diff --git a/docker-compose.development.yml b/docker-compose.development.yml
index 467f95f8d..5035e31b9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.development.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.development.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ services:
         APP_VERSION: ${GIT_BRANCH}
         VITE_API_URL: https://${FMTM_API_DOMAIN:-api.${FMTM_DOMAIN}}
         VITE_SYNC_URL: https://${FMTM_SYNC_DOMAIN:-sync.${FMTM_DOMAIN}}
-        NODE_ENV: development
     volumes:
       - fmtm_frontend:/frontend
     network_mode: none
diff --git a/docker-compose.main.yml b/docker-compose.main.yml
index da8683b78..475f9f88b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.main.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.main.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ services:
         APP_VERSION: main
         VITE_API_URL: https://${FMTM_API_DOMAIN:-api.${FMTM_DOMAIN}}
         VITE_SYNC_URL: https://${FMTM_SYNC_DOMAIN:-sync.${FMTM_DOMAIN}}
-        NODE_ENV: production
     volumes:
       - fmtm_frontend:/frontend
     network_mode: none
diff --git a/src/Dockerfile.ui.debug b/src/Dockerfile.ui.debug
index 951036499..c01d3698a 100755
--- a/src/Dockerfile.ui.debug
+++ b/src/Dockerfile.ui.debug
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
 ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
 RUN corepack enable && corepack use pnpm@9.3.0
 RUN pnpm install
-ENV NODE_ENV development
 ENTRYPOINT ["pnpm", "run", "dev"]
diff --git a/src/Dockerfile.ui.prod b/src/Dockerfile.ui.prod
index 70bf2db8b..9eed9fbd0 100644
--- a/src/Dockerfile.ui.prod
+++ b/src/Dockerfile.ui.prod
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-FROM docker.io/node:20 AS base
-ARG NODE_ENV
+FROM docker.io/node:20-slim AS base
 ARG VITE_API_URL
 ARG VITE_SYNC_URL
 ENV VITE_API_URL=${VITE_API_URL} \
     VITE_SYNC_URL=${VITE_SYNC_URL} \
-    NODE_ENV=${NODE_ENV} \
     PNPM_HOME="/pnpm" \
     PATH="$PATH:/pnpm"
 RUN corepack enable && corepack use pnpm@9.3.0
@@ -15,14 +13,14 @@ FROM base AS manager-frontend
 COPY frontend/package.json frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml ./
 RUN pnpm install
 COPY frontend/ .
-RUN pnpm run build --mode ${NODE_ENV}
+RUN pnpm run build
 
 
 FROM base AS mapper-frontend
 COPY mapper/package.json mapper/pnpm-lock.yaml ./
 RUN pnpm install
 COPY mapper/ .
-RUN pnpm run build --mode ${NODE_ENV}
+RUN pnpm run build
 
 
 FROM docker.io/rclone/rclone:1 AS prod