diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index 903136a..4b445ec 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 FROM artifacts.developer.gov.bc.ca/docker-remote/node:lts-alpine3.13
 
-ENV npm_config_cache /tmp/npm
-RUN mkdir -p /tmp/npm \
-    && chmod -R 777 /tmp/npm
-
 RUN mkdir -p /logs
 RUN chmod 755 /logs
 
@@ -15,4 +11,4 @@ RUN npm ci
 COPY . /api
 RUN npm run build
 EXPOSE 443 3000
-CMD ["npm", "start"]
+CMD ["node", "--max-old-space-size=250", "-r", "module-alias/register", "./dist/src/report-generation-application.js"]