diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b85619f..0594a45 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,15 +18,20 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=$POETRY_CACHE_DIR poetry install --no-root
 ### RUNTIME
 FROM python:3.12-bookworm as runtime
 
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y nginx && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/app/.venv \
     PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH" \
     PYTHONPATH="/contactform" \
-    GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS="--workers=1 --bind=0.0.0.0:8000 --access-logfile=-"
+    GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS="--workers=1 --bind=unix:/app/gunicorn.sock --access-logfile=-"
 
 COPY --from=builder ${VIRTUAL_ENV} ${VIRTUAL_ENV}
 
 COPY contactform ./contactform
+COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 
-EXPOSE 8000
+EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD ["gunicorn", "contactform.app:app"]
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+CMD ["sh", "-c", "nginx && gunicorn contactform.app:app"]
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..384dab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+worker_processes 1;
+
+user nobody nogroup;
+error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
+pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
+
+error_log /dev/stdout info;
+
+events {
+  worker_connections 1024;
+  accept_mutex off;
+}
+
+http {
+  include mime.types;
+
+  default_type application/octet-stream;
+  access_log /dev/stdout combined;
+  sendfile on;
+
+  upstream app_server {
+    server unix:/app/gunicorn.sock fail_timeout=0;
+  }
+
+  server {
+    listen 8080 deferred default_server;
+    client_max_body_size 4G;
+
+    keepalive_timeout 5;
+
+    # path for static files
+    root /contactform;
+
+    location / {
+      # checks for static file, if not found proxy to app
+      try_files $uri @proxy_to_app;
+    }
+
+    location @proxy_to_app {
+      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+      proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+      proxy_redirect off;
+      proxy_pass http://app_server;
+    }
+  }
+}
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