diff --git a/config/update.js b/config/update.js
index f27a271d27..5a36326f23 100644
--- a/config/update.js
+++ b/config/update.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async function validateDockerRunning() {
     console.purple('Building new LibreChat image...');
     const buildCommand = `${sudo}docker-compose ${
       singleCompose ? '-f ./docs/dev/single-compose.yml ' : ''
-    }build`;
+    }build --no-cache`;
     console.orange(buildCommand);
     execSync(buildCommand, { stdio: 'inherit' });
   } else {
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7a450c0397..b4f0930123 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ services:
       - MEILI_HOST=http://meilisearch:7700
       - MEILI_HTTP_ADDR=meilisearch:7700
     volumes:
+      - /app/client/node_modules # node_modules mapping necessary for module persistence
+      - /app/api/node_modules
       - ./api:/app/api
       - ./.env:/app/.env
       - ./.env.development:/app/.env.development