diff --git a/dockerfiles/root/Dockerfile-root b/dockerfiles/root/Dockerfile-root
index 2b11cf14428..12a297bd5d8 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/root/Dockerfile-root
+++ b/dockerfiles/root/Dockerfile-root
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ COPY packages/xrui/package.json ./packages/xrui/
 COPY project-package-jsons ./
 
 ARG NODE_ENV
-#RUN npm install --loglevel notice --legacy-peer-deps
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN npm install --loglevel notice --legacy-peer-deps
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-root-build.json b/package-root-build.json
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..25b7a96ee5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-root-build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+{
+  "name": "etherealengine",
+  "description": "Engine, Server & Devops powering Ethereal Engine. Please support at https://opencollective.com/etherealengine",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "homepage": "etherealengine.org",
+  "private": true,
+  "bin": {
+    "etherealengine": "npx/cli.js"
+  },
+  "workspaces": [
+    "packages/common",
+    "packages/engine",
+    "packages/hyperflux",
+    "packages/matchmaking",
+    "packages/projects",
+    "packages/server",
+    "packages/server-core",
+    "packages/xrui",
+    "packages/projects/projects/*"
+  ],
+  "keywords": [
+    "three",
+    "three.js",
+    "ecs",
+    "webgl",
+    "mmo",
+    "game engine",
+    "webrtc",
+    "productivity",
+    "xr",
+    "vr"
+  ],
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Ethereal Engine",
+    "email": "info@etherealengine.org"
+  },
+  "entrypoint": {},
+  "contributors": [],
+  "bugs": {},
+  "directories": {
+    "lib": "packages/server-core/src/user",
+    "config": "config/"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 18.12.0"
+  },
+  "npmClient": "npm",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build-client": "cd packages/client && npm run build",
+    "check": "npm run lint && npm run check-errors && npm run test &&  npm run test:projects && npm run build-client",
+    "check-db-exists": "cross-env ts-node --swc scripts/check-db-exists.ts",
+    "check-db-exists-only": "cross-env ts-node --swc scripts/check-db-exists-only.ts",
+    "check-errors": "lerna run check-errors",
+    "clean-node-modules": "npx rimraf node_modules && npx rimraf package-lock.json && npx lerna exec npx rimraf node_modules && npx lerna exec npx rimraf package-lock.json",
+    "cleanup-tests": "node tests/cleanup-tests.js",
+    "clear-projects-rebuild": "cross-env ts-node --swc scripts/clear-projects-rebuild",
+    "depcheck": "lerna exec --no-bail --stream -- depcheck",
+    "dev": "npm run dev-docker && concurrently -n agones,server,client,taskserver npm:dev-agones-silent npm:dev-server npm:dev-client npm:dev-taskserver",
+    "dev-agones": "cd scripts && ./start-agones.sh",
+    "dev-agones-silent": "npm run dev-agones &> /dev/null",
+    "dev-client": "cd packages/client && npm run dev",
+    "dev-taskserver": "cd packages/taskserver && npm run dev",
+    "dev-docker": "cd scripts && docker-compose up -d",
+    "dev-tabs": "cd scripts && ./dev-tabs.sh",
+    "fetch-projects": "lerna exec 'git fetch -p && git rebase' --parallel --ignore @etherealengine/*",
+    "dev-nginx": "",
+    "dev-reinit": "npm run dev-docker && cd packages/server && npm run dev-reinit-db",
+    "dev-server": "cd packages/server && npm run dev",
+    "dev-windows": "npm run dev-docker && concurrently -n agones,server,client npm:dev-agones-silent npm:dev-server npm:dev-client",
+    "diff": "lerna diff",
+    "edit": "node scripts/open-editor.js",
+    "format": "prettier --write \"packages/**/*.{ts,tsx}\"",
+    "format-scss": "stylelint \"packages/**/*.scss\" --fix",
+    "format-staged": "lint-staged",
+    "init-db-production": "cross-env APP_ENV=production FORCE_DB_REFRESH=true EXIT_ON_DB_INIT=true ts-node --swc packages/server/src/index.ts",
+    "install-projects": "ts-node --swc scripts/install-projects.js",
+    "lint": "prettier --check \"packages/**/*.{ts,tsx}\"",
+    "local": "npm run dev-docker && cross-env VITE_LOCAL_BUILD=true LOCAL=true concurrently -n agones,server,worldserver,mediaserver,client,files npm:dev-agones-silent \"cd packages/server && npm run start\" \"cd packages/instanceserver && npm run start\" \"cd packages/instanceserver && npm run start-channel\" \"cd packages/client && npm run local\" \"cd packages/server && npm run serve-local-files\"",
