# Docker compose build error on Windows

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-compose-build-error-on-windows/62002>\
**Category:** Docker Desktop\
**Tags:** docker, build\
**Created:** [November 2, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-compose-build-error-on-windows/62002 "2018-11-02T18:56:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-compose-build-error-on-windows/62002/1 "2018-11-02T18:56:25Z")

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I am getting an error when I try to run the follow docker-compose

npm ERR! path /usr/src/app/package.json

npm ERR! code ENOENT

npm ERR! errno -2

npm ERR! syscall open

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/usr/src/app/package.json’

npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.

npm ERR! enoent

2018-11-02T17:40:07.391181200Z

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

npm ERR! /root/.npm/\_logs/2018-11-02T17\_40\_07\_382Z-debug.log

-----------------Docker compose----------------

version: ‘2’  
services:  
mongodb:  
image: “mongo”  
ports:  
- “27017:27017”  
backend:  
build: ./node-backend/  
ports:  
- “6200:6200”  
volumes:  
- ./node-backend:/usr/src/app  
depends\_on:  
- mongodb  
frontend:  
build: ./react-frontend/  
ports:  
- “3000:3000”  
volumes:  
- ./react-frontend:/usr/src/app  
depends\_on:  
- backend

----------------------Docker file -------------------

FROM node:8.9.4  
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

RUN npm install -g nodemon

EXPOSE 3000  
CMD [“npm”, “start”]