diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5530b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM python:3.10.9
+
+COPY ./TechdocsAPI .
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /requirements.txt
+
+CMD ["uvicorn", "app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]
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diff --git a/TechdocsAPI/Dockerfile b/TechdocsAPI/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 4476cd0..0000000
--- a/TechdocsAPI/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-FROM python:3.11
-
-WORKDIR /backend
-
-COPY ./requirements.txt /backend/requirements.txt
-
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /backend/requirements.txt
-
-COPY . .
-
-CMD ["uvicorn", "app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]
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diff --git a/TechdocsAPI/backend/services/db/utils/DBQueries.py b/TechdocsAPI/backend/services/db/utils/DBQueries.py
index f89038f..09206f0 100644
--- a/TechdocsAPI/backend/services/db/utils/DBQueries.py
+++ b/TechdocsAPI/backend/services/db/utils/DBQueries.py
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-# fix ObjectId & FastApi conflict
-import pydantic
-from bson.objectid import ObjectId
-pydantic.json.ENCODERS_BY_TYPE[ObjectId]=str
-
 from typing import Union, Tuple, List
 
 from backend.utils import DBConnection
diff --git a/TechdocsAPI/requirements.txt b/TechdocsAPI/requirements.txt
index 39508a8..678fc87 100644
--- a/TechdocsAPI/requirements.txt
+++ b/TechdocsAPI/requirements.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ mysql-connector-python
 pydantic[email]
 langchain
 clarifai
+Pillow
diff --git a/techdocs/utils/functools.py b/techdocs/utils/functools.py
index 3447bc4..87bf007 100644
--- a/techdocs/utils/functools.py
+++ b/techdocs/utils/functools.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import requests
 
-BASE_URL = "http://localhost:8000"
+BASE_URL = "https://hemanthsai7-techdocsapi.hf.space"