diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index f642be5..44f629f 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -166,10 +166,11 @@ EXPOSE 3000 8000
 # Use tini as init system
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--"]
 
-# Start application from peikarband directory (contains rxconfig.py)
-# Reflex needs to run from the directory containing rxconfig.py
-WORKDIR /app/peikarband
-CMD ["reflex", "run", "--env", "prod", "--loglevel", "info"]
+# Start application
+# We run from /app directory so Python can find peikarband package
+# Reflex will find rxconfig.py in /app/peikarband/ automatically
+WORKDIR /app
+CMD ["reflex", "run", "--env", "prod", "--loglevel", "info", "--frontend-port", "3000", "--backend-port", "8000"]
 
 # ============================================
 # Build Information
diff --git a/peikarband/peikarband/__init__.py b/peikarband/peikarband/__init__.py
index 07a7652..d878839 100644
--- a/peikarband/peikarband/__init__.py
+++ b/peikarband/peikarband/__init__.py
@@ -4,10 +4,30 @@ Reflex expects to find 'app' in peikarband.peikarband when app_name='peikarband'
 This submodule provides that structure.
 """
 
-# Import app from peikarband.app
-# This works when PYTHONPATH includes the parent directory of peikarband package
-# For example: PYTHONPATH=/build allows importing peikarband.app
-from peikarband.app import app
+# Import app from parent package's app.py
+# We use importlib to directly load app.py, which works regardless of working directory
+# This is necessary because when Reflex runs from /app/peikarband, Python cannot
+# find the peikarband package using normal imports
+import importlib.util
+import os
+import sys
+
+# Get the parent directory (peikarband/) and load app.py directly
+_parent_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+_app_file = os.path.join(_parent_dir, 'app.py')
+
+# Load app.py as a module
+_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("peikarband.app", _app_file)
+_app_module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(_spec)
+
+# Register the module in sys.modules so it can be imported elsewhere
+sys.modules["peikarband.app"] = _app_module
+_spec.loader.exec_module(_app_module)
+
+# Get the app from the loaded module
+app = _app_module.app
+
+__all__ = ["app"]
 
 __all__ = ["app"]