diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e036936..c8d1dc5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ WORKDIR /var/www/html
 
 # Copy Nginx config
 COPY default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+COPY entrypoint.sh /etc/entrypoint.sh
 
 # Copy the Laravel application files to the container
 COPY . .
@@ -42,5 +43,5 @@ EXPOSE 80
 EXPOSE 9001
 
 # Start PHP-FPM
-CMD ["php-fpm"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/etc/entrypoint.sh"]
 
diff --git a/default.conf b/default.conf
index 86e9646..13894c1 100644
--- a/default.conf
+++ b/default.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ server {
 
     location ~ \.php {
         fastcgi_index index.php;
-        fastcgi_pass merchbay:9001;  # Use the service name and exposed port
+        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9001;  # Use the service name and exposed port
         include fastcgi_params;
         fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
         fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7636288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+set -e
+
+php-fpm -D
+nginx -g 'daemon off;'
\ No newline at end of file