+    "make-user-admin": "ts-node --swc scripts/make-user-admin.js",
+    "migrate": "cd packages/server-core && npm run migrate",
+    "postinstall": "patch-package",
+    "precommit": "no-master-commits -b master",
+    "prepare-database": "cross-env APP_ENV=production PREPARE_DATABASE=true EXIT_ON_DB_INIT=true ts-node --swc packages/server/src/index.ts",
+    "publish": "lerna publish from-package --yes --registry https://registry.npmjs.org",
+    "publish-npm": "lerna publish from-package --yes --no-verify-access --ignore-scripts --registry https://registry.npmjs.org",
+    "publish-github": "lerna publish from-package --yes --no-verify-access --ignore-scripts --registry https://npm.pkg.github.com",
+    "list-client-s3-files-to-delete": "cross-env APP_ENV=production ts-node --swc scripts/get-deletable-client-files.ts",
+    "delete-old-s3-files": "cross-env APP_ENV=production ts-node --swc scripts/delete-old-s3-files.ts",
+    "push-client-dist-to-s3": "cross-env APP_ENV=production ts-node --swc scripts/push-client-to-s3.ts",
+    "copy-client-to-localstorage": "cross-env APP_ENV=production ts-node --swc scripts/copy-client-to-localstorage.ts",
+    "resave-all-scenes": "ts-node --swc scripts/resave-all-scenes.ts",
+    "start": "npm run dev",
+    "test": "cross-env TEST=true lerna run test",
+    "test-e2e": "ts-node --swc scripts/run_e2e_tests.ts",
+    "test:projects": "cross-env TEST=true lerna run test:projects",
+    "test:ci": "cpy --no-overwrite --rename=.env.local '.env.local.default' . && cross-env CI=true npm run test",
+    "validate": "npm run lint && lerna run validate",
+    "version-increment": "lerna version --conventional-commits --yes",
+    "version-increment-no-tag": "lerna version --conventional-commits --yes --no-git-tag-version",
+    "bump-project-versions": "cross-env ts-node --swc scripts/bump-project-versions.js",
+    "create-build-status": "cross-env ts-node --swc scripts/create-build-status.ts",
+    "record-build-error": "cross-env ts-node --swc scripts/record-build-error.ts",
+    "record-build-success": "cross-env ts-node --swc scripts/record-build-success",
+    "updateProject": "cross-env ts-node --swc scripts/update-project.ts",
+    "updateCronjobImage": "cross-env ts-node --swc scripts/update-cronjob-image.ts"
+  },
+  "types": "lib/",
+  "pre-commit": [
+    "format-staged"
+  ],
+  "lint-staged": {
+    "*.{ts,tsx}": [
+      "prettier --write"
+    ],
+    "*.scss": [
+      "stylelint --fix"
+    ]
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@ianvs/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "3.7.1",
+    "@originjs/vite-plugin-commonjs": "^1.0.3",
+    "@swc/core": "^1.3.41",
+    "@types/app-root-path": "1.2.4",
+    "@types/cli": "0.11.21",
+    "@types/mocha": "10.0.1",
+    "@types/primus": "^7.3.6",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "5.56.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "5.56.0",
+    "concurrently": "7.6.0",
+    "depcheck": "1.4.3",
+    "eslint": "8.36.0",
+    "jsdom": "^21.1.1",
+    "kill-port": "2.0.1",
+    "lint-staged": "13.2.0",
+    "mocha": "10.2.0",
+    "no-master-commits": "1.1.1",
+    "package-json-type": "1.0.3",
+    "pre-commit": "1.2.2",
+    "prettier": "2.8.6",
+    "react-dnd": "16.0.1",
+    "react-router-dom": "6.9.0",
+    "rimraf": "4.4.0",
+    "stylelint": "^15.3.0",
+    "stylelint-config-standard-scss": "^7.0.1",
+    "stylelint-scss": "^4.5.0",
+    "supertest": "6.3.3"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@feathersjs/commons": "5.0.1",
+    "@feathersjs/errors": "5.0.1",
+    "@feathersjs/feathers": "5.0.1",
+    "@feathersjs/schema": "5.0.1",
+    "@feathersjs/typebox": "5.0.1",
+    "app-root-path": "3.1.0",
+    "cli": "1.0.1",
+    "daisyui": "^2.51.4",
+    "dotenv": "16.0.3",
+    "fix-esm": "^1.0.1",
+    "lerna": "6.5.1",
+    "patch-package": "^6.5.1",
+    "pino": "^8.11.0",
+    "pino-pretty": "^10.0.0",
+    "postcss": "^8.4.21",
+    "qrcode.react": "^3.1.0",
+    "react-json-view": "^1.21.3",
+    "tailwindcss": "^3.2.7",
+    "three": "0.150.1",
+    "three.quarks": "^0.10.2",
+    "ts-node": "10.9.1",
+    "typescript": "5.0.2",
+    "vite-plugin-node": "^3.0.2",
+    "ws": "8.13.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/build_and_publish_package.sh b/scripts/build_and_publish_package.sh
