diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index fbf3ec687..f49082b2f 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ before:
   - sed -i "s/REPLACE_ME/{{ incpatch .Version }}/" docs/api/swagger.yaml
   - cp docs/api/swagger.yaml web/assets/swagger.yaml
   # install and bundle the web assets and styling
-  - yarn install --cwd web/gotosocial-styling
-  - node web/gotosocial-styling/index.js --build-dir="web/assets"
+  - yarn install --cwd web/source
+  - BUDO_BUILD=1 node web/source
 builds:
   # https://goreleaser.com/customization/build/
   -
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4cedd6698..7eb74ca5b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -70,19 +70,21 @@ To work with the stylesheet for templates, you need [Node.js](https://nodejs.org
 To install Yarn dependencies:
 
 ```bash
-yarn install --cwd web/gotosocial-styling
+yarn install --cwd web/source
 ```
 
 To recompile bundles:
 
 ```bash
-node web/gotosocial-styling/index.js --build-dir="web/assets"
+BUDO_BUILD=1 node web/source 
 ```
 
-You can do automatic live-reloads of bundles with:
+Or you can run livereloading in development. It will start a webserver (ip/port printed in console, default localhost:8081), while also keeping the bundles
+up-to-date on disk. You can access the user/admin panels at localhost:8080/user, localhost:8080/admin, or run in tandem with the GoToSocial testrig, which will also
+serve the updated bundles from disk.
 
 ``` bash
-NODE_ENV=development node web/gotosocial-styling/index.js --build-dir="web/assets"
+NODE_ENV=development node web/source
 ```
 
 ### Golang forking quirks
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a4beea7ec..dd8c09296 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@ FROM --platform=${BUILDPLATFORM} node:17.6.0-alpine3.15 AS admin_builder
 RUN apk update && apk upgrade --no-cache
 RUN apk add git
 
-RUN git clone https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial-admin
-WORKDIR /gotosocial-admin
-
-RUN npm install
-RUN node index.js
-
 FROM --platform=${TARGETPLATFORM} alpine:3.15.0 AS executor
 
 # copy over the binary from the first stage
 COPY --chown=1000:1000 gotosocial /gotosocial/gotosocial
 
+# bundle frontend stuff
+WORKDIR "web/source"
+RUN yarn install
+RUN BUDO_BUILD=1 node index.js
+# sources no longer needed
+RUN rm -rf web/source
+
 # copy over the web directory with templates etc
 COPY --chown=1000:1000 web /gotosocial/web
 
diff --git a/docs/admin/admin_panel.md b/docs/admin/admin_panel.md
index da801f0d9..7443b5253 100644
--- a/docs/admin/admin_panel.md
+++ b/docs/admin/admin_panel.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Admin Control Panel
 
-[gotosocial-admin](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial-admin) is a simple webclient that uses the [admin api routes](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/api/swagger/#operations-tag-admin) to manage your instance. It uses the same OAUTH mechanism as normal clients (with scope: admin), and as such can be hosted anywhere, separately from your instance, or run locally. A public installation is available here: [https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/admin](https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/admin).
+The GoToSocial admin panel is a simple webclient that uses the [admin api routes](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/api/swagger/#operations-tag-admin) to manage your instance. It uses the same OAUTH mechanism as normal clients (with scope: admin), and as such can be hosted anywhere, separately from your instance, or run locally. A public installation is available here: [https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/admin](https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/admin).
 
 ## Using the panel
 To use the Admin API your account has to be promoted as such:
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ any other client.
 
 You can change the instance's settings like the title and descriptions, and add/remove/change domain blocks including a bulk import/export.
 
-## Installing the panel
+## Building the panel
 Build requirements: some version of [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) and yarn.
 ```
-git clone https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial-admin.git && cd gotosocial-admin
-yarn install
-node index.js
+yarn install --cwd web/source
+BUDO_BUILD=1 node web/source 
 ```
-This will compile a static bundle in `public/`, which can be copied to any webhost, or put into your GoToSocial installation in the `web/admin` directory.
\ No newline at end of file
+
+See also: [Contributing.md Stylesheet / Web dev](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#stylesheet--web-dev)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/source/index.js b/web/source/index.js
index 91459b4a2..214bb655c 100644
--- a/web/source/index.js
+++ b/web/source/index.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function splitCSS() {
 }
 
 const browserifyConfig = {
-	transform: babelify.configure({ presets: ["@babel/preset-env", "@babel/preset-react"] }),
+	transform: babelify.configure({ presets: [require.resolve("@babel/preset-env"), require.resolve("@babel/preset-react")] }),
 	plugin: [
 		[icssify, {
 			parser: require('postcss-scss'),
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ fs.readdirSync(path.join(__dirname, "./css")).forEach((file) => {
 });
 
 budoExpress({
-	port: 8080,
+	port: 8081,
 	host: "localhost",
 	entryFiles: entryFiles,
 	basePath: __dirname,