diff --git a/k3d/Tiltfile b/k3d/Tiltfile
index 52c2687bb..84c7f1544 100644
--- a/k3d/Tiltfile
+++ b/k3d/Tiltfile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ helm_resource('homepage', 'jameswynn/homepage',
   ],
 #  image_selector= "k3d-registry.localhost:55000/homepage:local",
   flags=[
-    "-f", "k3d-helm-values.yaml"
+    "-f", "k3d-helm-values.yaml",
+    "--set", "persistence.dotnext.enabled=true"
   ]
 )
diff --git a/k3d/k3d-deploy.sh b/k3d/k3d-deploy.sh
index 3379db8f1..ef00c6ff4 100755
--- a/k3d/k3d-deploy.sh
+++ b/k3d/k3d-deploy.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -t k3d-registry.localhost:55000/homepage:local .
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -t k3d-registry.localhost:55000/homepage:local ..
 docker push k3d-registry.localhost:55000/homepage:local
 
 HELM_REPO_NAME=jameswynn
diff --git a/k3d/k3d-helm-values.yaml b/k3d/k3d-helm-values.yaml
index 1fe61bf1b..60b6fe381 100644
--- a/k3d/k3d-helm-values.yaml
+++ b/k3d/k3d-helm-values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 image:
   repository: k3d-registry.localhost:55000/homepage
   tag: local
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  pullPolicy: Always
 
 config:
   bookmarks:
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ ingress:
             pathType: Prefix
 
 persistence:
-  # this persists the .next directory which greatly improves successive pod startup times
+  # this persists the .next directory which greatly improves successive pod startup times in Tilt,
+  # but it breaks normal deployments, so it is disabled by default
   dotnext:
-    enabled: true
+    enabled: false
     type: pvc
     accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
     size: 1Gi
diff --git a/k3d/k3d-up.sh b/k3d/k3d-up.sh
index c90af8f04..e16104012 100755
--- a/k3d/k3d-up.sh
+++ b/k3d/k3d-up.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ chmod 600 kubeconfig
 export KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/kubeconfig
 
 echo "Waiting for traefik install job to complete (CTRL+C is safe if you're impatient)"
-kubectl wait jobs/helm-install-traefik -n kube-system --for condition=complete --timeout 90s && echo "Completed" || echo "Timed out"
+kubectl wait jobs/helm-install-traefik -n kube-system --for condition=complete --timeout 90s && echo "Completed" || echo "Timed out (but it should still come up eventually)"