diff --git a/apps/chat/Dockerfile b/apps/chat/Dockerfile
index 6f5ffaf..a5df282 100644
--- a/apps/chat/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/chat/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ FROM base AS installer
 RUN apk update
 RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat
 WORKDIR /app
+
+# Ensure pnpm has a root manifest even if the prune output is missing it.
+COPY --from=builder /app/package.json ./package.json
+COPY --from=builder /app/pnpm-workspace.yaml ./pnpm-workspace.yaml
+COPY --from=builder /app/pnpm-lock.yaml ./pnpm-lock.yaml
  
 # First install the dependencies
 COPY --from=builder /app/out/json/ .
@@ -44,4 +49,4 @@ WORKDIR /app/apps/chat
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["node", "dist/index.js"]
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+ENTRYPOINT ["node", "dist/index.js"]
diff --git a/apps/web/Dockerfile b/apps/web/Dockerfile
index bf841e8..19cebea 100644
--- a/apps/web/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/web/Dockerfile
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 COPY --from=builder /tmp/commit_hash /tmp/commit_hash
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# Ensure pnpm has a root manifest even if the prune output is missing it.
+COPY --from=builder /app/package.json ./package.json
+COPY --from=builder /app/pnpm-workspace.yaml ./pnpm-workspace.yaml
+COPY --from=builder /app/pnpm-lock.yaml ./pnpm-lock.yaml
+
 # First install the dependencies (as they change less often)
 COPY --from=builder /app/out/json/ .
 RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
@@ -92,4 +97,4 @@ COPY --from=installer --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/node_modules ./node_modules
 COPY --from=installer --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/package.json ./package.json
 COPY --from=installer --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/pnpm-workspace.yaml ./pnpm-workspace.yaml
 
-CMD ["/usr/local/bin/start.sh"]
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+CMD ["/usr/local/bin/start.sh"]