diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 6a47c2536..d60c2cb95 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 backend/node_modules
-frontend/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+frontend/node_modules
+backend/frontend-build
+**/node_modules
+**/.next
+.dockerignore
+.git
+README.md
+.dockerignore
+**/Dockerfile
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da6eb5142..24dc274ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ reports
 junit.xml
 
 # next.js
-/.next/
+.next/
 /out/
 
 # production
@@ -59,4 +59,6 @@ yarn-error.log*
 .infisical.json
 
 # Editor specific
-.vscode/*
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/*
+
+frontend-build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile.standalone-infisical b/Dockerfile.standalone-infisical
index 8770bb234..db316987b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.standalone-infisical
+++ b/Dockerfile.standalone-infisical
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 ARG POSTHOG_HOST=https://app.posthog.com
 ARG POSTHOG_API_KEY=posthog-api-key
 
-FROM node:16-alpine AS frontend-dependencies
+FROM  node:16-alpine AS base
+
+FROM base AS frontend-dependencies
+
+# Check https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/tree/b4117f9333da4138b03a546ec926ef50a31506c3#nodealpine to understand why libc6-compat might be needed.
+RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -11,7 +16,7 @@ COPY frontend/package.json frontend/package-lock.json frontend/next.config.js ./
 RUN npm ci --only-production --ignore-scripts
 
 # Rebuild the source code only when needed
-FROM node:16-alpine AS frontend-builder
+FROM base AS frontend-builder
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Copy dependencies
@@ -32,13 +37,13 @@ ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_INTERCOM_ID $INTERCOM_ID
 RUN npm run build
 
 # Production image
-FROM node:16-alpine AS frontend-runner
+FROM base AS frontend-runner
 WORKDIR /app
 
 RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
-RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
+RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 non-root-user
 
-RUN mkdir -p /app/.next/cache/images && chown nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/cache/images
+RUN mkdir -p /app/.next/cache/images && chown non-root-user:nodejs /app/.next/cache/images
 VOLUME /app/.next/cache/images
 
 ARG POSTHOG_API_KEY
@@ -48,20 +53,22 @@ ARG INTERCOM_ID
 ENV NEXT_PUBLIC_INTERCOM_ID=$INTERCOM_ID \
   BAKED_NEXT_PUBLIC_INTERCOM_ID=$INTERCOM_ID
 
-COPY --chown=nextjs:nodejs --chmod=555 frontend/scripts ./scripts
+COPY --chown=non-root-user:nodejs --chmod=555 frontend/scripts ./scripts
 COPY --from=frontend-builder /app/public ./public
-RUN chown nextjs:nodejs ./public/data
-COPY --from=frontend-builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
-COPY --from=frontend-builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
+RUN chown non-root-user:nodejs ./public/data
+COPY --from=frontend-builder --chown=non-root-user:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=frontend-builder --chown=non-root-user:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
 
-USER nextjs
+USER non-root-user
 
 ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
 
 ##
 ## BACKEND
 ##
-FROM node:16-alpine AS backend-build
+FROM base AS backend-build
+RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs \
+  && adduser --system --uid 1001 non-root-user
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -69,10 +76,11 @@ COPY backend/package*.json ./
 RUN npm ci --only-production
 
 COPY /backend .
+COPY --chown=non-root-user:nodejs standalone-entrypoint.sh standalone-entrypoint.sh
 RUN npm run build
 
 # Production stage
-FROM node:16-alpine AS backend-runner
+FROM base AS backend-runner
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -81,27 +89,36 @@ RUN npm ci --only-production
 
 COPY --from=backend-build /app .
 
+RUN mkdir frontend-build
+
 # Production stage
-FROM node:16-alpine AS production
+FROM base AS production
+RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs \
+  && adduser --system --uid 1001 non-root-user
 
 WORKDIR / 
 
-# Install PM2
-RUN npm install -g pm2
-# Copy ecosystem.config.js
-COPY ecosystem.config.js .
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache nginx
-
-COPY nginx/default-stand-alone-docker.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-
 COPY --from=backend-runner /app /backend
 
-COPY --from=frontend-runner /app/ /app/
+COPY --from=frontend-runner /app ./backend/frontend-build
 
-EXPOSE 80
+ENV PORT 8080
 ENV HTTPS_ENABLED false 
+ENV NODE_ENV production
+ENV STANDALONE_BUILD true 
+
+WORKDIR /backend
+
+ENV TELEMETRY_ENABLED true
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=3s --start-period=10s \  
+  CMD node healthcheck.js
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+USER non-root-user
+
+CMD ["./standalone-entrypoint.sh"]
 
-CMD ["pm2-runtime", "start", "ecosystem.config.js"]
 
 
diff --git a/backend/src/helpers/database.ts b/backend/src/helpers/database.ts
index 4780be346..611e941f5 100644
--- a/backend/src/helpers/database.ts
+++ b/backend/src/helpers/database.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const initDatabaseHelper = async ({
 }) => {
     try {
         await mongoose.connect(mongoURL);
-    
+
         // allow empty strings to pass the required validator
         mongoose.Schema.Types.String.checkRequired(v => typeof v === "string");
 
