diff --git a/packages/shared-lib-node/src/env.ts b/packages/shared-lib-node/src/env.ts
index 072dac0c..f2ada47e 100644
--- a/packages/shared-lib-node/src/env.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-lib-node/src/env.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export function loadEnvironmentVariables(argv: Options, cwd: string, orgCwd?: st
   }
   envPaths = envPaths.map((envPath) => path.relative(cwd, envPath));
   if (argv.verbose) {
+    console.info(`WB_ENV: ${process.env.WB_ENV}, NODE_ENV: ${process.env.NODE_ENV}`);
     console.info('Loading env files:', envPaths);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/wb/src/commands/optimizeForDockerBuild.ts b/packages/wb/src/commands/optimizeForDockerBuild.ts
index c7e29f6c..6b3b4e9b 100644
--- a/packages/wb/src/commands/optimizeForDockerBuild.ts
+++ b/packages/wb/src/commands/optimizeForDockerBuild.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ export const optimizeForDockerBuildCommand: CommandModule<unknown, InferredOptio
 
       optimizeScripts(packageJson);
 
+      optimizeRootProps(packageJson);
+
       if (argv.dryRun) continue;
 
       const distDirPath = argv.outside
@@ -114,3 +116,9 @@ function optimizeScripts(packageJson: PackageJson): void {
     }
   }
 }
+
+function optimizeRootProps(packageJson: PackageJson): void {
+  delete packageJson.private;
+  delete packageJson.publishConfig;
+  delete packageJson.prettier;
+}
diff --git a/packages/wb/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/wb/src/commands/start.ts
index de81a724..968584e0 100644
--- a/packages/wb/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/wb/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const startCommand: CommandModule<unknown, InferredOptionTypes<typeof bui
         break;
       }
       case 'docker': {
-        const prefix = configureEnvironmentVariables(argv, deps, 'docker');
+        const prefix = configureEnvironmentVariables(argv, deps, 'staging');
         await runWithSpawn(`${prefix}${scripts.startDocker(argv)}`, argv);
         break;
       }