diff --git a/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
similarity index 75%
rename from Dockerfile
rename to api/Dockerfile
index 61fc37a..171892d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ FROM python:3.11
 
 # Create and change to the app directory
 WORKDIR /app
-COPY api/requirements.txt ./api/
+COPY requirements.txt ./
 
 # Install dependencies for the api folder
-WORKDIR /app/api
+WORKDIR /app/
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Copy the local code to the container image
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ COPY . .
 EXPOSE 3000
 
 # Run the web service on container startup
-CMD ["gunicorn", "-c", "api/gunicorn_config.py", "api.main:app"]
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+CMD ["gunicorn", "-c", "gunicorn_config.py", "main:app"]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/api/docker-compose.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from docker-compose.yml
rename to api/docker-compose.yml