@@ -31,14 +31,10 @@ export const initDatabaseHelper = async ({
  * Close database conection
  */
 export const closeDatabaseHelper = async () => {
-    return Promise.all([
-        new Promise((resolve) => {
-            if (mongoose.connection && mongoose.connection.readyState == 1) {
-            mongoose.connection.close()
-                .then(() => resolve("Database connection closed"));
-            } else {
-            resolve("Database connection already closed");
-            }
-        }),
-    ]);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    if (mongoose.connection && mongoose.connection.readyState === 1) {
+        await mongoose.connection.close();
+        return "Database connection closed";
+    } else {
+        return "Database connection already closed";
+    }
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 08b159d42..1276a90cc 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ import { setup } from "./utils/setup";
 import { syncSecretsToThirdPartyServices } from "./queues/integrations/syncSecretsToThirdPartyServices";
 import { githubPushEventSecretScan } from "./queues/secret-scanning/githubScanPushEvent";
 const SmeeClient = require("smee-client"); // eslint-disable-line
+import path from "path";
+
+let handler: null | any = null;
 
 const main = async () => {
   await setup();
@@ -147,6 +150,27 @@ const main = async () => {
     next();
   });
 
+  if ((await getNodeEnv()) === "production" && process.env.STANDALONE_BUILD === "true") {
+    const nextJsBuildPath = path.join(__dirname, "../frontend-build");
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+    // @ts-ignore
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+    const conf = require("../frontend-build/.next/required-server-files.json").config;
+    const NextServer =
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+      require("../frontend-build/node_modules/next/dist/server/next-server").default;
+    const nextApp = new NextServer({
+      dev: false,
+      dir: nextJsBuildPath,
+      port: await getPort(),
+      conf,
+      hostname: "local",
+      customServer: false
+    });
+
+    handler = nextApp.getRequestHandler();
+  }
+
   // (EE) routes
   app.use("/api/v1/secret", eeSecretRouter);
   app.use("/api/v1/secret-snapshot", eeSecretSnapshotRouter);
@@ -209,6 +233,12 @@ const main = async () => {
   // server status
   app.use("/api", healthCheck);
 
+  if (handler) {
+    app.all("*", (req, res) => {
+      return handler(req, res);
+    });
+  }
+
   //* Handle unrouted requests and respond with proper error message as well as status code
   app.use((req, res, next) => {
     if (res.headersSent) return next();
diff --git a/backend/src/queues/integrations/syncSecretsToThirdPartyServices.ts b/backend/src/queues/integrations/syncSecretsToThirdPartyServices.ts
index b18d7bccc..490b31c10 100644
--- a/backend/src/queues/integrations/syncSecretsToThirdPartyServices.ts
+++ b/backend/src/queues/integrations/syncSecretsToThirdPartyServices.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ syncSecretsToThirdPartyServices.process(async (job: Job) => {
         const prefix = (integration.metadata?.secretPrefix || "");
         const suffix = (integration.metadata?.secretSuffix || "");
         const newKey = prefix + key + suffix;
-        
+
         suffixedSecrets[newKey] = secrets[key];
-      }      
+      }
     }
 
     const integrationAuth = await IntegrationAuth.findById(integration.integrationAuth);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ syncSecretsToThirdPartyServices.process(async (job: Job) => {
 })
 
 syncSecretsToThirdPartyServices.on("error", (error) => {
-  console.log("QUEUE ERROR:", error) // eslint-disable-line
+  // console.log("QUEUE ERROR:", error) // eslint-disable-line
 })
 
 export const syncSecretsToActiveIntegrationsQueue = (jobDetails: TSyncSecretsToThirdPartyServices) => {
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/setup/index.ts b/backend/src/utils/setup/index.ts
index d85d63aca..6625bff7b 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/setup/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/setup/index.ts
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ export const setup = async () => {
   // initializing global feature set
   await EELicenseService.initGlobalFeatureSet();
 
-  // initializing the database connection
-  await DatabaseService.initDatabase(await getMongoURL());
-
   await initializePassport();
 
   // re-encrypt any data previously encrypted under server hex 128-bit ENCRYPTION_KEY
diff --git a/ecosystem.config.js b/ecosystem.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c8cc6832..000000000
--- a/ecosystem.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  apps: [
-    {
-      name: 'frontend',
-      script: "./scripts/start.sh",
-      instances: 1,
-      cwd: "./app",
-      interpreter: 'sh',
-      exec_mode: "fork",
-      autorestart: true,
-      watch: false,
-      max_memory_restart: '500M',
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'backend',
-      script: 'npm',
-      args: 'run start',
-      cwd: "./backend",
-      instances: 1,
-      exec_mode: "fork",
-      autorestart: true,
-      watch: false,
-      max_memory_restart: '500M',
-    },
-    {
-      name: "nginx",
-      script: "nginx",
-      args: "-g 'daemon off;'",
-      exec_interpreter: "none",
-    },
-  ],
-};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/next.config.js b/frontend/next.config.js
index 51cf8f308..9d894694f 100644
--- a/frontend/next.config.js
+++ b/frontend/next.config.js
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-// @ts-check
 
