diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11ee758..118b759 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+.env
 .env.local
+
diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index dfd0b94..49a2c16 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ services:
       - rems_dev_test-ehr-bin:/test-ehr/bin
       - rems_dev_test-ehr-build:/test-ehr/build
       - rems_dev_test-ehr-target:/test-ehr/target
-      - rems_dev_test-ehr-logs:/test-ehr/logs
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
 
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - rems_dev_rems-smart-on-fhir-sync:/home/node/app/rems-smart-on-fhir:nocopy #  nocopy is important
       - rems_dev_rems-smart-on-fhir-nodeModules:/home/node/app/rems-smart-on-fhir/node_modules
-      - rems_dev_rems-smart-on-fhir-logs:/home/node/app/rems-smart-on-fhir/logs
 
   rems-administrator:
     build:
@@ -106,9 +104,10 @@ services:
       REMS_ADMIN_BASE: http://rems-administrator:8090
       MONGO_URL: mongodb://pims_remsadmin_mongo:27017/pims
     volumes:
-      - rems_dev_pims-sync:/home/node/app/pims:nocopy
-      - rems_dev_pims-nodeModules:/home/node/app/pims/node_modules
-      - rems_dev_pims-logs:/home/node/app/pims/logs
+      - rems_dev_pims-sync:/home/node/app:nocopy
+      - rems_dev_pims-nodeModules:/home/node/app/frontend/node_modules
+      - rems_dev_pims-backend-nodeModules:/home/node/app/backend/node_modules
+      - rems_dev_pims-backend-dist:/home/node/app/backend/dist
 
 volumes:
   rems_dev_test-ehr-sync:
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ volumes:
   rems_dev_test-ehr-bin:
   rems_dev_test-ehr-build:
   rems_dev_test-ehr-target:
-  rems_dev_test-ehr-logs:
   rems_dev_crd-resources-build:
   rems_dev_request-generator-nodeModules:
   rems_dev_request-generator-databaseData:
@@ -136,7 +134,10 @@ volumes:
   rems_dev_request-generator-logs:
   rems_dev_pims-logs:
   rems_dev_pims-nodeModules:
+  rems_dev_pims-backend-nodeModules:
+  rems_dev_pims-backend-dist:
   rems_dev_rems-admin-nodeModules:
   rems_dev_rems-admin-logs:
   rems_dev_rems-smart-on-fhir-nodeModules:
   rems_dev_rems-smart-on-fhir-logs:
+
diff --git a/docker-sync.yml b/docker-sync.yml
index 5bd0efe..d271cf7 100644
--- a/docker-sync.yml
+++ b/docker-sync.yml
@@ -4,20 +4,21 @@ options:
 syncs: 
   rems_dev_test-ehr-sync:
     src: ../test-ehr
-    sync_excludes: ['.gradle', 'bin', 'build', 'target', 'logs']
+    sync_excludes: ['./.gradle', './bin', './build', './target']
 
   rems_dev_request-generator-sync:
     src: '../request-generator'
-    sync_excludes: ['node_modules', 'build', 'databaseData', 'logs']
+    sync_excludes: ['node_modules', 'build', 'databaseData']
+
 
   rems_dev_rems-smart-on-fhir-sync:  
     src: '../rems-smart-on-fhir'
-    sync_excludes: ['node_modules', 'logs']
+    sync_excludes: ['./node_modules']
 
   rems_dev_rems-admin-sync:
     src: '../rems-admin'
-    sync_excludes: ['node_modules', 'logs']
+    sync_excludes: ['node_modules']
 
   rems_dev_pims-sync:  
     src: '../pims'
-    sync_excludes: ['node_modules', 'logs']
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+    sync_excludes: ['./frontend/node_modules', './backend/node_modules', './backend/dist']
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