diff --git a/src/client/.dockerignore b/src/client/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a246ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
diff --git a/src/client/Dockerfile b/src/client/Dockerfile
index 8a019fe..e9ba5ed 100644
--- a/src/client/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/client/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ RUN mkdir /client
 
 RUN apk add bash curl file git unzip which zip gcompat wget tar xz
 
-ENTRYPOINT bash
+#ENTRYPOINT bash
 
 WORKDIR /client
 
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ RUN wget -O flutter.tar.xz https://storage.googleapis.com/flutter_infra_release/
 
 RUN tar xf flutter.tar.xz
 
-RUN echo `ls`
-
 ENV PATH="/client/flutter/bin/:${PATH}"
 
 RUN git config --global --add safe.directory /client/flutter
@@ -22,10 +20,12 @@ RUN flutter upgrade
 
 RUN flutter doctor
 
-COPY ./* /client/
+COPY ./ /client/
 
 RUN flutter build web
 
 WORKDIR /client/build/web
 
-CMD ["dart", "run", "dhttpd"]
+EXPOSE 80/tcp
+
+CMD ["dart", "run", "dhttpd", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "80"]
diff --git a/src/client/pubspec.yaml b/src/client/pubspec.yaml
index 6a313c7..c3b81ce 100644
--- a/src/client/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/src/client/pubspec.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
   http: ^1.3.0
 
 dev_dependencies:
+  dhttpd: ^4.1.0
   flutter_test:
     sdk: flutter
   very_good_analysis: ^6.0.0
diff --git a/src/docker-compose.yml b/src/docker-compose.yml
index 6b3fee8..e9f4c51 100644
--- a/src/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/src/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 services:
+  rev_proxy:
+    build: ./reverse-proxy
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:8080:80"
+    depends_on:
+      - server
+      - client
+    restart: unless-stopped
+  
   client:
     build: ./client
     restart: unless-stopped
+  
   server:
     build: ./server
     environment:
@@ -10,7 +20,8 @@ services:
     #  - "127.0.0.1:8080:80"
     restart: unless-stopped
     depends_on:
-      - neo4j
+      neo4j:
+        condition: service_healthy
   neo4j:
     image: neo4j:latest
     volumes:
@@ -18,19 +29,19 @@ services:
         - neo4jdata:/data
         - neo4jplugins:/plugins
     environment:
+      # neo4j isn't exposed to the internet so having the password checked into version control doesn't matter
         - NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/your_password
     ports:
       # useful for dev
       - "127.0.0.1:7474:7474"
       - "127.0.0.1:7687:7687"
     restart: unless-stopped
-  rev_proxy:
-    build: ./reverse-proxy
-    ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:8080:80"
-    depends_on:
-      - server
-    restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test: wget http://localhost:7474 || exit 1
+      interval: 1s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 20
+      start_period: 3s
 
 volumes:
   neo4jconfig:
diff --git a/src/reverse-proxy/Caddyfile b/src/reverse-proxy/Caddyfile
index 21a22e8..7afd44d 100644
--- a/src/reverse-proxy/Caddyfile
+++ b/src/reverse-proxy/Caddyfile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 :80 {
+    reverse_proxy client:80
     handle_path /api/* {
 	reverse_proxy server:80
     }
diff --git a/src/server/index.ts b/src/server/index.ts
index 7027229..bc1d43d 100644
--- a/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/index.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const graph_driver = neo4j.driver(
   neo4j.auth.basic("neo4j", "your_password"),
 );
 console.log("initializing graph with static data");
-graph_setup(graph_driver);
+await graph_setup(graph_driver);
 console.log("graph initialization complete");
 
 const db = new DatabaseSync(":memory:");