diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 082f221a..bd521474 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-FROM node:lts-alpine3.12 AS build
+FROM node:lts-alpine AS build
 RUN apk add --no-cache make gcc g++ python3 linux-headers udev tzdata
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY package*.json ./
+COPY defaultConfig.json config.json
 RUN npm ci
 COPY . .
 RUN npm run build
-RUN npm ci --production
+RUN npm ci --omit=dev
 
-FROM node:lts-alpine3.12 as prod
+FROM node:lts-alpine as prod
 RUN apk add git
 RUN mkdir /app && chown node:node /app
 WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/config/Config.ts b/config/Config.ts
index 041ca924..af2543ba 100755
--- a/config/Config.ts
+++ b/config/Config.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Config {
         // RKS 05-18-20: This originally had multiple points of failure where it was not in the try/catch.
         try {
             this._isLoading = true;
-            this._cfg = fs.existsSync(this.cfgPath) ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(this.cfgPath, "utf8")) : {};
+            this._cfg = fs.existsSync(this.cfgPath) ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(this.cfgPath, "utf8").trim()) : {};
             const def = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(process.cwd(), "/defaultConfig.json"), "utf8").trim());
             const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(process.cwd(), "/package.json"), "utf8").trim());
             this._cfg = extend(true, {}, def, this._cfg, { appVersion: packageJson.version });