diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 0e97c29..c184079 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ COPY --from=deps /app/node_modules ./node_modules
 COPY . .
 
 # Set production environment
-ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
-ENV NODE_ENV production
+ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
 
 RUN npm run build
 
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ RUN npm run build
 FROM node:20-alpine AS runner
 WORKDIR /app
 
-ENV NODE_ENV production
-ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
 
 RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
 RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ USER nextjs
 
 EXPOSE 3000
 
-ENV PORT 3000
-ENV HOSTNAME "0.0.0.0"
+ENV PORT=3000
+ENV HOSTNAME="0.0.0.0"
 
 CMD ["node", "server.js"]
 
diff --git a/frontend/lib/api.ts b/frontend/lib/api.ts
index 85d63dc..bbd8dc1 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/api.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   APIError,
 } from './types'
 
-const API_BASE_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL || 'http://localhost:8080/api/v1'
+const API_BASE_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL || '/api/v1'
 
 class APIClient {
   private baseURL: string
diff --git a/frontend/public/.gitkeep b/frontend/public/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/k8s.yaml b/k8s.yaml
index 7f1297d..2f15ef2 100644
--- a/k8s.yaml
+++ b/k8s.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,30 @@ kind: Namespace
 metadata:
   name: paragliding
 
+---
+# External PostgreSQL Service (points to host database)
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: postgres-service
+  namespace: paragliding
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - port: 5432
+      targetPort: 5432
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Endpoints
+metadata:
+  name: postgres-service
+  namespace: paragliding
+subsets:
+  - addresses:
+      - ip: 192.168.1.93
+    ports:
+      - port: 5432
+
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
@@ -106,7 +130,7 @@ spec:
           image: harbor.scottyah.com/scottyah/paragliding-web:latest
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           ports:
-            - containerPort: 3000
+            - containerPort: 8080
           envFrom:
             - configMapRef:
                 name: paragliding-config
@@ -120,13 +144,13 @@ spec:
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /
-              port: 3000
+              port: 8080
             initialDelaySeconds: 10
             periodSeconds: 30
           readinessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /
-              port: 3000
+              port: 8080
             initialDelaySeconds: 5
             periodSeconds: 10
       imagePullSecrets:
@@ -140,8 +164,8 @@ metadata:
   namespace: paragliding
 spec:
   ports:
-    - port: 3000
-      targetPort: 3000
+    - port: 8080
+      targetPort: 8080
       protocol: TCP
   selector:
     app: paragliding-web
@@ -179,4 +203,4 @@ spec:
               service:
                 name: paragliding-web-svc
                 port:
-                  number: 3000
+                  number: 8080