diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b0f6b7b0..84cf6eb6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 cd frontend 
 npm run dist
 go mod vendor
-go run backend/cmd/fasten/fasten.go start --config ./config.yaml --debug
+go run backend/cmd/fasten/fasten.go start --config ./config.example.yaml --debug
 ```
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f887f214..4ec35ece 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,13 +15,20 @@ RUN go mod vendor \
     && go generate ./... \
     && go vet ./... \
     && go test ./...
-
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o /go/bin/fasten ./backend/cmd/fasten/
 
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian11
+# create folder structure
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/fasten/db \
+  mkdir -p /opt/fasten/web \
+  mkdir -p /opt/fasten/config
 
-COPY --from=frontend-build /usr/src/fastenhealth/dist /opt/fasten/dist
+
+
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian11
+WORKDIR /opt/fasten/
+COPY --from=backend-build  /opt/fasten/ /opt/fasten/
+COPY --from=frontend-build /usr/src/fastenhealth/dist /opt/fasten/web
 COPY --from=backend-build /go/bin/fasten /opt/fasten/fasten
 COPY LICENSE.md /opt/fasten/LICENSE.md
-COPY config.yaml /opt/fasten/config.yaml
+COPY config.yaml /opt/fasten/config/config.yaml
 CMD ["/opt/fasten/fasten"]
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 043c0175..4804fcec 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ web:
     # used to encrypt/validate JWT session key (used for authentication)
     encryptionkey: 'changethissupersecretkey'
   listen:
-    port: 9090
+    port: 8080
     host: 0.0.0.0
 
     # if you're using a reverse proxy like apache/nginx, you can override this value to serve fasten on a subpath.
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ web:
   src:
     # the location on the filesystem where webapp javascript + css is located
     frontend:
-#      path: /opt/fasten/web
-      path: ./dist
+      path: /opt/fasten/web
 
 log:
   file: '' #absolute or relative paths allowed, eg. web.log