diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bee1b28f..2230ffda 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,32 +1,30 @@
-# FROM python:3.10.0-alpine3.15
-FROM python:3.14.2-alpine3.12
+FROM python:3.14.2-slim
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
-RUN apk add --update --no-cache \
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     git \
-    build-base \
-    openldap-dev \
-    python3-dev \
-    postgresql-dev \
-    jpeg-dev \
+    build-essential \
+    libldap2-dev \
+    libsasl2-dev \
+    libpq-dev \
+    libjpeg-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
     libxml2-dev \
-    libxslt-dev \
+    libxslt1-dev \
     libmemcached-dev \
-    zlib-dev \
-    && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
-
-## For alpine 3.15 replace postgresql-dev with libpq-dev
-
-# FIX https://github.com/python-ldap/python-ldap/issues/432
-RUN echo 'INPUT ( libldap.so )' > /usr/lib/libldap_r.so
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY requirements.txt ./
 
-# Pillow seems to need LIBRARY_PATH set as follows:  (see: https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/1763#issuecomment-222383534)
-RUN LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib /bin/sh -c "pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt --no-deps"
+RUN LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/usr/lib \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt --no-deps
 
-COPY ./ .
-COPY entrypoint.sh /
+COPY . .
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh" ]
+
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--workers", "1", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", "dynamicweb.wsgi:application"]
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diff --git a/deploy/nginx/deploy.conf b/deploy/nginx/deploy.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e87011f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/nginx/deploy.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+server {
+    listen 80;
+
+    server_name 185.203.114.147;
+
+    location /static/ {
+        alias /usr/src/app/staticfiles/;
+    }
+
+    location /media/ {
+        alias /usr/src/app/media/;
+    }
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://web:8000;
+
+        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;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index f6586d26..0c7f20f4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,95 +1,128 @@
 services:
-
-db:
-image: postgres:16
-restart: unless-stopped
-
-
-env_file:
-  - .env
-
-environment:
-  POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
-  POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
-  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
-
-volumes:
-  - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-
-networks:
-  - backend
-
-healthcheck:
-  test:
-    [
-      "CMD-SHELL",
-      "pg_isready -U $${POSTGRES_USER} -d $${POSTGRES_DB}"
-    ]
-  interval: 10s
-  timeout: 5s
-  retries: 5
-
-
-web:
-build: .
-
-
-restart: unless-stopped
-
-env_file:
-  - .env
-
-environment:
-  POSTGRES_HOST: db
-  POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
-
-command: >
-  gunicorn dynamicweb.wsgi:application
-  --bind 0.0.0.0:8000
-  --workers 3
-  --access-logfile -
-  --error-logfile -
-
-volumes:
-  - static_data:/app/staticfiles
-  - media_data:/app/media
-
-expose:
-  - "8000"
-
-depends_on:
   db:
-    condition: service_healthy
+    image: postgres:16
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
-networks:
-  - backend
+    env_file:
+      - .env
 
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: app
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
 
-nginx:
-image: nginx:alpine
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
 
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        [
+          "CMD-SHELL",
+          "pg_isready -U $${POSTGRES_USER} -d app"
+        ]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
 
-restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - backend
 
-ports:
-  - "80:80"
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+    volumes:
+      - redis_data:/data
+
+    command: redis-server --appendonly yes
+
+    networks:
+      - backend
+
+  web:
+    build:
+      context: .
+
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_HOST: db
+      POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+      POSTGRES_DB: app
+
+      CELERY_BROKER_URL: redis://redis:6379/0
+      CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: redis://redis:6379/1
+
+    volumes:
+      - static_data:/usr/src/app/staticfiles
+      - media_data:/usr/src/app/media
+
+    expose:
+      - "8000"
+
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_started
+
+    networks:
+      - backend
+
+  celery:
+    build:
+      context: .
+
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_HOST: db
+      POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+      POSTGRES_DB: app
+
+      CELERY_BROKER_URL: redis://redis:6379/0
+      CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: redis://redis:6379/1
+
+    command: celery -A dynamicweb worker --loglevel=info
+
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_started
+
+    networks:
+      - backend
+
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+
+    volumes:
+      - ./deploy/nginx/default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro
+      - static_data:/usr/src/app/staticfiles:ro
+      - media_data:/usr/src/app/media:ro
+
+    depends_on:
+      - web
+
+    networks:
+      - backend
 
 volumes:
-  - ./deploy/nginx/default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro
-  - static_data:/app/staticfiles:ro
-  - media_data:/app/media:ro
-
-depends_on:
-  - web
+  postgres_data:
+  redis_data:
+  static_data:
+  media_data:
 
 networks:
-  - backend
-
-
-volumes:
-postgres_data:
-static_data:
-media_data:
-
-networks:
-backend:
+  backend:
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diff --git a/dynamicweb/settings/base.py b/dynamicweb/settings/base.py
index bc438891..9dd7cf48 100644
--- a/dynamicweb/settings/base.py
+++ b/dynamicweb/settings/base.py
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
         'NAME': 'app',
+        "USER": "postgres", 
+        "HOST": env("HOST"),
     }
 }