diff --git a/.build/Dockerfile b/.build/Dockerfile
index 1130980a..ae12395b 100644
--- a/.build/Dockerfile
+++ b/.build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,29 @@
+# syntax = docker/dockerfile-upstream:master-labs
 FROM ubuntu:20.04 as build
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl bash
-RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash -
-RUN apt-get install -y nodejs gcc g++ make libpixman-1-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libjpeg8-dev libgif-dev jq
-
+RUN --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/var/cache/apt <<EOT
+#!/bin/bash
+apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl bash
+curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash -
+apt-get install -y nodejs gcc g++ make libpixman-1-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libjpeg8-dev libgif-dev jq unzip wget
+EOT
 WORKDIR /double-take/api
 COPY /api/package.json .
-RUN npm install --production
+RUN --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/src <<EOT
+#!/bin/bash
+mkdir -p /src
+cd /src
+wget https://sqlite.org/2022/sqlite-amalgamation-3380500.zip
+unzip sqlite-amalgamation-3380500.zip && rm sqlite-amalgamation-3380500.zip
+mv sqlite* sqlite
+cd sqlite
+sed  -i '1i #define SQLITE_MAX_VARIABLE_NUMBER 65532' sqlite3.c
+
+cd /double-take/api
+npm install --production
+curl -L https://gobinaries.com/tj/node-prune | /bin/sh && node-prune
+EOT
 
 WORKDIR /double-take/frontend
 COPY /frontend/package.json .
@@ -23,7 +39,7 @@ COPY /frontend/public ./public
 COPY /frontend/.env.production /frontend/vue.config.js /frontend/babel.config.js /frontend/.eslintrc.js ./
 
 RUN npm run build
-RUN mv dist /tmp/dist && rm -r * && mv /tmp/dist/* .
+RUN --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/tmp mv dist /tmp/dist && rm -r * && mv /tmp/dist/* .
 
 WORKDIR /
 RUN mkdir /.storage
diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index d417df8e..d6c8ed07 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   "description": "Unified UI and API for processing and training images for facial recognition",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node server.js",
-    "debug": "nodemon server.js"
+    "debug": "nodemon server.js",
+    "preinstall": "npm install better-sqlite3@'^7.5.3' --no-save --build-from-source --sqlite3=\"/src/sqlite\""
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@
     "@mhoc/axios-digest-auth": "^0.8.0",
     "archiver": "^5.3.1",
     "axios": "^0.27.2",
-    "better-sqlite3": "^7.5.3",
     "canvas": "^2.9.1",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "execution-time": "^1.4.1",