diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index bdc036b55..a2b0f48fa 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -179,16 +179,6 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     libpq-dev \
     postgresql-client
 
-ARG NODE_MAJOR
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
-  --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
-  --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/var/log \
-  mkdir -p -- /etc/apt/keyrings \
-  curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg \
-  echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list \
-  DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends \
-    nodejs
-
 # Application dependencies, for Cypress, node-canvas
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
@@ -198,6 +188,15 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
       libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libgconf-2-4 libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 libxtst6 xauth xvfb \
       libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libjpeg-dev libgif-dev librsvg2-dev
 
+# Installing hivemind
+ARG TARGETARCH
+ENV HIVEMIND_VERSION=v1.1.0
+ADD https://github.com/DarthSim/hivemind/releases/download/${HIVEMIND_VERSION}/hivemind-${HIVEMIND_VERSION}-linux-${TARGETARCH}.gz /tmp/hivemind.gz
+RUN gunzip /tmp/hivemind.gz && \
+    chmod +x /tmp/hivemind && \
+    mv /tmp/hivemind /usr/local/bin/hivemind && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/*
+
 # Configure bundler
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 \
   BUNDLE_JOBS=4 \
diff --git a/bin/startup b/bin/startup
index 45fb83695..e42b5bf9a 100755
--- a/bin/startup
+++ b/bin/startup
@@ -14,5 +14,10 @@ chdir APP_ROOT do
   puts "== STARTING UP =="
   # Foreman .env load behavior is at odds with dotenv
   # https://github.com/ddollar/foreman/issues/702#issuecomment-1227334155
-  system! "foreman start -f Procfile.dev --env=/dev/null"
+
+  if system("which hivemind > /dev/null")
+    system! "hivemind Procfile.dev"
+  else
+    system! "foreman start -f Procfile.dev --env=/dev/null"
+  end
 end
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b888b23f4..9b82086d8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ x-app: &app
     context: .
     args:
       PG_MAJOR: '13'
-      NODE_MAJOR: '16'
-      YARN_VERSION: '1.22.18'
   image: ghcr.io/forem/forem:development
   environment: &env
     NODE_ENV: ${NODE_ENV:-development}