diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 428469c80..91651f061 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -92,15 +92,17 @@
     "postinstall": "echo 'when updating react-big-calendar, remember to check to localizer in the calendar wrapper'",
     "analyze": "source-map-explorer 'build/static/js/*.js'",
     "start": "vite",
-    "build": "dotenvx run --env-file=.env.development.imex --env-file=.env.development.local.overrides -- vite build",
+    "build": "vite build",
+    "build:dev:imex": "dotenvx run --env-file=.env.development.imex --env-file=.env.development.local.overrides -- vite build",
+    "build:dev:rome": "dotenvx run --env-file=.env.development.rome --env-file=.env.development.local.overrides -- vite build",
+    "build:test:imex": "dotenvx run --env-file=.env.test.imex -- vite build",
+    "build:test:rome": "dotenvx run --env-file=.env.test.rome -- vite build",
+    "build:production:imex": "env-cmd -f .env.production.imex vite build",
+    "build:production:rome": "env-cmd -f .env.production.rome vite build",
     "start:imex": "dotenvx run --env-file=.env.development.imex --env-file=.env.development.local.overrides -- vite",
     "start:rome": "dotenvx run --env-file=.env.development.rome --env-file=.env.development.local.overrides -- vite",
     "preview:imex": "dotenvx run --env-file=.env.development.imex --env-file=.env.development.local.overrides -- vite preview",
     "preview:rome": "dotenvx run --env-file=.env.development.rome --env-file=.env.development.local.overrides -- vite preview",
-    "build:test:imex": "env-cmd -f .env.test.imex -- npm run build",
-    "build:test:rome": "env-cmd -f .env.test.rome -- npm run build",
-    "build:production:imex": "env-cmd -f .env.production.imex -- npm run build",
-    "build:production:rome": "env-cmd -f .env.production.rome -- npm run build",
     "madge": "madge  --image ./madge-graph.svg --extensions js,jsx,ts,tsx --circular .",
     "eulaize": "node src/utils/eulaize.js",
     "test:unit": "vitest run",
diff --git a/client/vite.config.js b/client/vite.config.js
index 99fadd0c3..4886ef13a 100644
--- a/client/vite.config.js
+++ b/client/vite.config.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { VitePWA } from "vite-plugin-pwa";
 import InstanceRenderManager from "./src/utils/instanceRenderMgr";
 import browserslist from "browserslist";
 import { browserslistToTargets } from "lightningcss";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { dirname, resolve } from "path";
 
 process.env.VITE_APP_GIT_SHA_DATE = new Date().toLocaleString("en-US", { timeZone: "America/Los_Angeles" });
 const commitHash = child.execSync("git rev-parse HEAD").toString().trimEnd();
@@ -43,6 +45,9 @@ const httpsCerts = {
   cert: await fsPromises.readFile("../certs/cert.pem")
 };
 
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+
 export default defineConfig(({ command, mode }) => {
   // React Compiler is always enabled for production/test builds
   // In dev mode, it's enabled by default but can be disabled with VITE_DISABLE_COMPILER_IN_DEV=true
@@ -63,8 +68,8 @@ export default defineConfig(({ command, mode }) => {
     resolve: {
       dedupe: ["styled-components", "react", "react-dom"],
       alias: {
-        // Force all styled-components imports to resolve to the same location
-        'styled-components': './node_modules/styled-components/dist/styled-components.browser.esm.js'
+        // Force all styled-components imports to resolve to the same location (absolute path)
+        "styled-components": resolve(__dirname, "node_modules/styled-components/dist/styled-components.browser.esm.js")
       }
     },
     plugins: [
@@ -253,7 +258,8 @@ export default defineConfig(({ command, mode }) => {
 
     // Strip console/debugger in prod to shrink bundles
     esbuild: {
-      //drop: ["console", "debugger"]
+      // drop: mode === "production" ? ["console", "debugger"] : [],
+      legalComments: "none" // Remove license comments in production
     },
 
     optimizeDeps: {
@@ -282,7 +288,7 @@ export default defineConfig(({ command, mode }) => {
         loader: { ".jsx": "jsx", ".tsx": "tsx" }
       },
       // Force styled-components to be pre-bundled and deduplicated
-      force: mode === 'development'
+      force: mode === "development"
     },
 
     css: {