diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 54dd2202..9332d623 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Container to serve FastAPI backend api from sbmlutils
+# sudo docker build -t fastapi-app .
+# sudo docker run -p 1444:1444 fastapi-app
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FROM python:3.12
+FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 # Add application code to the image
 COPY ./src /code/src
@@ -16,9 +18,5 @@ WORKDIR /code
 # Install sbmlutils
 RUN pip install -e . --no-cache-dir --upgrade
 
-#ENV MODULE_NAME="sbmlutils.report.api"
-#ENV VARIABLE_NAME="api"
-#ENV PORT="1444"
-
 EXPOSE 1444
 CMD ["uvicorn", "sbmlutils.report.api:api", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "1444"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile_old b/Dockerfile_old
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b32f9b3..00000000
--- a/Dockerfile_old
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Container to serve FastAPI backend api from sbmlutils
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/deployment/docker/
-# see https://github.com/tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-docker for env variables
-
-# build image
-#   docker build -t myimage .
-
-# start container
-#  docker run -d --name mycontainer -p 80:80 -e MODULE_NAME="sbmlutils.report.api" -e VARIABLE_NAME="api" myimage
-#  docker run -d --name mycontainer -p 80:80 myimage
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.11
-
-# Caching of python requirements
-# COPY ./requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt
-# CMD pip install --requirement /code/requirements.txt
-
-# Adds application code to the image
-# COPY . /code
-COPY ./src /code/src
-COPY ./setup.cfg /code/setup.cfg
-COPY ./setup.py /code/setup.py
-COPY ./README.rst /code/README.rst
-COPY ./MANIFEST.in /code/MANIFEST.in
-COPY ./LICENSE /code/LICENSE
-
-WORKDIR /code
-
-# Install sbmlutils
-RUN pip install -e . --no-cache-dir --upgrade
-
-ENV MODULE_NAME="sbmlutils.report.api"
-ENV VARIABLE_NAME="api"
-ENV PORT="1444"
-
-# EXPOSE 80
-EXPOSE 1444
-
-# Run the start script, it will check for an /app/prestart.sh script (e.g. for migrations)
-# And then will start Gunicorn with Uvicorn
-CMD ["/start.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose-develop.yml b/docker-compose-develop.yml
index 574cbd71..6bdd7d3b 100644
--- a/docker-compose-develop.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-develop.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # build containers
-#   docker compose -f docker-compose-develop.yml build --no-cache
-#   docker compose -f docker-compose-develop.yml build
+#   sudo docker compose -f docker-compose-develop.yml build --no-cache
+#   sudo docker compose -f docker-compose-develop.yml build
 # serve containers
-#   docker compose -f docker-compose-develop.yml up --detach
-#   docker compose -f docker-compose-develop.yml up
+#   sudo docker compose -f docker-compose-develop.yml up --detach
+#   sudo docker compose -f docker-compose-develop.yml up
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 version: '3'
 
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - .:/code
     expose:
-      - "80"
+      - "1444"
     ports:
-      - "1444:80"
-    # command: ["/start.sh"]
+      - "1444:1444"
 
   frontend:
     restart: always
diff --git a/docker-compose-production.yml b/docker-compose-production.yml
index 41ec5585..64746d2f 100644
--- a/docker-compose-production.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-production.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 # DOCKER COMPOSE DEPLOYMENT
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # build containers
-#   docker-compose -f docker-compose-production.yml build --no-cache
-#   docker-compose -f docker-compose-production.yml build
+#   sudo docker-compose -f docker-compose-production.yml build --no-cache
+#   sudo docker-compose -f docker-compose-production.yml build
 # serve containers
-#   docker-compose -f docker-compose-production.yml up
-#   docker-compose -f docker-compose-production.yml up --detach
+#   sudo docker-compose -f docker-compose-production.yml up
+#   sudo docker-compose -f docker-compose-production.yml up --detach
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 version: '3'
 
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ services:
     expose:
       - "1444"
     ports:
-      # - "1444:80"
       - "1444:1444"
-    command: ["/start.sh"]
 
   frontend:
     environment: