diff --git a/.justfile b/.justfile
index 1744558..36f73d9 100644
--- a/.justfile
+++ b/.justfile
@@ -23,6 +23,3 @@ deploy:
 clean:
   podman system prune --build
   cargo clean
-
-bump:
-  cog bump --auto
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6673aca..0000000
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Changelog
-All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) for commit guidelines.
-
-- - -
-## 0.1.0 - 2025-04-15
-#### Bug Fixes
-- prevent crash of ci due to artifacts upload - (e0b259c) - aleidk
-- gracefully handle no db password - (b22a5e5) - aleidk
-- embedded templates path on build - (8e1e366) - aleidk
-#### Build system
-- simplify build & run process of FE files - (6ee3457) - aleidk
-- add actions workflow for release - (9d2dc81) - aleidk
-- update dockerfile - (29756b9) - aleidk
-- add docker build files - (3c2d3cf) - aleidk
-#### Features
-- add basic configuration support - (3ff1f26) - aleidk
-- add mini-strap components - (e59ae1f) - aleidk
-- add basic htmx example - (ffca617) - aleidk
-- add htmx package - (17bf419) - aleidk
-- add sqlx transaction extractor to router - (a662b94) - aleidk
-- add sqlx basic config - (48afdac) - aleidk
-- add frontend compilation task with bun - (6b7642b) - aleidk
-- add minijinja as template engine - (6cb75aa) - aleidk
-- add error handling - (8d8388e) - aleidk
-- add basic template functionality - (6bf3947) - aleidk
-- add axium hello world - (0923ac1) - aleidk
-- add database service as dev dependency - (ca2ea91) - aleidk
-#### Miscellaneous Chores
-- update bump tasks - (c535ee2) - aleidk
-- remove unecesary dependencies - (48b0252) - aleidk
-- add build steps to justfile - (e379967) - aleidk
-- remove ci pipelines - (ba51990) - aleidk
-- add semantic version to pipeline - (5bd421f) - aleidk
-- fix restart when updating frontend files - (56a9c7b) - aleidk
-- add tracing logs - (5a9b871) - aleidk
-- add live reload features - (b6c909f) - aleidk
-- init cargo project - (5362d2b) - aleidk
-- initial commit - (7e331ee) - alecodes
-#### Refactoring
-- update dockerfile build - (d5e4886) - aleidk
-- change migration tool to sqlx - (49c8682) - aleidk
-- change css library to picocss - (27037a9) - aleidk
-- change asset handling - (1871610) - aleidk
-- build fronend via cli to allow watch mode - (e0e8700) - aleidk
-- re-structure frontend code - (3e0dd79) - aleidk
-#### Revert
-- refactor: build fronend via cli to allow watch mode - (cfaf7ec) - aleidk
-
-- - -
-
-Changelog generated by [cocogitto](https://github.com/cocogitto/cocogitto).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4994ada..fbbfed8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ FROM bun AS js-deps
 COPY package.json bun.lock /temp/dev/
 RUN cd /temp/dev && bun install --frozen-lockfile
 
+# copy node_modules from temp directory
+# then copy all (non-ignored) project files into the image
+FROM bun AS js-bundler
+COPY --from=js-deps /temp/dev/node_modules node_modules
+COPY frontend frontend
+COPY .devfiles/scripts/build-frontend.ts .devfiles/scripts/build-frontend.ts
+
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+RUN bun ./.devfiles/scripts/build-frontend.ts
+
 # ── Rust ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 FROM rust:slim AS builder
@@ -26,9 +36,9 @@ RUN adduser \
   --uid 10001 \
   appuser
 
+COPY --from=js-bundler /usr/src/app/dist dist
+
 COPY . .
-COPY --from=js-deps /usr/local/bin/bun /usr/local/bin/bun
-COPY --from=js-deps /temp/dev/node_modules node_modules
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/app/target/ \
   --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git/db \
diff --git a/cog.toml b/cog.toml
index 7d3f06a..e1f8ae4 100644
--- a/cog.toml
+++ b/cog.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ skip_ci = "[skip ci]"
 skip_untracked = false
 pre_bump_hooks = [
   "sed -E -i 's/(\"version\":) \"[0-9.]{5}\"/\\1 \"{{version|0.0.1}}\"/gi' package.json",
-  "just publish",
+  "cargo build --release",
   "echo 'bumping from {{latest|0.0.0}} to {{version|0.0.1}}'",
   "cargo bump {{version|0.0.1}}",
 ]
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5fbe37b..e8cb7aa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "compendium",
 	"module": "index.ts",
-	"version": "0.1.0",
+	"version": "0.0.0",
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@alecodes/tmpl-build-and-load": "^0.1.3",
 		"@types/bun": "latest"