diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 28e2caa51..4a93b252f 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ frontend/.env
 #backend
 backend/src/credentials/*.json
 backend/.env
-backend/build
+backend/dist
diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 37c1ee398..9ca212079 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-backend/build
+backend/dist
 backend/__migration__
 docker
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index d4cf9884b..c53dcd8a2 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "watch": "tsc --build --watch",
     "clean": "tsc --build --clean",
     "ts-check": "tsc --noEmit",
-    "start": "npm run build && node ./build/server.js",
+    "start": "npm run build && node ./dist/server.js",
     "test": "vitest run",
     "test-coverage": "vitest run --coverage",
     "dev": "concurrently \"tsx watch --clear-screen=false ./src/server.ts\" \"tsc --preserveWatchOutput --noEmit --watch\" \"npx eslint-watch \"./src/**/*.ts\"\"",
diff --git a/backend/tsconfig.json b/backend/tsconfig.json
index e38d278a5..45c6de452 100644
--- a/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "@monkeytype/typescript-config/base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "build",
+    "outDir": "dist",
     "target": "ES6",
     "noImplicitAny": false,
     "strictFunctionTypes": false,
diff --git a/docker/backend/Dockerfile b/docker/backend/Dockerfile
index 312cb387a..7afae26dd 100644
--- a/docker/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN npm run build
 RUN npm install --install-strategy=nested --omit=dev --workspace=backend --ignore-scripts
 
 ## to build directory
-WORKDIR /app/backend/build
+WORKDIR /app/backend/dist
 
 ## logs 
 RUN mkdir logs
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index d34a8b0d8..95edb8ec6 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ services:
       #  read_only: true
       - type: bind
         source: ./backend-configuration.json
-        target: /app/backend/build/backend-configuration.json
+        target: /app/backend/dist/backend-configuration.json
         read_only: true
     depends_on:
       monkeytype-redis: