diff --git a/deploy/docker/dev.web.Dockerfile b/deploy/docker/dev.web.Dockerfile
index 24c037e7..6d45ab8f 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/dev.web.Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/docker/dev.web.Dockerfile
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
-FROM node:18 AS build
-
-RUN npm install -g serve
-COPY src/mqueryfront /app
-WORKDIR /app
-RUN npm install --legacy-peer-deps && npm run build
-
 FROM python:3.10
 
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app/src
+
 RUN apt update; apt install -y cmake
 
 # mquery and plugin requirements
 COPY requirements.txt src/plugins/requirements-*.txt /tmp/
 RUN ls /tmp/requirements*.txt | xargs -i,, pip --no-cache-dir install -r ,,
 
-COPY requirements.txt setup.py MANIFEST.in /usr/src/app/
-COPY src /usr/src/app/src/
-COPY --from=build "/app/dist" "/usr/src/app/src/mqueryfront/dist"
-RUN pip3 install /usr/src/app
-CMD uvicorn mquery.app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 5000 --reload
+CMD pip install -e /usr/src/app && uvicorn mquery.app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 5000 --reload
diff --git a/src/app.py b/src/app.py
index 761c50a9..6855f077 100644
--- a/src/app.py
+++ b/src/app.py
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ def serve_index_sub() -> FileResponse:
         directory=os.path.join(
             os.path.dirname(__file__), "mqueryfront", "dist"
         ),
+        check_dir=False,
         html=True,
     ),
 )