diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5bebe49f..e0d774db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ functions/generated_apps
 
 backend/onprem/app_sdk/apps
 *test.py
+shuffle-apps/*
diff --git a/backend/go-app/walkoff.go b/backend/go-app/walkoff.go
index 0c8d4a82..bd3ba433 100644
--- a/backend/go-app/walkoff.go
+++ b/backend/go-app/walkoff.go
@@ -3499,6 +3499,8 @@ func handleAppHotloadRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	log.Printf("Starting app hotloading")
+
 	// Just need to be logged in
 	// FIXME - should have some permissions?
 	user, err := handleApiAuthentication(resp, request)
@@ -3518,7 +3520,7 @@ func handleAppHotloadRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 	location := os.Getenv("APP_HOTLOAD_FOLDER")
 	if len(location) == 0 {
 		resp.WriteHeader(500)
-		resp.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"success": false, "reason": "APP_HOTLOAD_FOLDER not specified in .env"}`, err)))
+		resp.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"success": false, "reason": "APP_HOTLOAD_FOLDER not specified in .env"}`)))
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -3526,7 +3528,7 @@ func handleAppHotloadRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 	err = handleAppHotload(location)
 	if err != nil {
 		resp.WriteHeader(500)
-		resp.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"success": false, "reason": "Failed loading apps: %s"}`, err)))
+		resp.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"success": false, "reason": "Failed loading apps: %s"}`)))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 57af874a..48e707af 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: '3'
 services:
   frontend:
-    build: ./frontend
+    #build: ./frontend
     image: frikky/shuffle:frontend
     container_name: shuffle-frontend
     hostname: shuffle-frontend
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ services:
       - ORG_ID=${ORG_ID}
       - DATASTORE_EMULATOR_HOST=shuffle-database:8000
       - APP_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION=${APP_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}
+      - APP_HOTLOAD_FOLDER=/shuffle-apps
     restart: unless-stopped
     depends_on:
       - database