diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index c417a650..0c1a4129 100755
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-web: node api/dist/main
+web: yarn -cwd api start:prod
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 1faa108a..987600b3 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
       "description": "Database secret",
       "generator": "secret"
     },
-    "NODE_ENV": {
-      "description": "Node environment (production or development)",
-      "value": "production"
+    "NPM_CONFIG_PRODUCTION": {
+      "description": "Allow Dev Dependencies so we can compile typescript",
+      "value": "false"
     }
    },
   "addons": [