diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/Dockerfile b/packages/frontend-2/Dockerfile
index 66c10c633..891bbf03a 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ FROM node:18-bookworm-slim@sha256:c569d19289293797aefad0473a046d882f1b9eb0f444e9
 ARG NODE_ENV=production
 ARG SPECKLE_SERVER_VERSION=custom
 
+# have to build w/ sourcemaps and then delete them, cause otherwise the file hashes are different (absurd, i know...)
+ENV BUILD_SOURCEMAPS=true
+
 WORKDIR /speckle-server
 
 COPY .yarnrc.yml .
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ COPY packages/frontend-2 ./packages/frontend-2/
 RUN yarn workspaces focus -A
 # hadolint ignore=DL3059
 RUN yarn workspaces foreach run build
+RUN find ./packages/frontend-2/.output/ -type f -name "*.js.map" -exec rm -f {} \;
 
 ENV TINI_VERSION v0.19.0
 ADD https://github.com/krallin/tini/releases/download/${TINI_VERSION}/tini /tini
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/nuxt.config.ts b/packages/frontend-2/nuxt.config.ts
index 43c596779..6c6dc8d08 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ const buildSourceMaps = ['1', 'true', true, 1].includes(BUILD_SOURCEMAPS)
 
 // https://v3.nuxtjs.org/api/configuration/nuxt.config
 export default defineNuxtConfig({
-  // sourcemaps in prod only needed for datadog and should be deleted after (or at least made inaccessible?)
-  sourcemap: !!buildSourceMaps,
+  ...(buildSourceMaps ? { sourcemap: true } : {}),
   typescript: {
     shim: false,
     strict: true