diff --git a/app/.npmrc b/app/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97b895e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore-scripts=true
diff --git a/app/Dockerfile b/app/Dockerfile
index 49d1ad47..56ba683e 100644
--- a/app/Dockerfile
+++ b/app/Dockerfile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,source=package.json,target=package.json \
     npm ci --include=dev
 
 # install nodemon for hot-reloading
+COPY .npmrc .
 RUN npm install -g nodemon
 
 # Copy the rest of the source files into the image.