diff --git a/build_production.sh b/build_production.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b49e79ce4..000000000
--- a/build_production.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# /#!/bin/sh
-
-docker-compose run build_production;
-chmod -R 777 ./;
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose-embedding.yml
similarity index 70%
rename from docker-compose.yml
rename to docker-compose-embedding.yml
index 9bd11664b..1cd3d329b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-embedding.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Note: this will change the permissions of the files in this directory after
+# running to allow for easy deletion, so this should only be run as part of
+# watchtower's build task.
+
 version: '3.8'
 
 services:
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ services:
   build_production:
     <<: *node
     entrypoint: bash
-    command: '-c "yarn install && yarn build:production:ui:core"'
+    command: '-c "yarn install && yarn build:production:ui:core && chmod -R 777 ."'
 
 volumes:
   icu_node_modules: