diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 55534c9..ab230ca 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,23 +1,15 @@
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
-# Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy requirements first for better caching
 COPY requirements.txt .
-
-# Install dependencies
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-# Copy the rest of the application
 COPY . .
 
-# Expose the port the app runs on
 EXPOSE 5000
 
-# Set environment variables
-ENV FLASK_APP=main.py
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
-# Run the application
-CMD ["python", "main.py"]
+# Use Gunicorn instead of python main.py
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000", "--workers", "4", "--timeout", "120", "main:app"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cc49e44..d7248ce 100644
Binary files a/requirements.txt and b/requirements.txt differ
diff --git a/web/vue-app/nginx.conf b/web/vue-app/nginx.conf
index 412792b..7edc346 100644
--- a/web/vue-app/nginx.conf
+++ b/web/vue-app/nginx.conf
@@ -16,26 +16,20 @@ http {
         ssl_ciphers         HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
 
         location /api/ {
-            proxy_pass http://chore-app-backend:5000/;
-            proxy_set_header Host $host;
-            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        proxy_pass http://backend:5000/;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
         }
 
 location /events/ {
-    proxy_pass http://chore-app-backend:5000/;
-    proxy_set_header Host $host;
-    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-    proxy_http_version 1.1;
-    proxy_set_header Connection '';
-    chunked_transfer_encoding off;
-    proxy_buffering off;
-    proxy_cache off;
-    proxy_read_timeout 36000s;
-    proxy_send_timeout 36000s;
+        proxy_pass http://backend:5000/events;
+        proxy_set_header Connection '';
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        chunked_transfer_encoding off;
+        proxy_buffering off;
+        proxy_cache off;
 }
 
         location / {