diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index ac27b43eb361662b7452048dba882c814b272fde..6a7e219519bfc587a3d30f0548cb142c43ca94fc 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 FROM node:18
 
+WORKDIR /home/node/app
+
 # First copy only files necessary for installing dependencies, so that we can
 # cache that step even when our own source code changes.
 COPY package.json yarn.lock .