diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c79a16c3a8ba..e98a95f734c2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ COPY ./mealie /app
 COPY ./mealie/data/templates/recipes.md /app/data/templates/
 COPY --from=build-stage /app/dist /app/dist
 
+ENV ENV prod
+
 CMD ["uvicorn", "app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "9000"]
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diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index 7e55d60080cd..725d6e3fdd10 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-# COPY ./mealie /app
+COPY ./mealie /app
 
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "python" ]
diff --git a/dev/dev-notes.md b/dev/dev-notes.md
index 95cd32e1cb52..eced010a5e1b 100644
--- a/dev/dev-notes.md
+++ b/dev/dev-notes.md
@@ -41,3 +41,17 @@ Backend
 # Draft Changelog
 ## v0.0.2
 
+General
+- Fixed opacity issues with marked steps - [mtoohey31](https://github.com/mtoohey31)
+- Updated Favicon
+- Renamed Frontend Window
+- Added Debug folder to dump scraper data prior to processing. 
+- Improved documentation
+- Added version tag / relevant links, and new version notifier 
+- Fixed hot-reloading development environment - [grssmnn][https://github.com/grssmnn]
+
+
+Recipes
+- Added user feedback on bad URL. 
+- Better backend data validation for updating recipes, avoid small syntax errors corrupting database entry. [Issue #8](https://github.com/hay-kot/mealie/issues/8)
+- Fixed spacing issue while editing new recipes in JSON
diff --git a/dev/scripts/docker-compose.dev.sh b/dev/scripts/docker-compose.dev.sh
index 3a4741345c0e..485e52f6661a 100755
--- a/dev/scripts/docker-compose.dev.sh
+++ b/dev/scripts/docker-compose.dev.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml build && docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml -p dev-mealie up -d 
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+docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml -p dev-mealie up --build
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diff --git a/dev/scripts/docker-compose.sh b/dev/scripts/docker-compose.sh
index 3336c7bc5227..e2fd9edcd926 100755
--- a/dev/scripts/docker-compose.sh
+++ b/dev/scripts/docker-compose.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-docker-compose build && docker-compose -p mealie up -d 
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+docker-compose -p mealie up --build
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diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index d9b9d4879f48..72b5f9a8415f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -2,23 +2,26 @@
 version: "3.1"
 services:
   # Vue Frontend
-  mealie:
+  mealie-frontend:
+    image: mealie-frontend:dev
     build:
       context: ./frontend
       dockerfile: frontend.Dockerfile
-    container_name: mealie_frontend
     restart: always
     ports:
       - 9920:8080
+    environment:
+      VUE_APP_API_BASE_URL: "http://mealie-api:9000"
     volumes:
-      - ./frontend:/app
+      - ./frontend/:/app
+      - /app/node_modules
 
   # Fast API
   mealie-api:
+    image: mealie-api:dev
     build:
       context: ./
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
-    container_name: mealie-api
     restart: always
     ports:
       - 9921:9000
diff --git a/frontend/frontend.Dockerfile b/frontend/frontend.Dockerfile
index 2cdab5876dc9..92f6eed1b673 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend.Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/frontend.Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY package*.json ./
 RUN npm install
 
 # copy project files and folders to the current working directory (i.e. 'app' folder)
-# COPY . .
+COPY . .
 
 # build app for production with minification
 # RUN npm run build
diff --git a/mealie/app.py b/mealie/app.py
index 66034519e4cf..0893c0eac2f1 100644
--- a/mealie/app.py
+++ b/mealie/app.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from pathlib import Path
+import os
 
 import uvicorn
 from fastapi import FastAPI
@@ -24,8 +25,10 @@ WEB_PATH = CWD.joinpath("dist")
 app = FastAPI()
 
 
-# Mount Vue Frontend
-app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=WEB_PATH, html=True))
+# Mount Vue Frontend only in production
+env = os.environ.get("ENV")
+if(env == "prod"):
+    app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=WEB_PATH, html=True))
 
 # API Routes
 app.include_router(recipe_routes.router)