diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..caae998d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+**/node_modules/
+**/.gitignore
+**/README.md
+**/.vscode/
+**/Dockerfile
+**/out/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/sandbox-container/Dockerfile b/apps/sandbox-container/Dockerfile
index 5310d546..4f693abc 100644
--- a/apps/sandbox-container/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/sandbox-container/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-# Use an official Ubuntu as a base image
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
+###
+# STAGE: BASE
+###
+FROM node:22 AS base
 
 # Set non-interactive mode to avoid prompts during package installation
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
+# Setup pnpm
+ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
+ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
+RUN corepack enable
+
 # Use bash for the shell
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 
 # Update and install useful CLI utilities
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    curl \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl ca-certificates \
     git \
     htop \
     vim \
@@ -18,42 +24,35 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \
     nmap \
     sudo \
-    ca-certificates \
     lsb-release \
-    nodejs \
-    npm \
     python3 \
     python3-pip \
+    python3-matplotlib \
+    python3-numpy \
+    python3-pandas \
     && apt-get clean
 
-RUN pip3 install matplotlib numpy pandas
-
-# Install Node.js and Corepack
-RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | bash - \
-    && apt-get install -y nodejs \
-    && corepack enable
+###
+# STAGE: PRUNE -  Generate a partial monorepo for the sandbox-container app. The output will be placed into a directory named "out"
+###
+FROM base AS prune
+WORKDIR /app
+RUN pnpm install turbo --global
+COPY . .
+RUN turbo prune containers-starter
+
+###
+# STAGE: INSTALL & RUN
+###
+FROM base AS installer
+WORKDIR /app
 
-# ENV NODE_VERSION 22.14.0
+COPY --from=prune /app/out/ .
+RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile 
 
-# Download and install nvm
-# RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.2/install.sh | PROFILE="${BASH_ENV}" bash
-# RUN echo node > .nvmrc
-# RUN nvm install $NODE_VERSION
-# RUN nvm use $NODE_VERSION
-
-# Set working directory
-WORKDIR /app
+WORKDIR /app/apps/sandbox-container
 
 # Expose the port your Node.js server will run on
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-COPY . ./
-
-RUN npm i
-
-# add node and npm to path so the commands are available
-# ENV NODE_PATH $NVM_DIR/v$NODE_VERSION/lib/node_modules
-# ENV PATH $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin:$PATH
-
-# Default command (run your Node.js server here)
-CMD ["npm", "run", "start:container"]
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD ["pnpm", "run", "start:container"]
diff --git a/apps/sandbox-container/package.json b/apps/sandbox-container/package.json
index 69fbb859..fdc8b223 100644
--- a/apps/sandbox-container/package.json
+++ b/apps/sandbox-container/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		"check:types": "run-tsc",
 		"deploy": "wrangler deploy",
 		"dev": "concurrently \"tsx container/index.ts\" \"wrangler dev --var \"ENVIRONMENT:dev\"\"",
-		"build": "docker build .",
+		"build": "docker build -f Dockerfile ../../",
 		"start": "wrangler dev",
 		"start:container": "tsx container/index.ts",
 		"postinstall": "mkdir -p workdir",