diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 1884a5f..7c28661 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Mounts the application code to the image
-COPY . app
+RUN mkdir /app
+COPY . /app
 WORKDIR /app
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-# Runs migrations and starts the production server
+# Runs migrations and starts the server
 CMD ["sh", "-c", "python manage.py migrate && python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"]