diff --git a/react-express-mysql/backend/Dockerfile b/react-express-mysql/backend/Dockerfile
index cf96658..198c1b9 100755
--- a/react-express-mysql/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/react-express-mysql/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # if you're doing anything beyond your local machine, please pin this to a specific version at https://hub.docker.com/_/node/
-FROM node:lts
+FROM node:current-slim
 
 # set our node environment, either development or production
 # defaults to production, compose overrides this to development on build and run