diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 29331dc..bb67c32 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.10
+FROM python:3.10
 
 WORKDIR /app/
 
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index b7a77bd..a8f18e9 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ If you don't want to use migrations at all, uncomment the lines in the file at `
 SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
 ```
 
-and comment the line in the file `prestart.sh` that contains:
+and comment the line in the file `scripts/prestart.sh` that contains:
 
 ```console
 $ alembic upgrade head
diff --git a/backend/scripts/prestart.sh b/backend/scripts/prestart.sh
index ee1f5e2..1b395d5 100644
--- a/backend/scripts/prestart.sh
+++ b/backend/scripts/prestart.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 
+set -e
+set -x
+
 # Let the DB start
 python app/backend_pre_start.py