diff --git a/apps/nextgen/.dockerignore b/apps/nextgen/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e57544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/nextgen/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+node_modules
+dist
+.env
+*.db
+*.db-shm
+*.db-wal
+*.sqlite
+.mavis
+outputs
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/ops/refresh_nextgen.sh b/ops/refresh_nextgen.sh
index 7dc557d..f62838d 100755
--- a/ops/refresh_nextgen.sh
+++ b/ops/refresh_nextgen.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo "Installing server dependencies..."
 cd server && npm install --production && cd ..
 
 echo "Building client..."
-cd client && npm install && npm run build && cd ..
+cd client && NODE_ENV=development npm install && npm run build && cd ..
 
 echo "Restarting Kubernetes deployment..."
 kubectl rollout restart deployment "$DEPLOYMENT" -n nextgen