diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/backend-ecr-modal.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/backend-ecr-modal.yaml
index 201aa6c..75f809e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/backend-ecr-modal.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/backend-ecr-modal.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name: Backend EC - Modal  Deployment
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ['main']
+    branches: ['**']
   workflow_dispatch: {}
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/backend/main.py b/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/backend/platform_server.py
similarity index 100%
rename from workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/backend/main.py
rename to workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/backend/platform_server.py
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 d671e9d..cdb531e 100644
--- a/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/backend_deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/backend_deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     gcc \
     g++ \
     make \
+    libglib2.0-0 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Create virtual environment so we can copy a single tree to runtime
@@ -85,19 +86,39 @@ COPY --from=wheelhouse /app/backend /app/backend
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --no-index --find-links=/wheels -r requirements.txt && \
     find /opt/venv -type d -name "__pycache__" -exec rm -rf {} + && \
     find /opt/venv -type d -name "tests" -exec rm -rf {} +
+
+# === DISTROLESS PREPARATION ===
+# 1. Distroless has no shell to run `mkdir` later, so we build our directories here.
+RUN mkdir -p /app/logs
+
+# 2. Extract the critical shared C-libraries that your dynamic CV system needs 
+# (e.g., libglib) so we can pass them into Distroless manually.
+RUN cp /lib/*-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 /opt/venv/
 # =============================================================================
 # Stage 3: Runtime
 # Minimal image containing only the venv and application code.
 # =============================================================================
-FROM python:3.12-slim-bookworm AS runtime
+# FROM python:3.12-slim-bookworm AS runtime
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/cc-debian12 AS runtime
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Copy the exact Python runtime binaries from the builder to prevent path mismatch
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/python3.12 /usr/local/bin/python
+COPY --from=builder /opt/venv/libglib-2.0.so.0 /lib/
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/ /usr/local/lib/
+
+# Copy your prepared virtual environment and structures
+COPY --from=builder /opt/venv /opt/venv
+COPY --from=builder /app/logs /app/logs
+
+
 # Step 2: Assign an explicit numeric ID (like 999) when creating the user/group
-RUN groupadd -g 999 appgroup && \
-    useradd -r -l -u 999 -g appgroup -d /app -s /sbin/nologin appuser
+# RUN groupadd -g 999 appgroup && \
+#     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 \
@@ -108,30 +129,50 @@ RUN groupadd -g 999 appgroup && \
 #     libsm6 \
 #     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    libglib2.0-0 \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-    
+# RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+#     libglib2.0-0 \
+#     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Drop our extracted dynamic system C-libraries into the system runtime path
+COPY --from=builder /opt/venv/libglib-2.0.so.0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
+
 # Step 3: Use the exact matching numeric IDs for --chown
-COPY --from=builder --chown=999:999 /opt/venv /opt/venv
-ENV PATH=/opt/venv/bin:$PATH
+# COPY --from=builder --chown=999:999 /opt/venv /opt/venv
 
 # Copy application code
-COPY --from=wheelhouse --chown=999:999 /app/backend /app/backend
-# Switch to non-root user
-# === FIX COMPONENT ===
-# Pre-create the log directory and hand ownership over to appuser
-RUN mkdir -p /app/logs && chown -R 999:999 /app/logs
-# =====================
+COPY --from=wheelhouse /app/backend /app/backend
 
-USER appuser
+# ENV PATH=/opt/venv/bin:$PATH
+ENV PATH=/opt/venv/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
+# Copy application code
+# COPY --from=wheelhouse --chown=999:999 /app/backend /app/backend
 
 # Expose port
 EXPOSE 8001
 
-# Health check
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=10s --retries=3 \
-    CMD python -c "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:8001/health')" || exit 1
+# Switch to non-root user
+# === FIX COMPONENT ===
+# Pre-create the log directory and hand ownership over to appuser
+# RUN mkdir -p /app/logs && chown -R 999:999 /app/logs
+# =====================
+# USER appuser
+
+# Distroless has built-in nonroot configurations. The user ID 65532 is standard.
+# We assign our directories to this default nonroot group/user ID.
+COPY --from=builder --chown=65532:65532 /opt/venv /opt/venv
+COPY --from=builder --chown=65532:65532 /app/logs /app/logs
+USER 65532
+
+
+# # Health check
+# HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=10s --retries=3 \
+#     CMD python -c "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:8001/health')" || exit 1
+
+
+# NOTE: The HEALTHCHECK block must be deleted or rewritten in native Python code. 
+# Distroless does not contain a shell (`/bin/sh`), so the `|| exit 1` syntax 
+# will cause the Docker health check execution framework to completely fail.
+# If an automated health check is strictly required, handle it via a native Python orchestration check.
 
 # Run the CV inference server
 CMD ["python", "-m", "backend.cv_inference_server"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/ml/tests/agent_tools/README.md b/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/ml/tests/agent_tools/README.md
index d6e84bd..0251df8 100644
--- a/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/ml/tests/agent_tools/README.md
+++ b/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/ml/tests/agent_tools/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export SUPABASE_URL="https://<ref>.supabase.co"
 export SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY="..."
 export EMBED_QUERY_MOCK=1   # PoC until embedder wired
 
-PYTHONPATH=. uvicorn backend.main:app --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000
+PYTHONPATH=. uvicornbackend.platform_server:app --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000
 ```
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/ml/tests/agent_tools/smoke/bff-tools.mjs b/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/ml/tests/agent_tools/smoke/bff-tools.mjs
index c0187f7..a38575b 100644
--- a/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/ml/tests/agent_tools/smoke/bff-tools.mjs
+++ b/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/ml/tests/agent_tools/smoke/bff-tools.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Start backend first (from CODEBASE root):
  *   MODAL_MEDGEMMA_ENDPOINT=... EXA_API_KEY=... SUPABASE_URL=... \\
- *   PYTHONPATH=. uvicorn backend.main:app --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000
+ *   PYTHONPATH=. uvicornbackend.platform_server:app --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000
  *
  * Usage:
  *   BFF_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000 npm run smoke:bff