diff --git a/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test b/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
index 7c28661..3890ed7 100644
--- a/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-# We Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
+# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
-# Allows docker to cache installed dependencies between builds
-COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+# Set the working directory to /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the requirements file from the root directory to the container
+COPY ../requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 
-# Mounts the application code to the image
-RUN mkdir /app
+# Install dependencies including 'coverage'
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r /app/requirements.txt coverage
+
+# Copy the application code into the container
 COPY . /app
-WORKDIR /app
 
+# Expose the application port (optional, if you plan to run it with a server)
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-# Runs migrations and starts the server
-CMD ["sh", "-c", "python manage.py migrate && python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"]
+# Run tests with coverage and generate a report
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "coverage run --source='.' manage.py test && coverage report"]
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