diff --git a/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/backend_deploy/Dockerfile b/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/backend_deploy/Dockerfile
index 66f4387..d671e9d 100644
--- a/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/backend_deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/backend_deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ FROM python:3.12-slim-bookworm AS runtime
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 # Step 2: Assign an explicit numeric ID (like 999) when creating the user/group
 RUN groupadd -g 999 appgroup && \
-    useradd -r -u 999 -g appgroup -d /app -s /sbin/nologin appuser
+    useradd -r -l -u 999 -g appgroup -d /app -s /sbin/nologin appuser
 
 # RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 #     libgl1 \