diff --git a/frontend/react/src/map/map.ts b/frontend/react/src/map/map.ts
index a582a05b..044aa4a6 100644
--- a/frontend/react/src/map/map.ts
+++ b/frontend/react/src/map/map.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ import { SmokeMarker } from "./markers/smokemarker";
 /* Register the handler for the box selection */
 L.Map.addInitHook("addHandler", "boxSelect", BoxSelect);
 
-initDraggablePath(L);
+//initDraggablePath(L); // TODO: breaks app when compiled
 
 export class Map extends L.Map {
   /* Options */
diff --git a/frontend/react/src/ui/ui.tsx b/frontend/react/src/ui/ui.tsx
index 7cb329d9..c8b28985 100644
--- a/frontend/react/src/ui/ui.tsx
+++ b/frontend/react/src/ui/ui.tsx
@@ -56,13 +56,16 @@ export function UI() {
     });
   }, []);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setupApp();
+  })
+
   return (
     <div
       className={`
         absolute left-0 top-0 flex h-screen w-screen flex-col overflow-hidden
         font-sans
       `}
-      onLoad={setupApp}
     >
       <Header />
       <div className="flex h-full w-full flex-row-reverse">
diff --git a/frontend/react/vite.config.js b/frontend/react/vite.config.js
index e24eb367..8db2f7df 100644
--- a/frontend/react/vite.config.js
+++ b/frontend/react/vite.config.js
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
   base: "/vite",
   build: {
     outDir: '../server/public/vite'
+  },esbuild: {
+    minifyIdentifiers: false,
+    keepNames: true,
   }
 });
     
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diff --git a/frontend/server/.vscode/launch.json b/frontend/server/.vscode/launch.json
index 5be90790..3c8a7300 100644
--- a/frontend/server/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/frontend/server/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -50,6 +50,51 @@
             ],
             "restart": true,
             "preLaunchTask": "demo-server"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "node",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "name": "Launch Server static Vite (DCS)",
+            "skipFiles": [
+                "<node_internals>/**"
+            ],
+            "runtimeExecutable": "nodemon",
+            "runtimeArgs": [
+                "--watch",
+                "src/**/*.ts",
+                "--exec",
+                "node",
+                "--inspect",
+                "-r",
+                "ts-node/register",
+                "src/www.ts",
+                "-c", 
+                "${input:enterDir}/Config/olympus.json"
+            ],
+            "restart": true
+        }, 
+        {
+            "type": "node",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "name": "Launch Server static Vite (No DCS)",
+            "skipFiles": [
+                "<node_internals>/**"
+            ],
+            "runtimeExecutable": "nodemon",
+            "runtimeArgs": [
+                "--watch",
+                "src/**/*.ts",
+                "--exec",
+                "node",
+                "--inspect",
+                "-r",
+                "ts-node/register",
+                "src/www.ts",
+                "-c", 
+                "${input:enterDir}/Config/olympus.json"
+            ],
+            "restart": true,
+            "preLaunchTask": "demo-server"
         }
     ], 
     "inputs": [
diff --git a/frontend/server/package.json b/frontend/server/package.json
index 25cb38f9..49cf8b1b 100644
--- a/frontend/server/package.json
+++ b/frontend/server/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-    "typescript": "^5.5.3"
+    "typescript": "^5.5.3",
+    "vite": "^6.0.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/server/public/vite.svg b/frontend/server/public/vite.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7b8dfb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/server/public/vite.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" class="iconify iconify--logos" width="31.88" height="32" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 257"><defs><linearGradient id="IconifyId1813088fe1fbc01fb466" x1="-.828%" x2="57.636%" y1="7.652%" y2="78.411%"><stop offset="0%" stop-color="#41D1FF"></stop><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#BD34FE"></stop></linearGradient><linearGradient id="IconifyId1813088fe1fbc01fb467" x1="43.376%" x2="50.316%" y1="2.242%" y2="89.03%"><stop offset="0%" stop-color="#FFEA83"></stop><stop offset="8.333%" stop-color="#FFDD35"></stop><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#FFA800"></stop></linearGradient></defs><path fill="url(#IconifyId1813088fe1fbc01fb466)" d="M255.153 37.938L134.897 252.976c-2.483 4.44-8.862 4.466-11.382.048L.875 37.958c-2.746-4.814 1.371-10.646 6.827-9.67l120.385 21.517a6.537 6.537 0 0 0 2.322-.004l117.867-21.483c5.438-.991 9.574 4.796 6.877 9.62Z"></path><path fill="url(#IconifyId1813088fe1fbc01fb467)" d="M185.432.063L96.44 17.501a3.268 3.268 0 0 0-2.634 3.014l-5.474 92.456a3.268 3.268 0 0 0 3.997 3.378l24.777-5.718c2.318-.535 4.413 1.507 3.936 3.838l-7.361 36.047c-.495 2.426 1.782 4.5 4.151 3.78l15.304-4.649c2.372-.72 4.652 1.36 4.15 3.788l-11.698 56.621c-.732 3.542 3.979 5.473 5.943 2.437l1.313-2.028l72.516-144.72c1.215-2.423-.88-5.186-3.54-4.672l-25.505 4.922c-2.396.462-4.435-1.77-3.759-4.114l16.646-57.705c.677-2.35-1.37-4.583-3.769-4.113Z"></path></svg>
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