diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
index 35171164..7639642f 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,22 +22,6 @@ services:
         aliases:
           - tactical-backend
 
-  app-dev:
-    container_name: trmm-app-dev
-    image: node:16-alpine
-    restart: always
-    command: /bin/sh -c "npm install --cache ~/.npm && npm run serve"
-    user: 1000:1000
-    working_dir: /workspace/web
-    volumes:
-      - ..:/workspace:cached
-    ports:
-      - "8080:${APP_PORT}"
-    networks:
-      dev:
-        aliases:
-          - tactical-frontend
-
   # nats
   nats-dev:
     container_name: trmm-nats-dev
diff --git a/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh b/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
index 47e6ee44..d12c80de 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ set -e
 : "${MESH_PASS:=meshcentralpass}"
 : "${MESH_HOST:=tactical-meshcentral}"
 : "${API_HOST:=tactical-backend}"
-: "${APP_HOST:=tactical-frontend}"
 : "${REDIS_HOST:=tactical-redis}"
-: "${HTTP_PROTOCOL:=http}"
-: "${APP_PORT:=8080}"
 : "${API_PORT:=8000}"
 
 : "${CERT_PRIV_PATH:=${TACTICAL_DIR}/certs/privkey.pem}"
@@ -142,16 +139,6 @@ if [ "$1" = 'tactical-init-dev' ]; then
 
   django_setup
 
-  # create .env file for frontend
-  webenv="$(cat << EOF
-PROD_URL = "${HTTP_PROTOCOL}://${API_HOST}"
-DEV_URL = "${HTTP_PROTOCOL}://${API_HOST}"
-DEV_PORT = ${APP_PORT}
-DOCKER_BUILD = 1
-EOF
-)"
-  echo "${webenv}" | tee "${WORKSPACE_DIR}"/web/.env > /dev/null
-
   # chown everything to tactical user
   chown -R "${TACTICAL_USER}":"${TACTICAL_USER}" "${WORKSPACE_DIR}"
   chown -R "${TACTICAL_USER}":"${TACTICAL_USER}" "${TACTICAL_DIR}"
diff --git a/.devcontainer/requirements.txt b/.devcontainer/requirements.txt
index 9f68525a..1216cd23 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/requirements.txt
+++ b/.devcontainer/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
--r ../api/tacticalrmm/requirements.txt
--r ../api/tacticalrmm/requirements-dev.txt
--r ../api/tacticalrmm/requirements-test.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+-r /workspace/api/tacticalrmm/requirements.txt
+-r /workspace/api/tacticalrmm/requirements-dev.txt
+-r /workspace/api/tacticalrmm/requirements-test.txt