diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 4c8ef13..b28fe05 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ FROM python:3.14-alpine
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 ENV PORT=8080
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-COPY ./app .
+COPY . .
+WORKDIR /app/backend
 
 RUN mkdir -p /app/data
 EXPOSE $PORT
 
-CMD ["sh", "-c", "gunicorn -w 4 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker main:app --bind 0.0.0.0:$PORT"]
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+CMD ["sh", "-c", "gunicorn -w 4 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker app.main:app --bind 0.0.0.0:$PORT"]
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diff --git a/backend/app/main.py b/backend/app/main.py
index 4f55f4b..a76371e 100644
--- a/backend/app/main.py
+++ b/backend/app/main.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 
-from .database import Base, engine
-from .routes import auth, tournaments, websocket
+from database import Base, engine
+from routes import auth, tournaments, websocket
 
 
 @asynccontextmanager