diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.js
index ec3db6bbd3..fb9c16683c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.js
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ const { budibaseTempDir } = require("../../../utilities/budibaseDir")
 const { getDeployedApps } = require("../../../utilities/builder/hosting")
 const CouchDB = require("../../../db")
 const setBuilderToken = require("../../../utilities/builder/setBuilderToken")
-const { loadHandlebarsFile } = require("../../../utilities/fileSystem")
+const {
+  loadHandlebarsFile,
+  NODE_MODULES_PATH,
+} = require("../../../utilities/fileSystem")
 const env = require("../../../environment")
 const fileProcessor = require("../../../utilities/fileSystem/processor")
 const { objectStoreUrl, clientLibraryPath } = require("../../../utilities")
 
-const TOP_LEVEL = join(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", "..")
-
 async function checkForSelfHostedURL(ctx) {
   // the "appId" component of the URL may actually be a specific self hosted URL
   let possibleAppUrl = `/${encodeURI(ctx.params.appId).toLowerCase()}`
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ async function checkForSelfHostedURL(ctx) {
 const COMP_LIB_BASE_APP_VERSION = "0.2.5"
 
 exports.serveBuilder = async function(ctx) {
-  let builderPath = resolve(TOP_LEVEL, "builder")
+  let builderPath = resolve(NODE_MODULES_PATH, "builder")
   if (ctx.file === "index.html") {
     await setBuilderToken(ctx)
   }
@@ -93,7 +94,13 @@ exports.serveApp = async function(ctx) {
 
 exports.serveClientLibrary = async function(ctx) {
   return send(ctx, "budibase-client.js", {
-    root: join(TOP_LEVEL, "node_modules", "@budibase", "client", "dist"),
+    root: join(
+      NODE_MODULES_PATH,
+      "node_modules",
+      "@budibase",
+      "client",
+      "dist"
+    ),
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/index.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/index.js
index 7ef99eda41..632c22f40b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const fetch = require("node-fetch")
 const DEFAULT_AUTOMATION_BUCKET =
   "https://prod-budi-automations.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com"
 const DEFAULT_AUTOMATION_DIRECTORY = ".budibase-automations"
+const NODE_MODULES_PATH = join(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", "..", "node_modules")
 
 /**
  * The single stack system (Cloud and Builder) should not make use of the file system where possible,
@@ -170,10 +171,13 @@ exports.getComponentLibraryManifest = async (appId, library) => {
     const lib = library.split("/")[1]
     const path = require.resolve(library).split(lib)[0]
     return require(join(path, lib, filename))
-  }
-  const devPath = join(budibaseTempDir(), library, filename)
-  if (env.isDev() && fs.existsSync(devPath)) {
-    return require(devPath)
+  } else if (env.isDev()) {
+    return require(join(
+      NODE_MODULES_PATH,
+      "@budibase",
+      "standard-components",
+      filename
+    ))
   }
   const path = join(appId, "node_modules", library, "package", filename)
   let resp = await retrieve(ObjectStoreBuckets.APPS, path)
@@ -230,3 +234,4 @@ exports.cleanup = appIds => {
 exports.upload = upload
 exports.retrieve = retrieve
 exports.retrieveToTmp = retrieveToTmp
+exports.NODE_MODULES_PATH = NODE_MODULES_PATH