diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 2b50d4d11..adcad2392 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM artifacts.developer.gov.bc.ca/docker-remote/node:20.18.0-alpine3.20
+FROM artifacts.developer.gov.bc.ca/docker-remote/node:20.18.0-alpine3.19
 
 ENV NPM_CONFIG_CACHE /tmp/npm
 RUN mkdir -p /logs \
diff --git a/backend/src/util/browser.js b/backend/src/util/browser.js
index 6422c4c44..111c893d1 100644
--- a/backend/src/util/browser.js
+++ b/backend/src/util/browser.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async function getBrowserContext() {
     browserProcess
       .on('close', code => log.info(`Puppeteer :: browser process closed, status: ${code}`));
 
-    return browser.createBrowserContext();
+    return await browser.createBrowserContext();
   } catch (e) {
     log.error('Puppeteer :: Browser process could not be retrieved', e);
     return null;
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@ async function getBrowserContext() {
  * Gracefully close the browser and all of its pages/contexts.
  */
 async function closeBrowser() {
-  if (browser.pages().length === 0) {
+  if (browser === null) {
+    log.warn('Puppeteer :: closeBrowser called with null browser');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const pages = await browser.pages();
+  if (pages.length === 1) {
     await browser.close();
   } else {
     log.warn('Puppeteer :: closeBrowser was called with pages open');