diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f0e054b0e691822c84a12af216e22db31e078977..91e71c6c36168dd7a71387e386639a06e7b426a7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ build-quantumlayer:
       - docker buildx build --push -t "$IMAGE_NAME:$TAG" -f quantumlayer/Dockerfile --build-arg "GITLAB_PROXY=${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/" --build-arg GITLAB_LOGIN=${GITLAB_LOGIN} --build-arg GITLAB_TOKEN=${GITLAB_TOKEN} --build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=${GOLANG_VERSION} .
     <<: *build
 
+build-akms-simulator:
+    script:
+      - IMAGE_NAME="$IMAGE_PATH/akms-simulator"
+      - TAG=$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
+      - docker buildx build --push -t "$IMAGE_NAME:$TAG" -f akms-simulator/Dockerfile --build-arg "GITLAB_PROXY=${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/" --build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=${GOLANG_VERSION} .
+    <<: *build
+
 lint:
     stage: code-quality
     image: ${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/golangci/golangci-lint:v1.55.2-alpine
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fbb8641c0724fd33fecab879886821cbba4ec92e..82268ca53258635e20295a5bc1bd5f1bd33b7577 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ build-ekms: pre
 build-quantumlayer: pre
 	$(GOBUILD) -o $(BUILD_ARTIFACTS_PATH)/quantumlayer ./quantumlayer/example/main.go
 
+build-akms-simulator: pre
+	$(GOBUILD) -o $(BUILD_ARTIFACTS_PATH)/akms-simulator ./akms-simulator/akms-simulator.go
+
 quantumlayer-container:
 	docker buildx build --rm -t quantumlayer --load -f ./quantumlayer/Dockerfile --build-arg GITLAB_LOGIN=${GITLAB_LOGIN} --build-arg GITLAB_TOKEN=${GITLAB_TOKEN} --build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=${GOLANG_VERSION} .
 
@@ -61,9 +64,12 @@ ekms-container:
 ekms-container-debug:
 	docker buildx build --rm -t ekms-debug --load -f ./ekms/Dockerfile.debug --build-arg GITLAB_LOGIN=${GITLAB_LOGIN} --build-arg GITLAB_TOKEN=${GITLAB_TOKEN} --build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=${GOLANG_VERSION} .
 
-build-images: ekms-container quantumlayer-container
+akms-simulator-container:
+	docker buildx build --rm -t akms-simulator --load -f ./akms-simulator/Dockerfile --build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=${GOLANG_VERSION} .
+
+build-images: ekms-container quantumlayer-container akms-simulator-container
 
-compose-up: ekms-container quantumlayer-container
+compose-up: build-images
 	docker-compose up -d
 
 compose-down:
diff --git a/akms-simulator/.dockerignore b/akms-simulator/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a1383681a6b77e9cccd58ae31d597b17b9ec305c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akms-simulator/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.git
+.gitlab
+.cobra.yaml
+.dockerignore
+.gitlab-ci.yaml
+CONTRIBUTING.md
+README.md
+ci
+doc
+artifacts
+build-tools
+models
+ekms
+quantumlayer
+config
diff --git a/akms-simulator/Dockerfile b/akms-simulator/Dockerfile
index 192d2f3b6782b1475adfc29e0ac8cda5fc67840c..0664fb9718672ea99ffacc01214c48a0b388c8c1 100644
--- a/akms-simulator/Dockerfile
+++ b/akms-simulator/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.21
+ARG BUILDARGS
 ARG GITLAB_PROXY
 
 FROM ${GITLAB_PROXY}golang:$GOLANG_VERSION-bookworm as builder
 
 WORKDIR /app/
 COPY . .
-RUN mkdir artifacts
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/go/pkg/mod \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
-    go build -o artifacts/akms-simulator ./akms-simulator/akms-simulator.go
+    make build-akms-simulator
 
 FROM ${GITLAB_PROXY}debian:12-slim as debian
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
diff --git a/config/configure-3ekms.sh b/config/configure-3ekms.sh
index 295eb4b2aea7241b9f9ec5bae3c2f6ce0646a5ab..e5ddd20fe83808bc4883d471a702fcaee33d4623 100755
--- a/config/configure-3ekms.sh
+++ b/config/configure-3ekms.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-sleep 3
+sleep 2
 gnmic -a "172.100.20.13:7030" -u admin -p admin --insecure -e JSON_IETF set --update-path 'key-routing-sessions/routing-sessions[path-id=f6a575e5-c7f9-4765-8890-134ae5b8f451]' --update-file ./config/ekms03.json
-sleep 3
 gnmic -a "172.100.20.11:7030" -u admin -p admin --insecure -e JSON_IETF set --update-path 'key-routing-sessions/routing-sessions[path-id=f6a575e5-c7f9-4765-8890-134ae5b8f451]' --update-file ./config/ekms02.json
-sleep 3
 gnmic -a "172.100.20.10:7030" -u admin -p admin --insecure -e JSON_IETF set --update-path 'key-routing-sessions/routing-sessions[path-id=f6a575e5-c7f9-4765-8890-134ae5b8f451]' --update-file ./config/ekms01.json
-sleep 3
 
+sleep 2
 curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
   "local_CKMS_ID": "172.100.20.13:50910",
   "request_ID": "request_ID-1234",
diff --git a/config/ekms/example03.yaml b/config/ekms/example03.yaml
index bd860fff45805ed7ffb15e9d6459c65549f2ef1f..c721db7d11be2faac4de0952055473e429ab6eaa 100644
--- a/config/ekms/example03.yaml
+++ b/config/ekms/example03.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Id: '968fd594-b0e7-41f0-ba4b-de259047a933'
 Name: ekms03
 InterComAddr: 172.100.20.13:50910
 GRPCAddr: 172.100.20.13:50900
-AkmsURL: "http://172.100.20.22:4444/api/v1/keys/push_ksa_key"
+AkmsURL: "http://172.100.20.23:4444/api/v1/keys/push_ksa_key"
 AkmsCkmsServerPort: "9696"
 Peers:
     # peer to ekms01
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1a3b409422520c3777316ecec7e9b1d6d6a2c158..b26066cab12502079581c4c9b0fcad61a32849b5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -65,14 +65,18 @@ services:
         ekms-net:
             ipv4_address: 172.100.20.17
 
-  akms-receiver:
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: akms-simulator/Dockerfile
+  akms-receiver01:
+    image: akms-simulator
     networks:
         ekms-net:
             ipv4_address: 172.100.20.22
 
+  akms-receiver02:
+    image: akms-simulator
+    networks:
+        ekms-net:
+            ipv4_address: 172.100.20.23
+
 
 networks:
     ekms-net: