diff --git a/.env b/.env
index a56f5fe..358ba6c 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 POSTGRES_USER=thoughts_user
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
-POSTGRES_DB=thoughts_db
\ No newline at end of file
+POSTGRES_DB=thoughts_db
+
+HOST=0.0.0.0
+PORT=8000
+DATABASE_URL="postgresql://thoughts_user:postgres@database/thoughts_db"
+PREFORK=1
+AUTH_SECRET=secret
+BASE_URL=http://0.0.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 7c62dd9..e45acc8 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     env_file:
       - .env
+    environment:
+      - RUST_LOG=info
+      - RUST_BACKTRACE=1
     depends_on:
       database:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -34,9 +37,13 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./thoughts-frontend
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      args:
+        NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL: http://localhost/api
     restart: unless-stopped
     depends_on:
       - backend
+    environment:
+      - NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_SIDE_API_URL=http://proxy/api
 
   proxy:
     container_name: thoughts-proxy
diff --git a/thoughts-backend/.env b/thoughts-backend/.env
index b91bd78..0593f13 100644
--- a/thoughts-backend/.env
+++ b/thoughts-backend/.env
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost/thoughts"
 #DATABASE_URL=postgres://thoughts_user:postgres@database:5432/thoughts_db
 PREFORK=0
 AUTH_SECRET=your_secret_key_here
+BASE_URL=http://0.0.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/thoughts-backend/.env.example b/thoughts-backend/.env.example
index 1ac0b90..87dccd6 100644
--- a/thoughts-backend/.env.example
+++ b/thoughts-backend/.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 HOST=0.0.0.0
 PORT=3000
-DATABASE_URL="sqlite://dev.db"
-# DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost/clean-axum"
+DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost/clean-axum"
 PREFORK=1
 AUTH_SECRET=your_secret_key_here
 BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/thoughts-backend/Dockerfile b/thoughts-backend/Dockerfile
index b697c2b..3b0ac8c 100644
--- a/thoughts-backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/thoughts-backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 FROM rust:1.89-slim AS builder
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libssl-dev pkg-config && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 RUN cargo install cargo-chef --locked
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
 COPY api/Cargo.toml ./api/
 COPY app/Cargo.toml ./app/
+COPY common/Cargo.toml ./common/
 COPY doc/Cargo.toml ./doc/
 COPY migration/Cargo.toml ./migration/
 COPY models/Cargo.toml ./models/
@@ -22,6 +26,8 @@ RUN cargo build --release --bin thoughts-backend
 
 FROM debian:13-slim AS runtime
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y openssl && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 RUN groupadd --system --gid 1001 appgroup && \
     useradd --system --uid 1001 --gid appgroup appuser
 
diff --git a/thoughts-backend/common/Cargo.toml b/thoughts-backend/common/Cargo.toml
index 3891a21..e28a054 100644
--- a/thoughts-backend/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/thoughts-backend/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ name = "common"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
+[lib]
+name = "common"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
 [dependencies]
 serde = { workspace = true }
 utoipa = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/thoughts-backend/migration/Cargo.toml b/thoughts-backend/migration/Cargo.toml
index 3e907e8..5546c32 100644
--- a/thoughts-backend/migration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/thoughts-backend/migration/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,4 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 models = { path = "../models" }
 
 async-std = { version = "1.13.1", features = ["attributes", "tokio1"] }
-sea-orm-migration = { version = "1.1.12", features = [
-    "sqlx-sqlite",
-    "sqlx-postgres",
-] }
+sea-orm-migration = { version = "1.1.12", features = ["sqlx-postgres"] }
diff --git a/thoughts-backend/models/Cargo.toml b/thoughts-backend/models/Cargo.toml
index 383df32..7e2cae5 100644
--- a/thoughts-backend/models/Cargo.toml
+++ b/thoughts-backend/models/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sea-orm = { workspace = true, features = [
   "sqlx-postgres",
-  "sqlx-sqlite",
   "runtime-tokio-rustls",
   "macros",
 ] }
diff --git a/thoughts-backend/src/tokio.rs b/thoughts-backend/src/tokio.rs
index bcac908..359f8e5 100644
--- a/thoughts-backend/src/tokio.rs
+++ b/thoughts-backend/src/tokio.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use api::{setup_config, setup_db, setup_router};
-use utils::{create_dev_db, migrate};
+use utils::migrate;
 
 async fn worker(child_num: u32, db_url: &str, prefork: bool, listener: std::net::TcpListener) {
     let conn = setup_db(db_url, prefork).await;
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ async fn worker(child_num: u32, db_url: &str, prefork: bool, listener: std::net:
 #[cfg(feature = "prefork")]
 fn run_prefork(db_url: &str, listener: std::net::TcpListener) {
     let db_url: &'static str = Box::leak(db_url.to_owned().into_boxed_str());
-    create_dev_db(db_url);
 
     let num_of_cores = std::thread::available_parallelism().unwrap().get() as u32;
     let is_parent = prefork::Prefork::from_resource(listener)
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ fn run_prefork(db_url: &str, listener: std::net::TcpListener) {
 }
 
 fn run_non_prefork(db_url: &str, listener: std::net::TcpListener) {
-    create_dev_db(db_url);
-
     let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
     rt.block_on(worker(0, db_url, false, listener));
 }
diff --git a/thoughts-backend/utils/src/file.rs b/thoughts-backend/utils/src/file.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c443eb8..0000000
--- a/thoughts-backend/utils/src/file.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-use std::process::Command;
-
-fn touch(file_name: &str) {
-    if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
-        Command::new("cmd")
-            .args(["/C", &format!("type nul >> {}", file_name)])
-            .output()
-            .expect("failed to execute touch");
-    } else {
-        Command::new("touch")
-            .arg(file_name)
-            .output()
-            .expect("failed to execute touch");
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn create_dev_db(db_url: &str) {
-    let prefix = "sqlite://";
-    if let Some(file_name) = db_url.strip_prefix(prefix) {
-        touch(file_name);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/thoughts-backend/utils/src/lib.rs b/thoughts-backend/utils/src/lib.rs
index f73fed9..1c79795 100644
--- a/thoughts-backend/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/thoughts-backend/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 mod db;
-mod file;
 pub mod testing;
 
 pub use db::migrate;
-pub use file::create_dev_db;
diff --git a/thoughts-frontend/Dockerfile b/thoughts-frontend/Dockerfile
index f1ae8ff..3d9ab77 100644
--- a/thoughts-frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/thoughts-frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,30 +1,27 @@
-FROM oven/bun:1 AS base
+FROM node:22-slim AS builder
 WORKDIR /app
 
-FROM base AS install
-RUN mkdir -p /temp/dev
-COPY package.json bun.lock /temp/dev/
-RUN cd /temp/dev && bun install --frozen-lockfile
+ARG NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL
+ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL
 
-RUN mkdir -p /temp/prod
-COPY package.json bun.lock /temp/prod/
-RUN cd /temp/prod && bun install --frozen-lockfile --production
+# Install dependencies with Bun for speed
+COPY --chown=node:node package.json bun.lock ./
+RUN npm install -g bun
+RUN bun install --frozen-lockfile
 
-FROM base AS prerelease
-COPY --from=install /temp/dev/node_modules node_modules
-COPY . .
+# Copy the rest of the app and build with Node's Next.js runtime
+COPY --chown=node:node . .
 
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 RUN bun run build
 
-FROM base AS release
+FROM node:22-slim AS release
 
-COPY --from=prerelease /app/public ./public
-COPY --from=prerelease /app/.next/standalone ./
-COPY --from=prerelease /app/.next/static ./.next/static
+COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
+COPY --from=builder /app/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=builder /app/.next/static ./.next/static
 
-USER bun
 EXPOSE 3000
 
-CMD ["bun", "run", "server.js"]
+CMD ["node", "server.js"]
 
diff --git a/thoughts-frontend/app/page.tsx b/thoughts-frontend/app/page.tsx
index c95dc9f..495e0d3 100644
--- a/thoughts-frontend/app/page.tsx
+++ b/thoughts-frontend/app/page.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { PopularTags } from "@/components/popular-tags";
 import { ThoughtThread } from "@/components/thought-thread";
 import { buildThoughtThreads } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { TopFriends } from "@/components/top-friends";
-import InstallPrompt from "@/components/install-prompt";
 
 export default async function Home() {
   const token = (await cookies()).get("auth_token")?.value ?? null;
diff --git a/thoughts-frontend/lib/api.ts b/thoughts-frontend/lib/api.ts
index 0c9c56e..bb33815 100644
--- a/thoughts-frontend/lib/api.ts
+++ b/thoughts-frontend/lib/api.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ export type ApiKey = z.infer<typeof ApiKeySchema>;
 export type ApiKeyResponse = z.infer<typeof ApiKeyResponseSchema>;
 export type ThoughtThread = z.infer<typeof ThoughtThreadSchema>;
 
-const API_BASE_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL || "http://localhost:8000";
+const API_BASE_URL =
+  typeof window === "undefined"
+    ? process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_SIDE_API_URL // Server-side
+    : process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL; // Client-side
 
 async function apiFetch<T>(
   endpoint: string,
@@ -119,6 +122,10 @@ async function apiFetch<T>(
   schema: z.ZodType<T>,
   token?: string | null
 ): Promise<T> {
+  if (!API_BASE_URL) {
+    throw new Error("API_BASE_URL is not defined");
+  }
+
   const headers: Record<string, string> = {
     "Content-Type": "application/json",
     ...(options.headers as Record<string, string>),
@@ -128,7 +135,8 @@ async function apiFetch<T>(
     headers["Authorization"] = `Bearer ${token}`;
   }
 
-  const response = await fetch(`${API_BASE_URL}${endpoint}`, {
+  const fullUrl = `${API_BASE_URL}${endpoint}`;
+  const response = await fetch(fullUrl, {
     ...options,
     headers,
   });