diff --git a/build/builder.go b/build/builder.go
index 8c1c790..192f517 100644
--- a/build/builder.go
+++ b/build/builder.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (b *Builder) StartBuild() error {
 	b.Conf.Logger.Debugf("Building %d steps", len(b.Build.Steps))
 	for i, levels := range b.Build.buildLevels {
 		for j, s := range levels {
-				b.Conf.Logger.Debugf("Step %d - step_name %s: name = '%s'", i + j, s.Label, s.Name)
+				b.Conf.Logger.Debugf("Step %d - %s, image-name = '%s'", i + j + 1, s.Label, b.uniqueStepName(&s))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (b *Builder) StartBuild() error {
 		for j, s := range levels {
 			b.wg.Add(1)
 			go func(st Step) {
-				b.Conf.Logger.Debugf("Step %d - Parallel build for %s", i + j, st.Name)
+				b.Conf.Logger.Debugf("Step %d - Build for %s", i + j + 1, st.Name)
 				defer b.wg.Done()
 
 				err := b.BuildStep(&st, i+j)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (b *Builder) StartBuild() error {
 	for i, levels := range b.Build.buildLevels  {
 		for j, s := range levels {
 			if (j == len(levels)-1) && (i != len(b.Build.buildLevels)-1) {
-				b.Conf.Logger.Debugf("Step %d - Removing unwanted image %s", i+j, b.uniqueStepName(&s))
+				b.Conf.Logger.Debugf("Step %d - Removing unwanted image %s", i + j + 1, b.uniqueStepName(&s))
 				rmiOptions := docker.RemoveImageOptions{Force: b.Conf.FroceRmImages, NoPrune: b.Conf.NoPruneRmImages}
 				err := b.docker.RemoveImageExtended(b.uniqueStepName(&s), rmiOptions)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (b *Builder) uniqueStepName(step *Step) string {
 
 // BuildStep builds a single step
 func (b *Builder) BuildStep(step *Step, step_number int) error {
-	b.Conf.Logger.Noticef("Step %d - Building %s from context '%s'", step_number, step.Name, b.Conf.Workdir)
+	b.Conf.Logger.Noticef("Step %d - Building %s from context '%s'", step_number + 1, step.Name, b.Conf.Workdir)
 	// fix the Dockerfile
 	err := b.replaceFromField(step, step_number)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func (b *Builder) BuildStep(step *Step, step_number int) error {
 	}
 	// call Docker to build the Dockerfile (from the parsed file)
 
-	b.Conf.Logger.Infof("Step %d - Building the %s image from %s", step_number, b.uniqueStepName(step), b.uniqueDockerfile(step))
+	b.Conf.Logger.Infof("Step %d - Building the %s image from %s", step_number + 1, b.uniqueStepName(step), b.uniqueDockerfile(step))
 	opts := docker.BuildImageOptions{
 		Name:                b.uniqueStepName(step),
 		Dockerfile:          b.uniqueDockerfileName(step),
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ func (b *Builder) BuildStep(step *Step, step_number int) error {
 // this replaces the FROM field in the Dockerfile to one with the previous step's unique name
 // it stores the parsed result Dockefile in uniqueSessionName file
 func (b *Builder) replaceFromField(step *Step, step_number int) error {
-	b.Conf.Logger.Noticef("Step %d - Parsing and converting '%s'", step_number, step.Dockerfile)
+	b.Conf.Logger.Noticef("Step %d - Parsing and converting '%s'", step_number + 1, step.Dockerfile)
 
 	rwc, err := os.Open(path.Join(b.Conf.Workdir, step.Dockerfile))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ func (b *Builder) replaceFromField(step *Step, step_number int) error {
 		buffer = fromTag.ReplaceAll(buffer, []byte("FROM " + uniqueStepName))
 	}
 
-	b.Conf.Logger.Debugf("Step %d - Writing the new Dockerfile into '%s'", step_number, b.uniqueDockerfile(step))
+	b.Conf.Logger.Debugf("Step %d - Writing the new Dockerfile into '%s'", step_number + 1, b.uniqueDockerfile(step))
 	err = ioutil.WriteFile(b.uniqueDockerfile(step), buffer, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/build/manifest.go b/build/manifest.go
index 3c37c03..50674e2 100644
--- a/build/manifest.go
+++ b/build/manifest.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type Step struct {
 	Label      string
 	Dockerfile string
 	Artifacts  []Artifact
-	Manifest   Manifest
+	Manifest   *Manifest
 	Cleanup    *Cleanup
 	DependsOn  []*Step
 	Command    string
@@ -121,20 +121,20 @@ func LoadBuildFromFile(config *configuration.Config) (*Manifest, error) {
 }
 
 func (n *namespace) convertToBuild(version string) (*Manifest, error) {
-	r := Manifest{
+	manifest := Manifest{
 		SecretProviders: make(map[string]secrets.SecretProvider),
 	}
-	r.SecretProviders["file"] = &secrets.FileProvider{}
-	r.SecretProviders["env"] = &secrets.EnvProvider{}
+	manifest.SecretProviders["file"] = &secrets.FileProvider{}
+	manifest.SecretProviders["env"] = &secrets.EnvProvider{}
 
