diff --git a/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test b/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
index ae987c4..374e1b2 100644
--- a/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-# Use a base Python image
 FROM python:3.9-slim
 
-# Set the working directory in the container
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy the application code into the container
-COPY . /app
+# Install dependencies from backend/requirements.txt
+COPY ../backend/requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-# Install dependencies (including coverage)
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && pip install --no-cache-dir coverage
+# Install coverage (if not in requirements.txt)
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir coverage
 
-# Run Django tests with coverage
-CMD ["sh", "-c", "coverage run manage.py test"]
+# Copy application code and tests into the container
+COPY ../backend /app/backend
+COPY . /app/tests
+
+# Run tests with coverage
+CMD ["bash", "-c", "pytest --cov=backend --cov-report=xml"]