diff --git a/labapp/Dockerfile b/labapp/Dockerfile
index 63eff13..68ef0a6 100644
--- a/labapp/Dockerfile
+++ b/labapp/Dockerfile
@@ -6,8 +6,5 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY app .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-EXPOSE 5000
-ENV FLASK_APP app.py
-ENV FLASK_RUN_HOST 0.0.0.0
-
-CMD ["flask", "run", "--host=0.0.0.0"]
+EXPOSE 8080
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8080", "app:app"]
diff --git a/labapp/app/__init__.py b/labapp/app/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labapp/app/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/labapp/app/app.py b/labapp/app/app.py
index 2146682..18c3838 100644
--- a/labapp/app/app.py
+++ b/labapp/app/app.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from ce import get_ce_info, get_ce_state
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
-app.config['udf'] =  os.getenv('UDF', False)
+app.config['udf'] =  os.getenv('UDF', None)
 info = None
 if app.config['udf']:
     info = get_ce_info()
@@ -141,6 +141,6 @@ def lb_azure():
         return jsonify(status='success', data=response.json())
     except requests.RequestException as e:
         return jsonify(status='fail', error=str(e))
-
+        
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app.run(debug=False)
\ No newline at end of file
+    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5001, debug=False)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/labapp/app/requirements.txt b/labapp/app/requirements.txt
index a7620cc..7c54f96 100644
--- a/labapp/app/requirements.txt
+++ b/labapp/app/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ Markdown ~=3.6
 validators ~=0.28.1
 boto3 ~=1.34.92
 pyYAML ~=6.0.1
-Flask-Caching ~=2.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
+Flask-Caching ~=2.1.0
+gunicorn ~=22.0.0
\ No newline at end of file