diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
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+++ b/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+data.db
+migrations/
+.env
+.flaskenv
+.git
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
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+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+#     gcc \
+#     libpq-dev \
+#     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+CMD ["python", "application.py"]
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diff --git a/backend/application.py b/backend/application.py
index 999b4d7..ce52467 100644
--- a/backend/application.py
+++ b/backend/application.py
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
 from flaskr import create_app
 
 app = create_app()
+
+# for rule in app.url_map.iter_rules():
+#     print(rule)
+
+@app.route("/")
+def index():
+    return {"message": "Welcome to Todo App API"}
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # 0.0.0.0 makes Flask accessible outside the container
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000, debug=True)
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+++ b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  backend:
+    build:
+      context: ./backend
+    container_name: flask-backend
+    ports:
+      - "5000:5000"
+    volumes:
+      - ./backend:/app
+    environment:
+      FLASK_ENV: development
+      JWT_SECRET_KEY: super-secret
+      SECRET_KEY: super-secret
+    restart: always
+
+  frontend:
+    build:
+      context: ./frontend
+    container_name: react-frontend
+    ports:
+      - "5173:5173"
+    volumes:
+      - ./frontend:/app
+      - /app/node_modules
+    depends_on:
+      - backend
+    restart: always
diff --git a/frontend/.dockerignore b/frontend/.dockerignore
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+++ b/frontend/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node_modules
+dist
+.git
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1303958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM node:20
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+RUN npm install
+
+COPY . .
+
+EXPOSE 5173
+
+CMD [ "npm", "run", "dev", "--", "--host" ]
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