diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index d08bfcc..54b0822 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.12.6-alpine3.20 AS dev
+FROM python:3.12.6-alpine3.20
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 ENV BASE_URL=""
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ RUN apk update --no-cache \
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "/entrypoint.sh"]
 
-CMD python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
-
-FROM dev as prod
 #ARG is required for the settings.py. Otherwise the build will fail, because required env variables have not been set
 ARG BUILD=1
 
@@ -32,4 +29,4 @@ USER baseuser
 EXPOSE 8000
 
 # Overwrites previous CMD from stage "dev"
-#CMD gunicorn securecheckplus.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers=2 --threads=2 --log-level INFO
+CMD ["gunicorn", "securecheckplus.wsgi:application", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", "--workers=2", "--threads=2", "--log-level", "$LOG_LEVEL"]
diff --git a/backend/env.template b/backend/env.template
index fe9d460..745ffef 100644
--- a/backend/env.template
+++ b/backend/env.template
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ IS_DEV=True
 # This is the URL that the application can be reached at
 FULLY_QUALIFIED_DOMAIN_NAME=http://localhost:8080
 
+# The log level of the backend application
+LOG_LEVEL=INFO
+
 ##############################################################################################################
 # Setup of API keys and secrets
 # Except for the NVD_API_KEY the variables can be filled with random keys!
diff --git a/docker-compose.ci.yml b/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 7d83535..3a36d0a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ services:
     user: "${RUNNER_UID}:${GID}"
     build:
       context: ./backend
-      target: dev
     env_file: "./backend/.env"
     environment:
       WORK_DIR: $WORK_DIR