diff --git a/distillery/provision.sh b/distillery/provision.sh
index dfb4d73..28b15b2 100755
--- a/distillery/provision.sh
+++ b/distillery/provision.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ load_template "docker-env/barrel" \
     "SLUG" "${SLUG}" \
     "LETSENCRYPT_HOST" "${LETSENCRYPT_HOST}" \
     "LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL" "${LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL}" \
+    "DISTILLERY_DIR" "${DIR}" \
     > "$INSTANCE_BASE_DIR/.env"
 
 
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/.env.sample b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/.env.sample
index 6763a7f..e7517ad 100644
--- a/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/.env.sample
+++ b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/.env.sample
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 # Real path for volumes to be stored
 REAL_PATH=/var/www/example.slug
+DISTILLERY_DIR=/distillery/
 
 #######################
 ### Web Server settings
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/docker-compose.yml b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/docker-compose.yml
index d9795cc..183f997 100644
--- a/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ services:
       - ${REAL_PATH}/.composer:/var/www/.composer
       - ${REAL_PATH}/data:/var/www/data
       - ${REAL_PATH}/authorized_keys:/var/www/.ssh/authorized_keys
+      - ${DISTILLERY_DIR}/utils:/utils:ro
 
 networks:
   default:
diff --git a/distillery/resources/templates/docker-env/barrel b/distillery/resources/templates/docker-env/barrel
index e30c954..eea9266 100644
--- a/distillery/resources/templates/docker-env/barrel
+++ b/distillery/resources/templates/docker-env/barrel
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 REAL_PATH=${REAL_PATH}
+DISTILLERY_DIR=${DISTILLERY_DIR}
 
 SLUG=${SLUG}
 VIRTUAL_HOST=${VIRTUAL_HOST}
diff --git a/distillery/utils/blind_update.sh b/distillery/utils/blind_update.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37efdb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distillery/utils/blind_update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This utility script can be used to blindly update all dependencies to their latest versions. 
+# It does not perform any checking whatsoever. 
+
+cd /var/www/data/project || exit 1
+
+# composer install updates
+chmod u+rw web/sites/default/
+composer update
+
+# update the dabatabase
+drush -y updatedb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distillery/utils/set_trusted_host.sh b/distillery/utils/set_trusted_host.sh
index 194097f..95b4cf4 100755
--- a/distillery/utils/set_trusted_host.sh
+++ b/distillery/utils/set_trusted_host.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # This utility script can be used to configure the trusted host settings inside of settings.php. 
-# It doesn't take care of corner cases and should only be used when needed
+# It doesn't take care of corner cases and should only be used when needed. 
 
 INSTANCE_DOMAIN="$(hostname -f)"
 chmod u+w web/sites/default/settings.php