diff --git a/.devcontainer/api.dockerfile b/.devcontainer/api.dockerfile
index 04f2b5b0..591306d5 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/api.dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/api.dockerfile
@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ EXPOSE 8000 8383 8005
 RUN groupadd -g 1000 tactical && \
     useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 tactical
 
-# Copy Dev python reqs
-COPY ./requirements.txt /
+# Copy nats-api file
+COPY natsapi/bin/nats-api /usr/local/bin/
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/nats-api
 
-# Copy Docker Entrypoint
-COPY ./entrypoint.sh /
+# Copy dev python reqs
+COPY .devcontainer/requirements.txt  /
+
+# Copy docker entrypoint.sh
+COPY .devcontainer/entrypoint.sh /
 RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
 
 WORKDIR ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/api/tacticalrmm
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
index 10a57c41..a21966a9 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ services:
     image: api-dev
     restart: always
     build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: ./api.dockerfile
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: .devcontainer/api.dockerfile
     command: ["tactical-api"]
     environment:
       API_PORT: ${API_PORT}
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ services:
   init-dev:
     container_name: trmm-init-dev
     image: api-dev
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: ./api.dockerfile
     restart: on-failure
     command: ["tactical-init-dev"]
     environment:
@@ -156,9 +153,6 @@ services:
   celery-dev:
     container_name: trmm-celery-dev
     image: api-dev
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: ./api.dockerfile
     command: ["tactical-celery-dev"]
     restart: always
     networks:
@@ -174,9 +168,6 @@ services:
   celerybeat-dev:
     container_name: trmm-celerybeat-dev
     image: api-dev
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: ./api.dockerfile
     command: ["tactical-celerybeat-dev"]
     restart: always
     networks:
@@ -192,9 +183,6 @@ services:
   websockets-dev:
     container_name: trmm-websockets-dev
     image: api-dev
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: ./api.dockerfile
     command: ["tactical-websockets-dev"]
     restart: always
     networks:
@@ -234,9 +222,6 @@ services:
     container_name: trmm-mkdocs-dev
     image: api-dev
     restart: always
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: ./api.dockerfile
     command: ["tactical-mkdocs-dev"]
     ports:
       - "8005:8005"
diff --git a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/utils.py b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/utils.py
index 6969e079..2839fe93 100644
--- a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/utils.py
+++ b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/utils.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def run_nats_api_cmd(mode: str, ids: list[str] = [], timeout: int = 30) -> None:
             "dbname": db["NAME"],
         }
 
-    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as fp:
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir="/opt/tactical/tmp" if settings.DOCKER_BUILD else None) as fp:
         with open(fp.name, "w") as f:
             json.dump(config, f)