diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1ff096d..5d5d1b2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ COPY apps/backend/package.json ./apps/backend/
 RUN pnpm config set store-dir /app/.pnpm-store \
  && pnpm config set registry ${NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY}
 
-# Prefetch tarballs to the store, then install offline to avoid flaky networks
+# Prefetch only backend dependencies, then install offline without running scripts
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-store,target=/app/.pnpm-store \
-    pnpm fetch --filter backend... \
- && pnpm install --filter backend... --offline --frozen-lockfile
+    pnpm fetch --filter ./apps/backend \
+ && pnpm -C apps/backend install --offline --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts
 
 FROM deps AS build
 COPY apps ./apps
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ COPY apps/backend/package.json ./apps/backend/
 # Bring over the prefetched store and deploy production deps offline
 COPY --from=deps /app/.pnpm-store /app/.pnpm-store
 RUN pnpm config set store-dir /app/.pnpm-store \
- && pnpm --offline deploy --filter backend /app/apps/backend
+ && pnpm --offline deploy --filter ./apps/backend --prod --ignore-scripts /app/apps/backend
 COPY --from=build /app/apps/backend/dist ./apps/backend/dist
 WORKDIR /app/apps/backend
 EXPOSE 4000