diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
index 6d68aea..788df64 100644
--- a/backend/.dockerignore
+++ b/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 **/.classpath
+**/vercel
 **/.dockerignore
 **/.env
 **/.git
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 634ef4b..9a59f98 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ EXPOSE 5000
 RUN chown -R node /app
 
 USER node
-CMD ["node", "server.js"]
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+CMD ["node", "app.js"]
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diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/app.js
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/server.js
rename to backend/app.js
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 5f44584..173a8f4 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
   "name": "ecommerceapi",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "",
-  "main": "server.js",
+  "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "node server.js"
+    "start": "node app.js",
+    "vercel-build": "echo helloworld"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",
diff --git a/backend/vercel.json b/backend/vercel.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56680c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/vercel.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "rewrites": [{ "source": "/(.*)", "destination": "/api" }]
+}
+  
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