diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.homelab.yml b/docker/docker-compose.homelab.yml
index f7454fdc..365f6a43 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.homelab.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.homelab.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
     extends:
       file: ./app/docker-compose.yml
       service: app
-    command: npx vite build
+    command: '/bin/bash -c "npm ci && npx vite build"'
     environment:
       LACUNA_ASSETS_URL: https://lacuna.allosaurus-chromatic.ts.net/assets/
       LACUNA_SERVER_URL: https://lacuna.allosaurus-chromatic.ts.net
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ services:
       file: ./server/docker-compose.yml
       service: server
     restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      # Disables the prod-only size-limit / profiling middleware (bin/lacuna.psgi).
+      TLE_NO_MIDDLEWARE: 1
     volumes:
       - ./server/etc-homelab:/home/lacuna/server/etc
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.test.yml b/docker/docker-compose.test.yml
index fff9597a..cf2d5bba 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.test.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.test.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ services:
     extends:
       file: ./app/docker-compose.yml
       service: app
-    command: npx vite build
+    command: '/bin/bash -c "npm ci && npx vite build"'
     environment:
       LACUNA_ASSETS_URL: https://lacuna-test.allosaurus-chromatic.ts.net/assets/
       LACUNA_SERVER_URL: https://lacuna-test.allosaurus-chromatic.ts.net
diff --git a/docker/tailscale/docker-compose.yml b/docker/tailscale/docker-compose.yml
index 152d2c6c..86b0298e 100644
--- a/docker/tailscale/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/tailscale/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ services:
     cap_add:
       - net_admin
       - sys_module
-    # restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/v2-api/index.ts b/v2-api/index.ts
index b1a55533..d5fd1b64 100644
--- a/v2-api/index.ts
+++ b/v2-api/index.ts
@@ -175,18 +175,31 @@ app.post('/v2/:module/:method', async (req, res) => {
   }
 
   console.log(`hitting /${reqModule} with:`, body);
-  const response = await fetch(`http://server:5000/${reqModule}`, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: {
-      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify(body),
-  });
-  const result = await response.json();
-  console.log('status', response.status);
-  console.log('result', result);
-
-  res.status(response.status).json(result);
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(`http://server:5000/${reqModule}`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        // TODO pass real port through
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify(body),
+    });
+    const result = await response.json();
+    console.log('status', response.status);
+    console.log('result', result);
+
+    res.status(response.status).json(result);
+  } catch (e: unknown) {
+    console.error('Unknown error', e);
+    res.status(500).json({
+      id: 1,
+      jsonrpc: '2.0',
+      error: {
+        code: 1002,
+        message: 'An unknown server error occurred in the TLE infrastructure.',
+      },
+    });
+  }
 });
 
 app.listen(port, () => {