diff --git a/ci/README.md b/ci/README.md
index b32cf2879..19b7ee8e8 100644
--- a/ci/README.md
+++ b/ci/README.md
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ Make sure you have `$GITHUB_TOKEN` set and [hub](https://github.com/github/hub)
    1. Update in `package.json`
    2. Update in [./doc/install.md](../doc/install.md)
 2. GitHub actions will generate the `npm-package`, `release-packages` and `release-images` artifacts.
+   1. You do not have to wait for these.
 3. Run `yarn release:github-draft` to create a GitHub draft release from the template with
    the updated version.
    1. Summarize the major changes in the release notes and link to the relevant issues.
 4. Wait for the artifacts in step 2 to build.
-5. Run `yarn release:github-assets` to download the `release-packages` artifact and
-   upload them to the draft release.
+5. Run `yarn release:github-assets` to download the `release-packages` artifact.
+   - It will upload them to the draft release.
 6. Run some basic sanity tests on one of the released packages.
+   - Especially make sure the terminal works fine.
 7. Make sure the github release tag is the commit with the artifacts. This is a bug in
    `hub` where uploading assets in step 5 will break the tag.
 8. Publish the release and merge the PR.
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ Make sure you have `$GITHUB_TOKEN` set and [hub](https://github.com/github/hub)
 10. Wait for the npm package to be published.
 11. Update the homebrew package.
     - Send a pull request to [homebrew-core](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core) with the URL in the [formula](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/code-server.rb) updated.
-12. Make sure to add a release without the `v` prefix for autoupdate from `3.2.0`.
 
 ## dev
 
diff --git a/ci/dev/image/exec.sh b/ci/dev/image/run.sh
similarity index 89%
rename from ci/dev/image/exec.sh
rename to ci/dev/image/run.sh
index c443f1ccf..70ab67e1d 100755
--- a/ci/dev/image/exec.sh
+++ b/ci/dev/image/run.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ main() {
     -v "$PWD:/src" \
     -w /src \
     -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
+    -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
+    -e CI \
     "$(docker_build ./ci/images/debian8)" \
     "$@"
 }
diff --git a/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md b/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a2b73276b..80348848d 100644
--- a/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ yarn watch
 To develop inside of an isolated docker container:
 
 ```shell
-./ci/dev/image/exec.sh yarn
-./ci/dev/image/exec.sh yarn vscode
-./ci/dev/image/exec.sh yarn watch
+./ci/dev/image/run.sh yarn
+./ci/dev/image/run.sh yarn vscode
+./ci/dev/image/run.sh yarn watch
 ```
 
 `yarn watch` will live reload changes to the source.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ reset VS Code then run `yarn vscode:patch`.
 You can build with:
 
 ```shell
-./ci/steps/release.sh
+./ci/dev/image/run.sh ./ci/steps/release.sh
 ```
 
 Run your build with:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ node .
 Build release packages (make sure you run `./ci/steps/release.sh` first):
 
 ```
-./ci/dev/image/exec.sh ./ci/steps/release-packages.sh
+./ci/dev/image/run.sh ./ci/steps/release-packages.sh
 # The standalone release is in ./release-standalone
 # .deb, .rpm and the standalone archive are in ./release-packages
 ```