diff --git a/image/Dockerfile b/image/Dockerfile
index 117f10b..8a6408c 100644
--- a/image/Dockerfile
+++ b/image/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 # Prevent interactive prompts during package installation
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-# Install Yocto build dependencies
+# Install dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     gawk \
     wget \
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     vim \
     less \
     tree \
+    qemu-system-data \
+    qemu-system-x86 \
+    qemu-utils \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Set up locale
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ ENV CCACHE_DIR=/workspace/.ccache
 WORKDIR /workspace
 
 # Change ownership of workspace to yocto user
-RUN chown -R yocto:yocto /workspace
+RUN chown -R builder:builder /workspace
 
 # Switch to yocto user
 USER builder
diff --git a/image/conf/local.conf b/image/conf/local.conf
index ccc7e85..a1b0d93 100644
--- a/image/conf/local.conf
+++ b/image/conf/local.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 MACHINE = "genericx86-64"
 DISTRO = "poky"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto"
-IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " openssh"
+IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " openssh ssh-keys"
+EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += "ssh-server-openssh"
+
+# Image formats for QEMU testing and deployment
+IMAGE_FSTYPES += "ext4 tar.bz2"
+
+# Root access configuration
+EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += "empty-root-password"
+EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += "allow-empty-password"
+
+# SSH configuration
 EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += "ssh-server-openssh"
 
 # Memory optimization settings
diff --git a/image/docker-compose.yml b/image/docker-compose.yml
index d45d5e1..87af2fc 100644
--- a/image/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/image/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,30 @@ services:
       cp /workspace/conf/* /workspace/build/conf/ &&
       bitbake core-image-minimal &&
       echo 'Build complete. Image files available in output directory.'
+      "
+
+  qemu-server:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      args:
+        USER_ID: ${USER_ID:-1000}
+        GROUP_ID: ${GROUP_ID:-1000}
+    container_name: qemu-server
+    hostname: qemu-server
+    working_dir: /workspace
+    network_mode: "host"
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/workspace
+    tty: true
+    stdin_open: true
+    depends_on:
+      - disk-image
+    command: >
+      bash -c "
+      echo 'Starting QEMU with host networking...' &&
+      echo 'VNC will be available on localhost:5901' &&
+      echo 'SSH will be available on localhost:2222' &&
+      echo 'QEMU monitor on localhost:4444' &&
+      qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu core2duo -m 2048 -smp 2 -kernel /workspace/build/tmp/deploy/images/genericx86-64/bzImage -drive file=/workspace/build/tmp/deploy/images/genericx86-64/core-image-minimal-genericx86-64.rootfs.ext4,if=virtio,format=raw -netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:2222-:22,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:8080-:8080 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0 -vnc 127.0.0.1:1 -monitor telnet:127.0.0.1:4444,server,nowait -serial stdio -append 'root=/dev/vda rw console=ttyS0 console=tty0'
       "
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diff --git a/image/meta-layers/meta-fcb-looper/recipes-core/ssh-keys/files/authorized_keys b/image/meta-layers/meta-fcb-looper/recipes-core/ssh-keys/files/authorized_keys
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a28155f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/meta-layers/meta-fcb-looper/recipes-core/ssh-keys/files/authorized_keys
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINue5q76BNrHp4aFL4SHKxwK0QojS4J4z65kH7HF7iWQ fcb-looper-key
diff --git a/image/meta-layers/meta-fcb-looper/recipes-core/ssh-keys/ssh-keys_1.0.bb b/image/meta-layers/meta-fcb-looper/recipes-core/ssh-keys/ssh-keys_1.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0846b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/meta-layers/meta-fcb-looper/recipes-core/ssh-keys/ssh-keys_1.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+SUMMARY = "SSH public key installation"
+DESCRIPTION = "Installs SSH public key for root user"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
+
+inherit allarch
+
+SRC_URI = "file://authorized_keys"
+
+# Since we're not unpacking source code, just copying files
+do_configure[noexec] = "1"
+do_compile[noexec] = "1"
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}${ROOT_HOME}/.ssh
+    install -m 0600 ${UNPACKDIR}/authorized_keys ${D}${ROOT_HOME}/.ssh/authorized_keys
+}
+
+FILES:${PN} = "${ROOT_HOME}/.ssh/authorized_keys"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "openssh"
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