diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
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+/.git
+/node_modules
+.dockerignore
+.env
+Dockerfile
+fly.toml
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
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+# syntax = docker/dockerfile:1
+
+# Adjust NODE_VERSION as desired
+ARG NODE_VERSION=20.18.0
+FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-slim AS base
+
+LABEL fly_launch_runtime="Node.js"
+
+# Node.js app lives here
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Set production environment
+ENV NODE_ENV="production"
+
+
+# Throw-away build stage to reduce size of final image
+FROM base AS build
+
+# Install packages needed to build node modules
+RUN apt-get update -qq && \
+    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y build-essential node-gyp pkg-config python-is-python3
+
+# Install node modules
+COPY package-lock.json package.json ./
+RUN npm ci --include=dev
+
+# Copy application code
+COPY . .
+
+# Build application
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Remove development dependencies
+RUN npm prune --omit=dev
+
+
+# Final stage for app image
+FROM base
+
+# Copy built application
+COPY --from=build /app /app
+
+# Start the server by default, this can be overwritten at runtime
+EXPOSE 3000
+CMD [ "npm", "run", "start" ]
diff --git a/backend/fly.toml b/backend/fly.toml
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+# fly.toml app configuration file generated for quicksnip on 2025-07-02T13:29:43Z
+#
+# See https://fly.io/docs/reference/configuration/ for information about how to use this file.
+#
+
+app = 'quicksnip'
+primary_region = 'arn'
+
+[build]
+
+[http_service]
+  internal_port = 3000
+  force_https = true
+  auto_stop_machines = 'stop'
+  auto_start_machines = true
+  min_machines_running = 0
+  processes = ['app']
+
+[[vm]]
+  memory = '1gb'
+  cpu_kind = 'shared'
+  cpus = 1
+  memory_mb = 1024