diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index bdcd52c3a4..4b80bc2d1b 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 doc/
 env/
+node_modules/
 res/
 local/
 .git/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 942bb8f799..c5fa61da57 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
             supervisor \
             libmaxminddb0 \
             libmaxminddb-dev \
-            zlib1g-dev \
-            nodejs  \
-            npm && \
+            zlib1g-dev && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | sudo bash - && \
+    apt-get install -y nodejs && \
     dpkg-reconfigure locales &&  \
     locale-gen C.UTF-8 &&  \
     /usr/sbin/update-locale LANG=C.UTF-8 && \
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ COPY deployment/docker/production_settings.py /pretix/src/production_settings.py
 COPY pyproject.toml /pretix/pyproject.toml
 COPY _build /pretix/_build
 COPY src /pretix/src
+COPY package.json /pretix/package.json
+COPY package-lock.json /pretix/package-lock.json
+COPY tsconfig.json /pretix/tsconfig.json
+COPY vite.config.ts /pretix/vite.config.ts
 
 RUN pip3 install -U \
         pip \
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index adf0476f8d..c497bff7d0 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -48,3 +48,8 @@ recursive-include src Makefile
 recursive-exclude doc *
 recursive-exclude deployment *
 recursive-exclude res *
+
+include package.json
+include package-lock.json
+include tsconfig.json
+include vite.config.ts
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 7834612fac..24ca003289 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ localegen:
 	./manage.py makemessages --keep-pot --ignore "pretix/static/npm_dir/*" $(LNGS)
 	./manage.py makemessages --keep-pot -d djangojs --ignore "pretix/static/npm_dir/*" --ignore "pretix/helpers/*" --ignore "pretix/static/jsi18n/*" --ignore "pretix/static/jsi18n/*" --ignore "pretix/static.dist/*" --ignore "data/*" --ignore "pretix/static/rrule/*" --ignore "build/*" $(LNGS)
 
-staticfiles: jsi18n
+staticfiles: npminstall npmbuild jsi18n
 	./manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 
-compress: npminstall
+compress:
 	./manage.py compress
 
 jsi18n: localecompile
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ coverage:
 	coverage run -m py.test
 
 npminstall:
-	# keep this in sync with pretix/_build.py!
-	mkdir -p pretix/static.dist/node_prefix/
-	cp -r pretix/static/npm_dir/* pretix/static.dist/node_prefix/
-	npm ci --prefix=pretix/static.dist/node_prefix
+	npm ci
+
+npmbuild:
+	npm run build
 
diff --git a/src/pretix/_build.py b/src/pretix/_build.py
index d4e9bdd516..92b6a2dd19 100644
--- a/src/pretix/_build.py
+++ b/src/pretix/_build.py
@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ def npm_install():
     global npm_installed
 
     if not npm_installed:
-        # keep this in sync with Makefile!
-        node_prefix = os.path.join(here, 'static.dist', 'node_prefix')
-        os.makedirs(node_prefix, exist_ok=True)
-        shutil.copytree(os.path.join(here, 'static', 'npm_dir'), node_prefix, dirs_exist_ok=True)
-        subprocess.check_call('npm ci', shell=True, cwd=node_prefix)
+        subprocess.check_call('npm ci', shell=True, cwd=project_root)
         npm_installed = True
 
 
diff --git a/src/pretix/_build_settings.py b/src/pretix/_build_settings.py
index 5c04e511d7..859a7f912f 100644
--- a/src/pretix/_build_settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/_build_settings.py
@@ -47,3 +47,5 @@ HAS_MEMCACHED = False
 HAS_CELERY = False
 HAS_GEOIP = False
 SENTRY_ENABLED = False
+VITE_DEV_MODE = False
+VITE_IGNORE = False
diff --git a/src/pretix/base/templatetags/vite.py b/src/pretix/base/templatetags/vite.py
index 81dc3b67a4..84f759f8c3 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/templatetags/vite.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/templatetags/vite.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 register = template.Library()
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 _MANIFEST = {}
-MANIFEST_PATH = settings.STATIC_ROOT + "pretalx-manifest.json"
+MANIFEST_PATH = settings.STATIC_ROOT + "/vite/control/.vite/manifest.json"
 
 # We're building the manifest if we don't have a dev server running AND if we're
 # not currently running `rebuild` (which creates the manifest in the first place).
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from vite.config.js
rename to vite.config.ts