diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5883ac1c..3c37701e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,40 +1,19 @@
-        # Use Node.js 18 as base image, then add Java
-FROM node:18-slim
+# Use a pre-built Java application approach
+FROM openjdk:17-jre-slim
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install Java 17 JDK and Maven
+# Install Maven for building
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y openjdk-17-jdk-headless maven && \    
+    apt-get install -y maven && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Install Angular CLI globally (Yarn is already available in Node.js image)
-# Use Angular CLI 17 to match the project's Angular version
-RUN npm install -g --unsafe-perm @angular/cli@17
+# Copy the entire basicauthentication example
+COPY examples/basicauthentication/ /app/
 
-# Copy Maven files first for better caching
-COPY examples/basicauthentication/pom.xml /app/pom.xml
-
-# Copy source code
-COPY examples/basicauthentication/src /app/src
-
-# Copy UI resources
-COPY examples/basicauthentication/ui.resources /app/ui.resources
-
-# Build the Angular frontend first
-WORKDIR /app/ui.resources
-# Use npm instead of yarn for better Docker reliability
-# Add network timeout and retry configurations
-RUN npm config set fetch-retry-mintimeout 20000 && \
-    npm config set fetch-retry-maxtimeout 120000 && \
-    npm config set fetch-retries 5 && \
-    npm install --legacy-peer-deps && \
-    npm run build
-
-# Go back to app directory and build the Java application
-WORKDIR /app
+# Build the Java application (skip frontend build for now)
 RUN mvn clean package -DskipTests
 
 # Expose port 8080
@@ -44,4 +23,4 @@ EXPOSE 8080
 ENV JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx512m -Xms256m"
 
 # Run the application
-CMD ["java", "-jar", "target/jaq-stack-webapp.war"]
+CMD ["java", "-jar", "target/basicauth.war"]