diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 32b5ac1..fc44418 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -41,4 +41,6 @@ COPY profiles ./profiles
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD ["java", "-jar", "app.jar"]
+COPY entrypoint.sh .
+RUN chmod +x entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["./entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/backend/entrypoint.sh b/backend/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17d5cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "----------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "Starting Backend Application"
+echo "DB_URL: $DB_URL"
+echo "DB_USERNAME: $DB_USERNAME"
+echo "SLICER_PATH: $SLICER_PATH"
+echo "----------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+# Exec java with explicit properties from env
+exec java -jar app.jar \
+  --spring.datasource.url="${DB_URL}" \
+  --spring.datasource.username="${DB_USERNAME}" \
+  --spring.datasource.password="${DB_PASSWORD}"
diff --git a/docker-compose.deploy.yml b/docker-compose.deploy.yml
index f69fde2..50bfa15 100644
--- a/docker-compose.deploy.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.deploy.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ services:
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - backend_profiles_${ENV}:/app/profiles
-    command: ["sh", "-c", "echo 'DB_URL IS: $DB_URL'; java -jar app.jar --spring.datasource.url=${DB_URL} --spring.datasource.username=${DB_USERNAME} --spring.datasource.password=${DB_PASSWORD}"]
+
 
   frontend:
     image: ${REGISTRY_URL}/${REPO_OWNER}/print-calculator-frontend:${TAG}