diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7d44b11999..c58f12f308 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ services:
   superset-node:
     image: node:12
     container_name: superset_node
-    command: ["bash", "-c", "cd /app/superset-frontend && npm install -f --no-optional --global webpack webpack-cli && npm install -f --no-optional && npm run dev"]
+    command: ["/app/docker/docker-frontend.sh"]
     env_file: docker/.env
     depends_on: *superset-depends-on
     volumes: *superset-volumes
diff --git a/docker/docker-frontend.sh b/docker/docker-frontend.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b88215ca82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-frontend.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+set -e
+
+cd /app/superset-frontend
+npm install -f --no-optional --global webpack webpack-cli
+npm install -f --no-optional
+
+echo "Running frontend"
+npm run dev