diff --git a/builddocker.bash b/builddocker.bash
index 29ecf5c..ea191a9 100755
--- a/builddocker.bash
+++ b/builddocker.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,21 @@
 set -e
 
 WHEEL_FILE=$(ls dist/ -1atr | grep bugsink | grep whl | tail -n1)
-
 echo "Building docker image with wheel file: $WHEEL_FILE"
 
-docker build --build-arg WHEEL_FILE=$WHEEL_FILE -t bugsink .
+# example: bugsink-0.1.8.dev5+g200ea5e.d20240827-py3-none-any.whl
+
+# if this a non-dev version, we tag the image with the full version number, major.minor, major, and latest
+# otherwise no tags are added
+
+TAGS=""
+if [[ $WHEEL_FILE == *"dev"* ]]; then
+    echo "This is a dev version, no tags will be added"
+else
+    VERSION=$(echo $WHEEL_FILE | cut -d'-' -f2)
+    TAGS="-t bugsink:$VERSION -t bugsink:$(echo $VERSION | awk -F. '{print $1"."$2}') -t bugsink:$(echo $VERSION | awk -F. '{print $1}') -t bugsink:latest"
+    echo "This is a non-dev version, tags will be added: $TAGS"
+fi
+
+
+docker build --build-arg WHEEL_FILE=$WHEEL_FILE $TAGS .