diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4188f50..7d9a4b6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,20 +2,14 @@
 FROM python:3.10-slim
 
 # Set environment variables for the MPV socket and server host/port
-ENV MPV_SOCKET="/tmp/mpvsocket" \
-    HOST_NAME="0.0.0.0" \
-    PORT_NUMBER=8080 \
-	MYSQL_HOST="localhost" \
-	MYSQL_USER="mpvuser" \
-	MYSQL_PASSWORD="SecretPassword" \
-	MYSQL_DATABASE="mpv" \
-	MYSQL_PORT=3306
+ENV LISTEN_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
+    LISTEN_PORT=8080
 
 # Set the working directory in the container
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
-COPY server.py /app/server.py
+COPY server.py requirements.txt /app/
 
 # Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
 # If there are no external dependencies, you can skip this step
@@ -24,7 +18,8 @@ COPY server.py /app/server.py
 # Make port 8080 available to the world outside this container
 EXPOSE "${PORT_NUMBER}"
 
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir Flask mysql-connector-python
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Run server.py when the container launches
-CMD ["python3", "server.py", "--host", "${HOST_NAME}", "--port", "${PORT_NUMBER}", "--input-ipc-server", "${MPV_SOCKET}"]
+# CMD ["python3", "server.py", "--host", "${LISTEN_ADDRESS}", "--port", "${LISTEN_PORT}", "--input-ipc-server", "${MPV_SOCKET}"]
+CMD gunicorn --bind "${LISTEN_ADDRESS}":"${LISTEN_PORT}" server:app
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9705fea..3f0fa14 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 blinker==1.8.2
 click==8.1.7
 Flask==3.0.3
+gunicorn==23.0.0
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.4
 MarkupSafe==2.1.5
 mysql-connector-python==9.0.0
+packaging==24.1
 Werkzeug==3.0.4