diff --git a/apps/api/Dockerfile b/apps/api/Dockerfile
index 88ce4c87..7f34076c 100644
--- a/apps/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/api/Dockerfile
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
 RUN corepack enable
 
 COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 package.json turbo.json pnpm-*.yaml ./
-COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 apps/api/package.json apps/api/tsconfig.json apps/api/
-COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 packages packages
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm,target=/pnpm/store \
-	pnpm install --ignore-scripts --frozen-lockfile && \
-	rm -rf /root/.npm /root/.node-gyp /tmp/npm-*
+pnpm install --ignore-scripts --frozen-lockfile && \
+rm -rf /root/.npm /root/.node-gyp /tmp/npm-*
+
+COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 packages packages
+COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 apps/api/package.json apps/api/tsconfig.json apps/api/
+
 
 COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 apps/api/src apps/api/src
 
@@ -27,20 +29,20 @@ RUN pnpm db:generate-types && \
 	pnpm build:api && \
 	pnpm sourcemaps:api
 
-USER node
+# USER node
 
 FROM node:20-alpine AS prod
 
 # Don't run production as root
 USER node
 
-ENV NODE_ENV=dev
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 --from=build /app/node_modules /app/node_modules
-COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 --from=build /app/apps/api/node_modules /app/apps/api/node_modules
-COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 --from=build /app/apps/api/dist /app/apps/api/dist
+# COPY --chown=root:root --chmod=755 --from=build /app/node_modules /app/node_modules
+COPY --chown=node:node --chmod=755 --from=build /app/apps/api/node_modules /app/apps/api/node_modules
+COPY --chown=node:node --chmod=755 --from=build /app/apps/api/dist /app/apps/api/dist
 
 EXPOSE ${API_PORT}