diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e3d0eade1..bbac61b87 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
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-            "dependencies": {
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-                "@jsonjoy.com/util": "^1.3.0",
-                "tree-dump": "^1.0.1",
-                "tslib": "^2.0.0"
-            },
-            "engines": {
-                "node": ">= 4.0.0"
-            },
-            "funding": {
-                "type": "github",
-                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/streamich"
-            }
-        },
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             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/merge-descriptors/-/merge-descriptors-1.0.3.tgz",
@@ -6310,15 +6176,6 @@
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-            "engines": {
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-            }
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             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve-alpn/-/resolve-alpn-1.2.1.tgz",
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-            "dependencies": {
-                "@types/json-schema": "^7.0.9",
-                "ajv": "^8.9.0",
-                "ajv-formats": "^2.1.1",
-                "ajv-keywords": "^5.1.0"
-            },
-            "engines": {
-                "node": ">= 12.13.0"
-            },
-            "funding": {
-                "type": "opencollective",
-                "url": "https://opencollective.com/webpack"
-            }
-        },
-        "node_modules/schema-utils/node_modules/ajv": {
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-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-8.17.1.tgz",
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-            "dependencies": {
-                "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.3",
-                "fast-uri": "^3.0.1",
-                "json-schema-traverse": "^1.0.0",
-                "require-from-string": "^2.0.2"
-            },
-            "funding": {
-                "type": "github",
-                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/epoberezkin"
-            }
-        },
-        "node_modules/schema-utils/node_modules/ajv-keywords": {
-            "version": "5.1.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv-keywords/-/ajv-keywords-5.1.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-YCS/JNFAUyr5vAuhk1DWm1CBxRHW9LbJ2ozWeemrIqpbsqKjHVxYPyi5GC0rjZIT5JxJ3virVTS8wk4i/Z+krw==",
-            "license": "MIT",
-            "dependencies": {
-                "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.3"
-            },
-            "peerDependencies": {
-                "ajv": "^8.8.2"
-            }
-        },
-        "node_modules/schema-utils/node_modules/json-schema-traverse": {
-            "version": "1.0.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-1.0.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-NM8/P9n3XjXhIZn1lLhkFaACTOURQXjWhV4BA/RnOv8xvgqtqpAX9IO4mRQxSx1Rlo4tqzeqb0sOlruaOy3dug==",
-            "license": "MIT"
-        },
         "node_modules/seedrandom": {
             "version": "3.0.5",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/seedrandom/-/seedrandom-3.0.5.tgz",
@@ -7038,18 +6842,6 @@
             "dev": true,
             "license": "MIT"
         },
-        "node_modules/thingies": {
-            "version": "1.21.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/thingies/-/thingies-1.21.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-hsqsJsFMsV+aD4s3CWKk85ep/3I9XzYV/IXaSouJMYIoDlgyi11cBhsqYe9/geRfB0YIikBQg6raRaM+nIMP9g==",
-            "license": "Unlicense",
-            "engines": {
-                "node": ">=10.18"
-            },
-            "peerDependencies": {
-                "tslib": "^2"
-            }
-        },
         "node_modules/tiktoken": {
             "version": "1.0.16",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tiktoken/-/tiktoken-1.0.16.tgz",
@@ -7106,22 +6898,6 @@
                 "node": ">=18"
             }
         },
-        "node_modules/tree-dump": {
-            "version": "1.0.2",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tree-dump/-/tree-dump-1.0.2.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-dpev9ABuLWdEubk+cIaI9cHwRNNDjkBBLXTwI4UCUFdQ5xXKqNXoK4FEciw/vxf+NQ7Cb7sGUyeUtORvHIdRXQ==",
-            "license": "Apache-2.0",
-            "engines": {
-                "node": ">=10.0"
-            },
-            "funding": {
-                "type": "github",
-                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/streamich"
-            },
-            "peerDependencies": {
-                "tslib": "2"
-            }
-        },
         "node_modules/truncate-utf8-bytes": {
             "version": "1.0.2",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/truncate-utf8-bytes/-/truncate-utf8-bytes-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -7425,35 +7201,6 @@
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             }
         },
-        "node_modules/webpack-dev-middleware": {
-            "version": "7.4.2",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-dev-middleware/-/webpack-dev-middleware-7.4.2.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-xOO8n6eggxnwYpy1NlzUKpvrjfJTvae5/D6WOK0S2LSo7vjmo5gCM1DbLUmFqrMTJP+W/0YZNctm7jasWvLuBA==",
-            "license": "MIT",
-            "dependencies": {
-                "colorette": "^2.0.10",
-                "memfs": "^4.6.0",
-                "mime-types": "^2.1.31",
-                "on-finished": "^2.4.1",
-                "range-parser": "^1.2.1",
-                "schema-utils": "^4.0.0"
-            },
-            "engines": {
-                "node": ">= 18.12.0"
-            },
-            "funding": {
-                "type": "opencollective",
-                "url": "https://opencollective.com/webpack"
-            },
-            "peerDependencies": {
-                "webpack": "^5.0.0"
-            },
-            "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-                "webpack": {
-                    "optional": true
-                }
-            }
-        },
         "node_modules/webpack-sources": {
             "version": "3.2.3",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-sources/-/webpack-sources-3.2.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3608d9775..e2e15d376 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
         "vectra": "^0.2.2",
         "wavefile": "^11.0.0",
         "webpack": "^5.95.0",
-        "webpack-dev-middleware": "^7.4.2",
         "write-file-atomic": "^5.0.1",
         "ws": "^8.17.1",
         "yaml": "^2.3.4",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 1b70e2f8c..db7ba9306 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -627,10 +627,6 @@ const tavernUrl = new URL(
     (':' + server_port),
 );
 
