diff --git a/nx.json b/nx.json
index 618395ec90..8ba8798946 100644
--- a/nx.json
+++ b/nx.json
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
   },
   "targetDefaults": {
     "build": {
-      "inputs": [
-        "{workspaceRoot}/scripts/build.js",
-        "{workspaceRoot}/lerna.json"
-      ]
+      "inputs": ["{workspaceRoot}/scripts/*", "{workspaceRoot}/lerna.json"]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e520b7c2cf..e60a086e17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "dev:camunda": "./scripts/deploy-camunda.sh",
     "dev:all": "yarn run kill-all && lerna run --stream dev",
     "dev:built": "yarn run kill-all && cd packages/server && yarn dev:stack:up && cd ../../ && lerna run --stream dev:built",
-    "dev:docker": "yarn build --scope @budibase/server --scope @budibase/worker && docker-compose -f hosting/docker-compose.build.yaml -f hosting/docker-compose.dev.yaml --env-file hosting/.env up --build --scale proxy-service=0",
+    "dev:docker": "./scripts/devDocker.sh",
     "test": "REUSE_CONTAINERS=1 lerna run --concurrency 1 --stream test --stream",
     "lint:eslint": "eslint packages --max-warnings=0",
     "lint:prettier": "prettier --check \"packages/**/*.{js,ts,svelte}\" && prettier --write \"examples/**/*.{js,ts,svelte}\"",
diff --git a/scripts/devDocker.sh b/scripts/devDocker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5e01e5813a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/devDocker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if the pro submodule is loaded
+if [ ! -d "./packages/pro/src" ]; then
+  echo "[ERROR] Submodule is not loaded. This is only allowed with loaded submodules."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+yarn build --scope @budibase/server --scope @budibase/worker
+docker-compose -f hosting/docker-compose.build.yaml -f hosting/docker-compose.dev.yaml --env-file hosting/.env up --build --scale proxy-service=0
+
+