diff --git a/my-favorites-app/.dockerignore b/my-favorites-app/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1418ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/my-favorites-app/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Versioning and metadata
+.git
+.gitignore
+.dockerignore
+
+# Build dependencies
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
+
+# Environment (contains sensitive data)
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+
+# Files not required for production
+README.md
+Dockerfile
+docker-compose.yml
+*.log
+.next
+.vscode
+.idea
+*.md
+*.log
+*.lock
+
+# Testing
+coverage
+.nyc_output
+test
+
+# Misc
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/my-favorites-app/Dockerfile b/my-favorites-app/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2be358e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/my-favorites-app/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Use Node 18 Alpine as the base image for smaller size
+FROM node:18-alpine AS base
+
+# Install dependencies only when needed
+FROM base AS deps
+# Check https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/tree/b4117f9333da4138b03a546ec926ef50a31506c3#nodealpine to understand why libc6-compat might be needed.
+RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy package.json and package-lock.json
+COPY package.json package-lock.json* ./
+RUN npm ci
+
+# Rebuild the source code only when needed
+FROM base AS builder
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=deps /app/node_modules ./node_modules
+COPY . .
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
+
+# Build the application
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Production image, copy all the files and run next
+FROM base AS runner
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENV NODE_ENV production
+ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
+
+RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
+RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
+
+# Copy necessary files from the builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
+
+# Set the correct permissions
+RUN mkdir .next
+RUN chown nextjs:nodejs .next
+
+# Automatically leverage output traces to reduce image size
+COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
+
+USER nextjs
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+ENV PORT 3000
+ENV HOSTNAME "0.0.0.0"
+
+# Start the application
+CMD ["node", "server.js"]
diff --git a/my-favorites-app/next.config.ts b/my-favorites-app/next.config.ts
index e9ffa30..3a281e9 100644
--- a/my-favorites-app/next.config.ts
+++ b/my-favorites-app/next.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 import type { NextConfig } from "next";
 
 const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
-  /* config options here */
+  output: 'standalone',
+  images: {
+    domains: [
+      'm.media-amazon.com',
+      'i.scdn.co',
+      'www.moma.org'
+    ],
+    remotePatterns: [
+      {
+        protocol: 'https',
+        hostname: '**',
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  // Enable strict mode for better development experience
+  reactStrictMode: true,
 };
 
 export default nextConfig;
diff --git a/my-favorites-app/server.js b/my-favorites-app/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e3faa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/my-favorites-app/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+const { createServer } = require('http');
+const { parse } = require('url');
+const next = require('next');
+
+const dev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
+const hostname = process.env.HOSTNAME || '0.0.0.0';
+const port = parseInt(process.env.PORT || '3000', 10);
+
+// Prepare the Next.js app
+const app = next({ dev, hostname, port });
+const handle = app.getRequestHandler();
+
+app.prepare().then(() => {
+  console.log(`Next.js App is preparing to start...`);
+  
+  createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    try {
+      // Parse the URL
+      const parsedUrl = parse(req.url, true);
+      
+      // Let Next.js handle the request
+      await handle(req, res, parsedUrl);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('Error occurred handling request:', err);
+      res.statusCode = 500;
+      res.end('Internal Server Error');
+    }
+  })
+    .once('error', (err) => {
+      console.error('Server error:', err);
+      process.exit(1);
+    })
+    .listen(port, hostname, () => {
+      console.log(`> Ready on http://${hostname}:${port}`);
+    });
+}).catch((err) => {
+  console.error('Next.js app preparation failed:', err);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/my-favorites-app/src/app/api/health/route.ts b/my-favorites-app/src/app/api/health/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ec01eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/my-favorites-app/src/app/api/health/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+
+export async function GET() {
+  return NextResponse.json({ status: 'ok', timestamp: new Date().toISOString() });
+}