diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e78f90a..7443207 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+# Use official PHP 8.2 FPM image
 FROM php:8.2-fpm
 
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
+
 # Install dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libpng-dev \
@@ -9,14 +13,26 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     zip \
     unzip \
     curl \
+    git \
+    libonig-dev \
+    libxml2-dev \
+    procps \
     && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg \
     && docker-php-ext-install gd pdo pdo_mysql
 
-# Set working directory
-WORKDIR /var/www/html
+# Copy the rest of Laravel files
+COPY laravel/ .  
 
-# Copy application
-COPY . .
+# Install Composer
+RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
+
+# Copy only essential files for better build caching
+COPY laravel/composer.json laravel/composer.lock ./
+RUN composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
+
+# Set permissions
+RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
+RUN chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/storage /var/www/html/bootstrap/cache
 
 # Copy entrypoint script and make it executable
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
@@ -30,7 +46,6 @@ CMD ["php-fpm"]
 
 
 
-
 # FROM php:8.2-fpm 
  
 # RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \ 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 375c6ef..c5a4b9c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
       - DB_USERNAME=root 
       - DB_PASSWORD=rootpassword 
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost"]
+      test: ["CMD", "pgrep", "php-fpm"]  # Corrected to check PHP-FPM instead of relying on Nginx
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ services:
 volumes: 
   mysql-data:
 
+
 # services: 
 #   mysql: 
 #     image: mysql:latest 
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 873ed12..3308987 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ until nc -z -v -w30 mysql 3306; do
 done
 echo "✅ MySQL is up and running!"
 
+# Fix ownership and permissions for storage and cache directories
+echo "🔧 Setting permissions for storage and cache..."
+chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/storage /var/www/html/bootstrap/cache
+chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/storage /var/www/html/bootstrap/cache
+echo "✅ Permissions set successfully!"
+
 # Run Laravel migrations
 php artisan migrate --force
 
@@ -15,7 +21,6 @@ php artisan migrate --force
 exec "$@"
 
 
-
 # #!/bin/bash 
 # # Fix ownership and permissions for storage directories 
 # chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/storage 
diff --git a/laravel_initial b/laravel_initial
index a6b9153..939ee01 160000
--- a/laravel_initial
+++ b/laravel_initial
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a6b9153dc1438eeb542f2bbe3f8687e9c078c0fa
+Subproject commit 939ee016159d4f344b644a61819b6f96e66e49cb
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 38ac455..22431d1 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 server { 
     listen 80; 
     index index.php index.html; 
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ server {
     add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
 }
 
-
 # server { 
 #     listen 80; 
 #     index index.php index.html; 
diff --git a/wait-for-it.sh b/wait-for-it.sh
index b269e1b..f62f4fb 100755
--- a/wait-for-it.sh
+++ b/wait-for-it.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ until nc -z "$HOST" "$PORT"; do
 done
 
 echo "$host:$port is now available, running command..."
-exec $cmd
+exec $cmd
\ No newline at end of file