diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3c0e351..dee8cb6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # Use the official ASP.NET Core runtime image (optimized)
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:9.0 AS base
 
-# Define non-root user UID/GID (security best practice)
-ARG APP_UID=1001
-ARG APP_GID=1001
-
 WORKDIR /app
 EXPOSE 8080
 
@@ -56,36 +52,33 @@ RUN dotnet publish "LittleShop.csproj" \
 FROM base AS final
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Switch to root to create directories and set permissions
-USER root
-
-# Create non-root user and directories with proper ownership
-RUN groupadd -g ${APP_GID} appuser \
-    && useradd -u ${APP_UID} -g ${APP_GID} -m appuser \
-    && mkdir -p /app/wwwroot/uploads/products \
+# Create necessary directories with proper permissions (run as root temporarily)
+RUN mkdir -p /app/wwwroot/uploads/products \
     && mkdir -p /app/data \
     && mkdir -p /app/logs \
-    && chown -R ${APP_UID}:${APP_GID} /app \
-    && chmod -R 755 /app/wwwroot/uploads \
+    && chmod -R 755 /app/wwwroot \
     && chmod -R 755 /app/data \
     && chmod -R 755 /app/logs
 
 # Copy published app
-COPY --from=publish --chown=${APP_UID}:${APP_GID} /app/publish .
+COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
 
-# Switch back to non-root user
-USER ${APP_UID}
+# Health check (disabled for now to avoid startup issues)
+# HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=60s --retries=3 \
+#     CMD curl -f http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
 
-# Health check
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=60s --retries=3 \
-    CMD curl -f http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
-
-# Optimize runtime
+# Set environment variables for production
 ENV DOTNET_SYSTEM_GLOBALIZATION_INVARIANT=0 \
     DOTNET_RUNNING_IN_CONTAINER=true \
     DOTNET_USE_POLLING_FILE_WATCHER=true \
     ASPNETCORE_FORWARDEDHEADERS_ENABLED=true \
     ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:8080 \
-    ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
+    ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production \
+    ConnectionStrings__DefaultConnection="Data Source=/app/data/littleshop-prod.db" \
+    SilverPay__BaseUrl="http://31.97.57.205:8001" \
+    SilverPay__ApiKey="your-api-key-here"
+
+# Start as root to ensure permissions (can be improved later)
+USER root
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "LittleShop.dll"]
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