diff --git a/.build/prod/api.Dockerfile b/.build/prod/api.Dockerfile
index 5b3cf04..afd6ad1 100644
--- a/.build/prod/api.Dockerfile
+++ b/.build/prod/api.Dockerfile
@@ -2,37 +2,18 @@ FROM python:3.11.4-slim-buster AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /var/www/html/
 
-ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+COPY . .
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-COPY . /var/www/html/
-COPY ./requirements.txt .
-RUN pip wheel --no-cache-dir --no-deps --wheel-dir /var/www/html/wheels -r requirements.txt
+## aidhaan pls fix having to require this.
+ENV EMAIL_HOSTNAME ""
+ENV EMAIL_PORT "12312"
+ENV EMAIL_USERNAME ""
+ENV EMAIL_PASSWORD ""
 
-FROM python:3.11.4-slim-buster
+RUN python3 manage.py collectstatic
 
-WORKDIR /var/www/html/
+VOLUME /var/www/html/staticfiles/
 
-RUN mkdir /var/www/html/staticfiles -p && chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/staticfiles
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends netcat
-COPY --from=builder /var/www/html/wheels /wheels
-COPY --from=builder /var/www/html/requirements.txt .
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install --no-cache /wheels/*
-
-COPY . /var/www/html/
-# copy entrypoint.prod.sh
-COPY .build/prod/entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
-
-#RUN python manage.py collectstatic
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
-VOLUME /var/www/html/staticfiles
-
-
-CMD gunicorn apibase.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --workers=2
+CMD gunicorn apibase.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:4000 --workers=4