index b4a5308116b..6ba1de656f7 100755
--- a/scripts/build_and_publish_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_and_publish_package.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 BUILD_END_TIME=`date +"%d-%m-%yT%H-%M-%S"`
-echo "Ending ${PACKAGE} build at ${BUILD_END_TIME}"
+echo "Ending ${PACKAGE} build at ${BUILD_END_TIME}, start time was ${BUILD_START_TIME}"
 # cache links to use once ECR supports cache manifests
 #  --cache-to type=registry,ref=$ECR_URL/$REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE:latest_$STAGE_cache,mode=max \
 #  --cache-from type=registry,ref=$ECR_URL/$REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE:latest_$STAGE_cache
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/publish_ecr.sh b/scripts/publish_ecr.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e65639e419c..00000000000
--- a/scripts/publish_ecr.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-set -x
-
-STAGE=$1
-TAG=$2
-LABEL=$3
-PACKAGE=$4
-PRIVATE_ECR=$5
-REGION=$6
-
-if [ $PRIVATE_ECR == "true" ]
-then
-  aws ecr get-login-password --region $REGION | docker login -u AWS --password-stdin $ECR_URL
-  aws ecr describe-repositories --repository-names $REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE --region $REGION || aws ecr create-repository --repository-name $REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE --region $REGION
-  node ./scripts/prune_ecr_images.js --repoName $REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE --region $REGION
-else
-  aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login -u AWS --password-stdin $ECR_URL
-  aws ecr-public describe-repositories --repository-names $REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE --region us-east-1 || aws ecr-public create-repository --repository-name $REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE --region us-east-1
-  node ./scripts/prune_ecr_images.js --repoName $REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE --region us-east-1 --public
-fi
-
-docker tag $LABEL-$PACKAGE $ECR_URL/$REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE:$TAG
-docker tag $LABEL-$PACKAGE $ECR_URL/$REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE:latest_$STAGE
-docker push $ECR_URL/$REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE:$TAG
-docker push $ECR_URL/$REPO_NAME-$PACKAGE:latest_$STAGE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/run-builder.sh b/scripts/run-builder.sh
index 25362952890..657f1e82efd 100755
--- a/scripts/run-builder.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-builder.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ npm run create-build-status
 BUILDER_RUN=$(tail -1 builder-run.txt)
 npm run install-projects >project-install-build-logs.txt 2>project-install-build-error.txt || npm run record-build-error -- --service=project-install
 test -s project-install-build-error.txt && npm run record-build-error -- --service=project-install
+mv package.json package.jsonmoved
+mv package-root-build.json package.json
 npm install
+mv package.json package-root-build.json
+mv package.jsonmoved package.json
 npm run prepare-database >prepare-database-build-logs.txt 2>prepare-database-build-error.txt || npm run record-build-error -- --service=prepare-database
 test -s prepare-database-build-error.txt && npm run record-build-error -- --service=prepare-database
 cd packages/client && npm run buildenv >buildenv-build-logs.txt 2>buildenv-build-error.txt || npm run record-build-error -- --service=buildenv
@@ -44,13 +48,9 @@ mkdir -p ./project-package-jsons/projects/default-project
 cp packages/projects/default-project/package.json ./project-package-jsons/projects/default-project
 find packages/projects/projects/ -name package.json -exec bash -c 'mkdir -p ./project-package-jsons/$(dirname $1) && cp $1 ./project-package-jsons/$(dirname $1)' - '{}' \;
 
-ROOT_START_TIME=`date +"%d-%m-%yT%H-%M-%S"`
 bash ./scripts/build_and_publish_package.sh $RELEASE_NAME $DOCKER_LABEL root $START_TIME $AWS_REGION $NODE_ENV $PRIVATE_ECR >root-build-logs.txt 2>root-build-error.txt
-ROOT_END_TIME=`date +"%d-%m-%yT%H-%M-%S"`
 npm run record-build-error -- --service=root --isDocker=true
 
-echo "Started root build at $ROOT_START_TIME, ended at $ROOT_END_TIME"
-
 npm install -g cli aws-sdk
 
 if [ "$SERVE_CLIENT_FROM_STORAGE_PROVIDER" = "true" ] && [ "$STORAGE_PROVIDER" = "aws" ] ; then npm run list-client-s3-files-to-delete ; fi