-function prepareFrontendBundle() {
-    return new Promise((resolve) => webpackMiddleware.waitUntilValid(resolve));
-}
-
 /**
  * Tasks that need to be run before the server starts listening.
  */
@@ -682,7 +678,7 @@ const preSetupTasks = async function () {
     initRequestProxy({ enabled: proxyEnabled, url: proxyUrl, bypass: proxyBypass });
 
     // Wait for frontend libs to compile
-    await prepareFrontendBundle();
+    await webpackMiddleware.runWebpackCompiler();
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/middleware/webpack-serve.js b/src/middleware/webpack-serve.js
index 3901ae643..c1dc73fd4 100644
--- a/src/middleware/webpack-serve.js
+++ b/src/middleware/webpack-serve.js
@@ -1,20 +1,45 @@
-import process from 'node:process';
+import path from 'node:path';
 import webpack from 'webpack';
-import middleware from 'webpack-dev-middleware';
 import { publicLibConfig } from '../../webpack.config.js';
 
 export default function getWebpackServeMiddleware() {
+    const outputPath = publicLibConfig.output?.path;
+    const outputFile = publicLibConfig.output?.filename;
     const compiler = webpack(publicLibConfig);
 
-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' || process.platform === 'android') {
-        compiler.hooks.done.tap('serve', () => {
-            if (compiler.watching) {
-                compiler.watching.close(() => { });
-            }
-            compiler.watchFileSystem = null;
-            compiler.watchMode = false;
-        });
+    /**
+     * A very spartan recreation of webpack-dev-middleware.
+     * @param {import('express').Request} req Request object.
+     * @param {import('express').Response} res Response object.
+     * @param {import('express').NextFunction} next Next function.
+     * @type {import('express').RequestHandler}
+     */
+    function devMiddleware(req, res, next) {
+        if (req.method === 'GET' && path.parse(req.path).base === outputFile) {
+            return res.sendFile(outputFile, { root: outputPath });
+        }
+
+        next();
     }
 
-    return middleware(compiler, {});
+    /**
+     * Wait until Webpack is done compiling.
+     * @returns {Promise<void>}
+     */
+    devMiddleware.runWebpackCompiler = () => {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+            console.log();
+            console.log('Compiling frontend libraries...');
+            compiler.run((_error, stats) => {
+                const output = stats?.toString(publicLibConfig.stats);
+                if (output) {
+                    console.log(output);
+                    console.log();
+                }
+                resolve();
+            });
+        });
+    };
+
+    return devMiddleware;
 }
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 1e5138555..187c7ded9 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export const publicLibConfig = {
     cache: {
         type: 'filesystem',
         cacheDirectory: path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'dist/webpack'),
+        store: 'pack',
+        compression: 'gzip',
     },
     devtool: false,
     watch: false,
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ export const publicLibConfig = {
         preset: 'minimal',
         assets: false,
         modules: false,
+        colors: true,
+        timings: true,
     },
     experiments: {
         outputModule: true,
@@ -24,6 +28,7 @@ export const publicLibConfig = {
         hints: false,
     },
     output: {
+        path: path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'dist'),
         filename: 'lib.js',
         libraryTarget: 'module',
     },