diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0ee03ca..9c405fe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ COPY --from=builder /app/.output /app/.output
 COPY --from=builder /app/drizzle /app/drizzle
 COPY --from=builder /app/package*.json ./
 
-RUN mkdir -p /app/uploads /app/data
+RUN npm ci --omit=dev && mkdir -p /app/uploads /app/data
 
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 ENV NITRO_PORT=3000
diff --git a/nuxt.config.ts b/nuxt.config.ts
index c2bd265..8b8ddc4 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,5 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
     experimental: {
       asyncContext: true,
     },
-    externals: {
-      external: ["better-sqlite3", "pdf-parse", "multer"],
-    },
   },
 });