diff --git a/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test b/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
index 374e1b2..a3ed0e0 100644
--- a/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@ FROM python:3.9-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install dependencies from backend/requirements.txt
-COPY ../backend/requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
+# Install dependencies from requirements.txt
+COPY ../requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-# Install coverage (if not in requirements.txt)
+# Install coverage (if not included in requirements.txt)
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir coverage
 
-# Copy application code and tests into the container
-COPY ../backend /app/backend
-COPY . /app/tests
+# Copy the entire backend folder into the container
+COPY .. /app/backend
+
+# Set the working directory to the backend folder
+WORKDIR /app/backend
 
 # Run tests with coverage
 CMD ["bash", "-c", "pytest --cov=backend --cov-report=xml"]