diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 86255ea8f..d9ba84030 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./src/frontend
       dockerfile: ./dev.Dockerfile
+      args:
+        - BACKEND_URL=http://backend:7860
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
     volumes:
      - ./src/frontend/public:/home/node/app/public
      - ./src/frontend/src:/home/node/app/src
      - ./src/frontend/package.json:/home/node/app/package.json
-    restart: on-failure
+    restart: on-failure
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diff --git a/src/frontend/dev.Dockerfile b/src/frontend/dev.Dockerfile
index df7028c24..df5f7f5dc 100644
--- a/src/frontend/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/src/frontend/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 #baseline
-FROM node:19-alpine AS base
+FROM node:19-bullseye-slim AS base
 RUN mkdir -p /home/node/app
 RUN chown -R node:node /home/node && chmod -R 770 /home/node
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y jq
 WORKDIR /home/node/app
 
 # client build
 FROM base AS builder-client
+ARG BACKEND_URL
+ENV BACKEND_URL $BACKEND_URL
+RUN echo "BACKEND_URL: $BACKEND_URL"
+
 WORKDIR /home/node/app
 COPY --chown=node:node . ./
+
+COPY ./set_proxy.sh .
+RUN chmod +x set_proxy.sh && ./set_proxy.sh
+
 USER node
+
 RUN npm install --loglevel warn
 CMD ["npm", "start"]
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diff --git a/src/frontend/set_proxy.sh b/src/frontend/set_proxy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e9ad9f109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/set_proxy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# Edit package.json to set proxy
+backend_url=$BACKEND_URL
+echo "Setting proxy to $backend_url"
+# Load package.json file and edit proxy
+packagejson=$(cat package.json)
+
+packagejson=$(echo "$packagejson" | jq ".proxy = \"$backend_url\"")
+
+echo "$packagejson" > package.json