diff --git a/apps/api/.env.example b/apps/api/.env.example
index 4f95810..c2bacd8 100644
--- a/apps/api/.env.example
+++ b/apps/api/.env.example
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ REDIS_PORT=
 REDIS_DOCKER_PORT=6397
 
 OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-your api key"
-GPT_MODEL="gpt-4o"
\ No newline at end of file
+GPT_MODEL="gpt-4o"
+
+# Docker env
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=transcript-summarizer-api 
diff --git a/apps/api/Dockerfile b/apps/api/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d3e7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Use Node.js 20 as the base image
+FROM node:20
+
+# Set the working directory inside the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy package.json and package-lock.json to the container
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+# Set NODE_ENV environment variable
+ENV NODE_ENV production
+
+# Running `npm ci` removes the existing node_modules directory and passing in --only=production ensures that only the production dependencies are installed. This ensures that the node_modules directory is as optimized as possible
+RUN npm ci --only=production && npm cache clean --force
+
+# Install Nest CLI globally
+RUN npm install -g @nestjs/cli
+
+# Copy the rest of the application code to the container
+COPY . .
+
+# Build the NestJS application
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Expose the port your application will run on
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+# Command to start your NestJS application
+CMD ["node", "dist/main.js"]
diff --git a/apps/api/Transcript Summarization.postman_collection.json b/apps/api/Transcript Summarization.postman_collection.json
index 8f4e4f8..11f0cfe 100644
--- a/apps/api/Transcript Summarization.postman_collection.json	
+++ b/apps/api/Transcript Summarization.postman_collection.json	
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
           "formdata": [
             {
               "key": "operations",
-              "value": "{\"query\":\"mutation ($file: Upload!) {\\n  createSummary(createSummaryInput: { inputFile: $file }) {\\n    id\\n  }\\n}\"}",
+              "value": "{\"query\":\"mutation ($file: Upload!) {\\n  createSummary(createSummaryInput: { inputFile: $file }) {\\n    jobId\\n  }\\n}\"}",
               "type": "text"
             },
             {
diff --git a/apps/api/docker-compose.yml b/apps/api/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abc4a7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  transcript-summarizer-api:
+    image: transcript-summarizer-api
+    container_name: transcript-summarizer-api
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - '127.0.0.1:${SERVER_PORT}:3000'
+    depends_on:
+      - transcript-summarizer-mariadb
+      - transcript-summarizer-redis
+    environment:
+      NODE_ENV: production
+
+  transcript-summarizer-mariadb:
+    container_name: transcript-summarizer-mariadb
+    image: mariadb:latest
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+      MYSQL_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: ${DB_NAME}
+    ports:
+      - '127.0.0.1:${MARIADB_DOCKER_PORT}:3306'
+    volumes:
+      - transcript-summarizer-mariadb-data:/var/lib/mysql
+
+  transcript-summarizer-redis:
+    container_name: transcript-summarizer-redis
+    image: redis:latest
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - '127.0.0.1:${REDIS_DOCKER_PORT}:6379'
+
+volumes:
+  transcript-summarizer-mariadb-data: ~
diff --git a/apps/api/src/config/typeorm/configuration.ts b/apps/api/src/config/typeorm/configuration.ts
index 6dc3fc2..9ef7d1d 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/config/typeorm/configuration.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/config/typeorm/configuration.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export default new DataSource({
   password: configService.getOrThrow<string>('DB_PASSWORD'),
   database: configService.getOrThrow<string>('DB_NAME'),
   entities: [],
-  autoLoadEntities: true,
   migrations: ['src/database/migrations/**'],
   migrationsTableName: 'summary_migrations',
   synchronize: false,