diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 736591b..ca9517d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Zip deployment package
+        run: |
+          zip -r deployment_package.zip . -x ".git/*" "frontend/node_modules/*" "backend/node_modules/*"
+
       - name: Deploy to Elastic Beanstalk
         uses: einaregilsson/beanstalk-deploy@v21
         with:
@@ -53,4 +57,4 @@ jobs:
           region: ${{ secrets.EB_REGION }}
           version_label: "version-${{ github.run_number }}" #OR 
           use_existing_version_if_available: true
-          deployment_package: docker-compose.yml
+          deployment_package: deployment_package.zip
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 41c96f6..c7536ed 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 FROM node:latest
 WORKDIR /app
-COPY package.json ./
-# COPY package*.json ./
+COPY package*.json ./
 RUN npm install
 COPY . .
 EXPOSE 3000
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 8d6e16a..3a9e902 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 FROM node:latest as build
 WORKDIR /app
-# COPY package*.json ./
-COPY package.json ./
+COPY package*.json ./
 RUN npm install
 COPY . .