diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1818dca..1e8c2ad 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ COPY css/ /usr/share/nginx/html/css/
 # COPY images/ /usr/share/nginx/html/images/
 
 # Create app directory for Node.js API and copy from builder stage
+RUN mkdir -p /app # Explicitly create /app
 WORKDIR /app # Make sure this WORKDIR is set before copying to /app
 COPY --from=builder /app .
 
+RUN pwd # DEBUG: Print current working directory
 RUN ls -la /app # DEBUG: List contents of /app before supervisor starts
 
 # Create data directory (volume will be mounted here by docker-compose)