diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 64a30753..9e88bb90 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ RUN npm run build
 FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm as base
 
 ENV ENV=prod
+ENV PORT ""
 
 ENV OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL "/ollama/api"
 
diff --git a/backend/dev.sh b/backend/dev.sh
index 9d0b5fa4..c66ae4ba 100644
--- a/backend/dev.sh
+++ b/backend/dev.sh
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-uvicorn main:app --port 8080 --host 0.0.0.0 --forwarded-allow-ips '*' --reload
\ No newline at end of file
+PORT="${PORT:-8080}"
+uvicorn main:app --port $PORT --host 0.0.0.0 --forwarded-allow-ips '*' --reload
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/start.sh b/backend/start.sh
index ba68207e..44e0c581 100755
--- a/backend/start.sh
+++ b/backend/start.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --forwarded-allow-ips '*'
+PORT="${PORT:-8080}"
+uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port $PORT --forwarded-allow-ips '*'