diff --git a/quantum_app_backend/dockerfile b/quantum_app_backend/dockerfile
index a9a41be..a2e8ff1 100644
--- a/quantum_app_backend/dockerfile
+++ b/quantum_app_backend/dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 FROM python:3.9-slim
 
 # Set environment variables
-ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
 # Set the working directory in the container
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ EXPOSE 3001
 ENV FLASK_APP=app.py
 
 # Run the Flask app
-CMD ["flask", "run", "--host=0.0.0.0", "--port=3001"]
+CMD ["gunicorn","--config", "gunicorn_config.py", "app:app"]
diff --git a/quantum_app_backend/gunicorn_config.py b/quantum_app_backend/gunicorn_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd955b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quantum_app_backend/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import os
+
+
+
+workers = int(os.environ.get('GUNICORN_PROCESSES', '2'))
+
+threads = int(os.environ.get('GUNICORN_THREADS', '4'))
+
+# timeout = int(os.environ.get('GUNICORN_TIMEOUT', '120'))
+
+bind = os.environ.get('GUNICORN_BIND', '0.0.0.0:3001')
+
+
+
+forwarded_allow_ips = '*'
+
+secure_scheme_headers = { 'X-Forwarded-Proto': 'https' }
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diff --git a/quantum_app_backend/requirements.txt b/quantum_app_backend/requirements.txt
index c0f8b75..c9c3d04 100644
--- a/quantum_app_backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/quantum_app_backend/requirements.txt
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ portalocker
 matplotlib
 flask-pymongo
 dotenv
-flask-socketio
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+flask-socketio
+gunicorn==23.0.0
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