diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ff8202d..a717265 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
-FROM python:3.8-bullseye
+FROM nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20-slim
 LABEL maintainer="hello@wagtail.org"
 
 # Set environment varibles
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
 # Install libenchant and create the requirements folder.
 RUN apt-get update -y \
-    && apt-get install -y libenchant-2-dev postgresql-client \
+    && apt-get install -y libenchant-2-dev postgresql-client libpq-dev gcc make git \
     && mkdir -p /code/requirements
 
 # Install the bakerydemo project's dependencies into the image.
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ RUN cd /code/wagtail/ \
 COPY ./libs/Willow /code/willow/
 RUN cd /code/willow/ \
     && pip install -e .[testing]
+
+# Copy the npm dependencies and install them.
+COPY ./wagtail/package.json ./wagtail/package-lock.json ./
+RUN npm --prefix / install --loglevel info
diff --git a/Dockerfile.frontend b/Dockerfile.frontend
deleted file mode 100644
index 305c174..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile.frontend
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-FROM node:18-slim
-LABEL maintainer="hello@wagtail.org"
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install rsync make -y
-COPY ./wagtail/package.json ./wagtail/package-lock.json ./
-
-RUN npm --prefix / install --loglevel info
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 341cd11..ce1beb5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
     container_name: "web"
     build: ./
     working_dir: /code/bakerydemo
-    command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+    command: bash -c "cd /code/wagtail && npm run start & python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
     restart: "no"
     volumes:
       - ./wagtail:/code/wagtail:delegated,rw
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ services:
       PYTHONPATH: "/code/wagtail:/code/bakerydemo"
     depends_on:
       - db
-      - frontend
   db:
     container_name: "db"
     image: postgres:12.3-alpine
@@ -35,15 +34,3 @@ services:
     restart: "no"
     expose:
       - "5432"
-  frontend:
-    container_name: "frontend"
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile.frontend
-    working_dir: /code/wagtail
-    volumes:
-      - ./wagtail:/code/wagtail:delegated,rw
-      - node_modules:/code/wagtail/node_modules/
-    command: bash -c "echo 'Copying node_modules, this may take a few minutes...' && rsync -rah --info=progress2 /node_modules /code/wagtail/ && npm run start"
-    restart: "no"
-    tty: true