diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ca7569d..24a6584 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # STAGE 1: BUILD NODE
-FROM node:18-alpine as build-node
+FROM node:20-alpine as build-node
 
 WORKDIR /home/node/app
 COPY package-lock.json package.json ./
diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d83862f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "{{ project_name }}",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "name": "{{ project_name }}",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "license": "ISC"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09ef392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "{{ project_name }}",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "dev": "node -e \"console.log('Your client build/watch process goes here'); setInterval(() => {}, 99999999);\""
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {}
+}