diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09ec762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM node:latest
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+# Copy the entrypoint script into the container
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4691a6e..38e267f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+
 # Build & Deploy Multi-Container Applications to AWS
 Multi container application with Nginx, React, Node and Mongo DB. This repository also contains Terraform IaC (Infrastructure as Code) for a CICD pipeline to build and push images to DockerHub.
 
 ## Technical Architecture Diagram
-![Alt text](./multi-container-tech-arch.png?raw=true "Technical Architecture Diagram")
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+![Alt text](./multi-container-tech-arch.png?raw=true "Technical Architecture Diagram")
+
+demo test mongo
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 64cd523..0bd5fa7 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 # misc
 .DS_Store
-.env
 .env.local
 .env.development.local
 .env.test.local
diff --git a/backend/backend.env b/backend/backend.env
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index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/backend.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/backend/env/backend.env b/backend/env/backend.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/env/backend.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 62dcd40..1e14e1e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ services:
       - ./db/init-mongo.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-mongo.js:ro
       - ./db/mongo-volume:/data/db
     env_file:
-      - ./env/mongo.env
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+      - ./env/mongo.env
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..184bde4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Print a message to indicate that the script is running
+echo "Starting the application..."
diff --git a/read.md b/read.md
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index 0000000..ce1a846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/read.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+git add read.md
+git commit -m "new changes"
+added.