diff --git a/dockerfile b/dockerfile
index 82fddd4..7d57a80 100644
--- a/dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfile
@@ -1,37 +1,32 @@
-FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+FROM python:3.12-slim
 
-# Set environment variables
-ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+# Environment settings
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
 # Set work directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# System dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \
     curl wget \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
-ENV PATH="/root/.local/bin:${PATH}"
+# Copy dependency file
+COPY requirements.txt .
 
-# Copy only the dependency definitions first to leverage Docker's layer caching
-COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock .python-version ./
+# Install Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-# Install Python dependencies for production
-RUN uv sync --no-group dev --group prod
-
-# Copy the rest of the application code into the container
+# Copy project files
 COPY . .
 
-# Collect the static files
-RUN uv run --no-sync ./manage.py collectstatic --noinput
-
-# Migrate the database
-RUN uv run --no-sync ./manage.py migrate
-
-# Expose the port Gunicorn will run on
+# Expose port
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-# Run with gunicorn
-CMD ["uv", "run", "--no-sync", "gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", "--workers", "3", "--access-logfile", "-", "--error-logfile", "-", "--log-level", "info", "config.wsgi:application"]
\ No newline at end of file
+# Run migrations + collectstatic + gunicorn at runtime
+CMD \
+  python manage.py migrate && \
+  python manage.py collectstatic --noinput && \
+  gunicorn config.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 3