diff --git a/configs/docker/run/launchDockerRunner_lb584_Local.sh b/configs/docker/run/launchDockerRunner_lb584_Local.sh
index 65597aa6625cc902f11c1deb1b945d77396906c2..60017f6444e45b395191ab54bf45f0b7b8d9dad8 100755
--- a/configs/docker/run/launchDockerRunner_lb584_Local.sh
+++ b/configs/docker/run/launchDockerRunner_lb584_Local.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-docker run -dt -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/ews_3/code:/storage/app/EWS_prod/code" \
+docker run -it -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/ews_3/code:/storage/app/EWS_prod/code" \
   -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/ews_3/regions:/storage/app/EWS_prod/regions" \
   -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/ews_3/envs/credentials:/storage/app/EWS_prod/envs/credentials" \
   -w "/storage/app/EWS_prod/code" \
diff --git a/scripts/run_Depo_Processor.sh b/scripts/run_Depo_Processor.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b5827334aaddeb6c6037c1918713d4b95c829034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_Depo_Processor.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+source ./run_utils.sh
+
+setup_conda_env
+
+# get path of this script (to point to files within the same git repo)
+proc_path="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+
+# run the processor with all arguments
+processor=${proc_path}/../coordinator/ProcessorDeposition.py
+printf "processor is %s\n\n" "$processor"
+python "${processor}" "$@"
+exit_code=$?
+
+teardown_conda_env
+
+exit $exit_code
diff --git a/scripts/run_utils.sh b/scripts/run_utils.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2313dd64f7c1461b1fbd1e797b4dcc1f5a198346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_utils.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+function setup_conda_env() {
+  # directory containing all environment
+  envs=/storage/app/EWS_prod/envs
+
+  # directory containing all custom python packages
+  bin=/storage/app/EWS_prod/code/
+
+  # provide custom python packages so they can be imported
+  flagdir=${bin}/flagdir/
+  epimodel=${bin}/epimodel/
+  advisory=${bin}/advisory_builder/
+  met_processing=${bin}/met_extractor_v2/
+  met_processor=${bin}/environmental_suitability/
+  plotting=${bin}/plotting/
+  post_processing=${bin}/post_processing/
+  source_gen=${bin}/source_gen/
+
+  export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$flagdir:$epimodel:$advisory:$met_processing:$met_processor:$plotting:$source_gen:$post_processing
+
+  # provide path to email credentials for logging
+
+  export EMAIL_CRED=${envs}/credentials/Cred_gmail.json
+
+  # activate conda environment of python modules so they can be imported
+  #TODO: Move conda_env from bin to envs
+  conda_env=${envs}/conda/py3EWS
+  source /storage/app/miniconda3/bin/activate ${conda_env}
+}
+
+function teardown_conda_env() {
+  # deactivate conda environment
+  source /storage/app/miniconda3/bin/deactivate ${conda_env}
+
+}
+