diff --git a/apps/backend/next.config.mjs b/apps/backend/next.config.mjs
index b4fca2893..6ea9c9602 100644
--- a/apps/backend/next.config.mjs
+++ b/apps/backend/next.config.mjs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const nextConfig = {
 
   experimental: {
     instrumentationHook: true,
-    serverMinification: false,
+    serverMinification: false,  // needs to be disabled for oidc-provider to work, which relies on the original constructor names
   },
 
   async headers() {
diff --git a/apps/backend/package.json b/apps/backend/package.json
index bf666539a..8f13e3fd1 100644
--- a/apps/backend/package.json
+++ b/apps/backend/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "with-env": "dotenv -c development --",
     "with-env:prod": "dotenv -c --",
     "dev": "concurrently -n \"dev,codegen,prisma-studio\" -k \"next dev --port 8102\" \"pnpm run codegen:watch\" \"pnpm run prisma-studio\"",
-    "build": "pnpm run codegen && next build --no-mangling",
+    "build": "pnpm run codegen && next build",
     "analyze-bundle": "ANALYZE_BUNDLE=1 pnpm run build",
     "start": "next start --port 8102",
     "codegen-prisma": "pnpm run prisma generate",