 
-	r.IsPrivileged = false
-	r.Steps = []Step{}
+	manifest.IsPrivileged = false
+	manifest.Steps = []Step{}
 
 	for name, s := range n.BuildConfig.Steps {
 		convertedStep := Step{}
 
-		convertedStep.Manifest = r
+		convertedStep.Manifest = &manifest
 		convertedStep.Dockerfile = s.Dockerfile
 		convertedStep.Name = s.Name
 		convertedStep.Label = name
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (n *namespace) convertToBuild(version string) (*Manifest, error) {
 		convertedStep.Command = s.Command
 		if s.Cleanup != nil && !n.Config.NoSquash {
 			convertedStep.Cleanup = &Cleanup{Commands: s.Cleanup.Commands}
-			r.IsPrivileged = true
+			manifest.IsPrivileged = true
 		} else {
 			convertedStep.Cleanup = &Cleanup{}
 		}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (n *namespace) convertToBuild(version string) (*Manifest, error) {
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unsupported type '%s'", s.Type)
 				}
 
-				r.SecretProviders[s.Type].RegisterSecret(name, s.Value)
+				manifest.SecretProviders[s.Type].RegisterSecret(name, s.Value)
 
 				convertedStep.Secrets = append(convertedStep.Secrets, convertedSecret)
 			}
@@ -185,21 +185,21 @@ func (n *namespace) convertToBuild(version string) (*Manifest, error) {
 		}
 
 		// is it unique?
-		for _, s := range r.Steps {
+		for _, s := range manifest.Steps {
 			if s.Name == convertedStep.Name {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Step name '%s' is not unique", convertedStep.Name)
 			}
 		}
 
-		r.Steps = append(r.Steps, convertedStep)
+		manifest.Steps = append(manifest.Steps, convertedStep)
 	}
 
 	// now that we have the Manifest built from the file, we can resolve dependencies
-	for idx, step := range r.Steps {
+	for idx, step := range manifest.Steps {
 		bStep := n.BuildConfig.Steps[step.Label]
 
 		for _, d := range bStep.DependsOn {
-			convertedStep, err := r.FindStepByLabel(d)
+			convertedStep, err := manifest.FindStepByLabel(d)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -207,18 +207,18 @@ func (n *namespace) convertToBuild(version string) (*Manifest, error) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't find step %s", d)
 			}
 
-			r.Steps[idx].DependsOn = append(r.Steps[idx].DependsOn, convertedStep)
+			manifest.Steps[idx].DependsOn = append(manifest.Steps[idx].DependsOn, convertedStep)
 		}
 	}
 
 	// build the dependency tree
-	bl, err := r.serviceOrder(r.Steps)
+	bl, err := manifest.serviceOrder(manifest.Steps)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	r.buildLevels = bl
+	manifest.buildLevels = bl
 
-	return &r, nil
+	return &manifest, nil
 }
 
 func (m *Manifest) getStepsByLevel(level int) ([]Step, error) {
diff --git a/examples/uid_nested/Dockerfile.base b/examples/uid_nested/Dockerfile.base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19b6dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/uid_nested/Dockerfile.base
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FROM alpine:3.5
+RUN echo 'the base'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/uid_nested/Dockerfile.compile b/examples/uid_nested/Dockerfile.compile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f5f78b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/uid_nested/Dockerfile.compile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FROM base
+RUN echo 'compiling'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/uid_nested/Dockerfile.runtime b/examples/uid_nested/Dockerfile.runtime
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8b1b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/uid_nested/Dockerfile.runtime
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FROM base
+RUN echo 'runtime'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/uid_nested/build.yml b/examples/uid_nested/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..334e2ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/uid_nested/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+build:
+    version: 2016-03-14
+    steps:
+      base:
+        name: base
+        dockerfile: Dockerfile.base
+      compilation:
+        name: compilation
+        dockerfile: Dockerfile.compile
+        depends_on:
+          - base
+      runtime:
+        name: runtime
+        dockerfile: Dockerfile.runtime
+        depends_on:
+          - compilation