diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index de37917..77fc32b 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ npm-debug.log
 .aws
 
 **/.ruff_cache/
+**/node_modules/
+**/dist
+**/.mypy_cache/
 __pycache__
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa7ab65..f4c9f98 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ api/static/*
 **/.ruff_cache/
 **/node_modules/
 **/dist
+**/.mypy_cache/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2a3b0bf..12be92c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # Base image for node
 FROM node:19-bullseye-slim as node_base
 
-WORKDIR /usr/src/app
-
 # ---------------------------------------
 # Base image for runtime
 FROM python:3.11-slim-bullseye as base
@@ -18,30 +16,18 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     && echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.redis.io/deb $(lsb_release -cs) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/redis.list \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y redis \
+    && apt-get clean \
     && mkdir -p /etc/redis /var/redis \
-    && pip install --upgrade pip
-
-# Add redis config
-COPY ./config/redis.conf /etc/redis/redis.conf
-
-# ---------------------------------------
-# Dev environment
-FROM base as dev
-ENV NODE_ENV='development'
-
-# Install Node.js and npm packages
-COPY --from=node_base /usr/local /usr/local
-COPY ./web/package*.json ./
-RUN npm ci
-
-COPY --chmod=0755 scripts/dev.sh /usr/src/app/dev.sh
-CMD ./dev.sh
+    && pip install --upgrade pip \
+    && echo "appendonly yes" >> /etc/redis/redis.conf \
+    && echo "dir /data/db/" >> /etc/redis/redis.conf
 
 # ---------------------------------------
 # Build frontend
 FROM node_base as frontend_builder
 
-COPY ./web/package*.json ./
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+COPY ./web/package.json ./web/package-lock.json ./
 RUN npm ci
 
 COPY ./web /usr/src/app/web/
@@ -52,14 +38,18 @@ RUN npm run build
 # Runtime environment
 FROM base as release
 
+# Set ENV
 ENV NODE_ENV='production'
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
+# Copy artifacts
 COPY --from=frontend_builder /usr/src/app/web/build /usr/src/app/api/static/
 COPY ./api /usr/src/app/api
-COPY --chmod=0755 scripts/deploy.sh /usr/src/app/deploy.sh
+COPY scripts/deploy.sh /usr/src/app/deploy.sh
 
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir ./api
+# Install api dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir ./api \
+    && chmod 755 /usr/src/app/deploy.sh
 
 EXPOSE 8008
 CMD ./deploy.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d86425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# ---------------------------------------
+# Base image for node
+FROM node:19-bullseye-slim as node_base
+
+# ---------------------------------------
+# Base image for runtime
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bullseye as base
+
+ENV TZ=Etc/UTC
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# Install Redis
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y curl wget gnupg cmake lsb-release build-essential \
+    && curl -fsSL https://packages.redis.io/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg \
+    && echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.redis.io/deb $(lsb_release -cs) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/redis.list \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y redis \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && mkdir -p /etc/redis /var/redis \
+    && pip install --upgrade pip \
+    && echo "appendonly yes" >> /etc/redis/redis.conf \
+    && echo "dir /data/db/" >> /etc/redis/redis.conf
+
+# ---------------------------------------
+# Dev environment
+FROM base as dev
+
+# Set ENV
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+ENV NODE_ENV='development'
+
+# Install node.js and npm packages
+COPY --from=node_base /usr/local /usr/local
+COPY scripts/dev.sh /usr/src/app/dev.sh
+COPY ./web/package.json ./web/package-lock.json ./
+
+RUN npm ci \
+    && chmod 755 /usr/src/app/dev.sh
+
+CMD ./dev.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3db6ef1..b14f5d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -186,5 +186,5 @@ To run Serge in development mode:
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/serge-chat/serge.git
-DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d --build
+docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d --build
 ```
diff --git a/api/test/healthcheck_models.py b/api/test/healthcheck_models.py
index 0bc09d4..14532d2 100644
--- a/api/test/healthcheck_models.py
+++ b/api/test/healthcheck_models.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import json
-import requests
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import huggingface_hub
 import pytest
-
-from pathlib import Path
+import requests
 
 # this test file specifically doesn't start with test_* so it's not picked up by pytest
 
diff --git a/config/redis.conf b/config/redis.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index f6527d3..0000000
--- a/config/redis.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-appendonly yes
-dir /data/db/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index dcc9c7a..1f5fd09 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ services:
     restart: on-failure
     build: 
       context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-      target: dev
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
     volumes:
       - ./web:/usr/src/app/web/
       - ./api:/usr/src/app/api/
@@ -16,4 +15,4 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   datadb:
-  weights:
\ No newline at end of file
+  weights: