diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 3bf56c0..19617d1 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ PORT=...
 API_URL=...
 SECRET_KEY=SECRET
 TURSO_DATABASE_URL=...
-TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN=...
\ No newline at end of file
+TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN=...
+LOG_FILE=... # specify log file for production here (i.e. your container log file)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ae9c7ac..c69e342 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,15 +20,22 @@ RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S nodejs \
   && adduser -S express -u 1001 \
   && apk add --no-cache tini
 
+# Copy only the necessary files for production (no dist)
 COPY --from=base /app/package.json ./package.json
 COPY --from=base /app/node_modules ./node_modules
-COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./dist
+COPY . ./
 
+# Ensure proper permissions
 RUN chown -R express:nodejs /app
+RUN mkdir -p /app/logs  # Ensure log directory exists
+RUN chmod -R 664 /app/logs  # Ensure the directory is writable
+
 USER express
 EXPOSE 3000
+
+# Adjusted health check (if no /health route exists, use /)
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
-  CMD wget -qO- http://localhost:3000/health || exit 1
+  CMD wget -qO- http://localhost:3000/ || exit 1
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/tini", "--"]
-CMD ["node", "app/dist/api/server.js"]
+CMD ["node", "api/server.js"]
diff --git a/api/config/logger.js b/api/config/logger.js
index ee32466..fec2568 100644
--- a/api/config/logger.js
+++ b/api/config/logger.js
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 /** @type {import('pino-http').Options} */
 export const loggerHttp = {
   level: 'info',
-  transport: {
-    target: 'pino-pretty',
-    options: {
-      colorize: true,
-      singleLine: true,
-      translateTime: 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss.l'
-    }
-  },
+  transport: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
+    ? {
+        target: 'pino/file',
+        options: {
+          destination: process.env.LOG_DIR
+        }
+      }
+    : {
+        target: 'pino-pretty',
+        options: {
+          colorize: true,
+          singleLine: true,
+          translateTime: 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss.l'
+        }
+      },
   autoLogging: {
     ignore: (req) => req.url === '/favicon.ico'
   },