-/**
- * @type {import('next').NextConfig}
- **/
 const path = require("path");
 
 const ContentSecurityPolicy = `
@@ -53,7 +49,9 @@ const securityHeaders = [
     value: ContentSecurityPolicy.replace(/\s{2,}/g, " ").trim()
   }
 ];
-
+/**
+ * @type {import('next').NextConfig}
+ **/
 module.exports = {
   output: "standalone",
   i18n: {
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index f97070490..6a8026255 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "npm-proj-1695919945735-0.225773463026700768rr1Oh",
+  "name": "frontend",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/frontend/scripts/initialize-standalone-build.sh b/frontend/scripts/initialize-standalone-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d9138bb77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/scripts/initialize-standalone-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+scripts/replace-standalone-build-variable.sh "$BAKED_NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_API_KEY" "$NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_API_KEY"
+
+scripts/replace-standalone-build-variable.sh "$BAKED_NEXT_PUBLIC_INTERCOM_ID" "$NEXT_PUBLIC_INTERCOM_ID"
+
+if [ "$TELEMETRY_ENABLED" != "false" ]; then
+    echo "Telemetry is enabled"
+    scripts/set-standalone-build-telemetry.sh true
+else
+    echo "Client opted out of telemetry"
+    scripts/set-standalone-build-telemetry.sh false
+fi
diff --git a/frontend/scripts/replace-standalone-build-variable.sh b/frontend/scripts/replace-standalone-build-variable.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fde4ca282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/scripts/replace-standalone-build-variable.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+ORIGINAL=$1
+REPLACEMENT=$2
+
+if [ "${ORIGINAL}" = "${REPLACEMENT}" ]; then
+    echo "Environment variable replacement is the same, skipping.."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Replacing pre-baked value.."
+
+find public .next -type f -name "*.js" |
+while read file; do
+    sed -i "s|$ORIGINAL|$REPLACEMENT|g" "$file"
+done
diff --git a/frontend/scripts/replace-variable.sh b/frontend/scripts/replace-variable.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/frontend/scripts/set-standalone-build-telemetry.sh b/frontend/scripts/set-standalone-build-telemetry.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e788b6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/scripts/set-standalone-build-telemetry.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+VALUE=$1
+
+find public .next -type f -name "*.js" |
+while read file; do
+    sed -i "s|TELEMETRY_CAPTURING_ENABLED|$VALUE|g" "$file"
+done
diff --git a/frontend/scripts/set-telemetry.sh b/frontend/scripts/set-telemetry.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/analytics/posthog.ts b/frontend/src/components/analytics/posthog.ts
index 706f79515..246d5c9cc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/analytics/posthog.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/analytics/posthog.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const initPostHog = () => {
   try {
     if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
       // @ts-ignore
-      if (ENV === "production" && TELEMETRY_CAPTURING_ENABLED) {
+      if (ENV === "production" && TELEMETRY_CAPTURING_ENABLED === "true") {
         posthog.init(POSTHOG_API_KEY, {
           api_host: POSTHOG_HOST
         });
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/utilities/telemetry/Telemetry.ts b/frontend/src/components/utilities/telemetry/Telemetry.ts
index 2676bed85..76e86fa37 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/utilities/telemetry/Telemetry.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/utilities/telemetry/Telemetry.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Capturer {
   }
 
   capture(item: string) {
-    if (ENV === 'production' && TELEMETRY_CAPTURING_ENABLED) {
+    if (ENV === 'production' && TELEMETRY_CAPTURING_ENABLED === "true") {
       try {
         this.api.capture(item);
       } catch (error) {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Capturer {
   }
 
   identify(id: string, email?: string) {
-    if (ENV === 'production' && TELEMETRY_CAPTURING_ENABLED) {
+    if (ENV === 'production' && TELEMETRY_CAPTURING_ENABLED === "true") {
       try {
         this.api.identify(id, {
           email: email
diff --git a/nginx/default-stand-alone-docker.conf b/nginx/default-stand-alone-docker.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index b40e0fb13..000000000
--- a/nginx/default-stand-alone-docker.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-events {}
-http {
-    server {
-        listen 80;
-
-        location /api {
-            proxy_set_header X-Real-RIP $remote_addr;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-
-            proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
-            proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
-
-            proxy_pass http://localhost:4000; # for backend
-            proxy_redirect off;
-
-            # proxy_cookie_path / "/; secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=strict";
-            proxy_cookie_path / "/; HttpOnly; SameSite=strict";
-        }
-
-        location / {
-            include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
-
-            proxy_set_header X-Real-RIP $remote_addr;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-
-            proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
-            proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
-
-            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
-            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
-
-            proxy_pass http://localhost:3000; # for frontend
-            proxy_redirect off;
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/standalone-entrypoint.sh b/standalone-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e15931dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standalone-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd frontend-build
+scripts/initialize-standalone-build.sh
+
+cd ../
+
+exec node build/index.js