workspace builder \
+       bash -cl "./scripts/package.sh $executable"
+echo "done"
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "uploading \"$executable\" lambda to s3"
diff --git a/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/scripts/package.sh b/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/scripts/package.sh
index 190be3f8..17d5853b 100755
--- a/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/scripts/package.sh
+++ b/Examples/LocalDebugging/MyLambda/scripts/package.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ set -eu
 
 executable=$1
 
-target=.build/lambda/$executable
+target=".build/lambda/$executable"
 rm -rf "$target"
 mkdir -p "$target"
 cp ".build/release/$executable" "$target/"
-cp -Pv /usr/lib/swift/linux/lib*so* "$target"
+# add the target deps based on ldd
+ldd ".build/release/$executable" | grep swift | awk '{print $3}' | xargs cp -Lv -t "$target"
 cd "$target"
 ln -s "$executable" "bootstrap"
 zip --symlinks lambda.zip *