diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2d4e299..6f276af 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ services:
     env_file:
       - .env
     volumes:
-      - $PWD/init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql
-      - $PWD/mysql:/var/lib/mysql
+      - ./init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql
+      - ./mysql:/var/lib/mysql
     ports:
       - $MYSQLDB_LOCAL_PORT:$MYSQLDB_DOCKER_PORT
     networks:
@@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ services:
     command: bash -c "npm run dev"
 
   nginx:
-    image: nginx:alpine
+    image: nginx
     ports:
-      - 8000:80
+      - 80:80
+    links:
+      - node-app:node-app
     volumes:
+      - ./nginx/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
       - ./nginx/default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+    restart: always
     networks:
       - backend
     depends_on:
diff --git a/nginx/default.conf b/nginx/default.conf
index 461fb37..2bd21da 100644
--- a/nginx/default.conf
+++ b/nginx/default.conf
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 server {
-    client_max_body_size 25M;
+    listen 80;
+    listen [::]:80;
+    server_name  127.0.0.1;
+
+    # Logging
+    access_log             /var/log/nginx/access.log;
+    error_log              /var/log/nginx/error.log;
 
     location / {
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
-        proxy_http_version 1.1;
-        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
-        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
+        proxy_pass http://node-app:3000;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
-        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_redirect off;
+        # max uploadable file size
+        client_max_body_size 4G;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/nginx/nginx.conf b/nginx/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7e2af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+user  nginx;
+worker_processes auto;
+
+error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
+pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
+
+events {
+    use epoll;
+    worker_connections  1024;
+    multi_accept on;
+}
+
+http {
+    limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=byip:10m rate=3r/s;
+    include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+    default_type  application/octet-stream;
+
+    log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
+                      '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
+                      '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for" '
+                      '$request_time $upstream_response_time';
+
+    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;
+
+    sendfile        on;
+    tcp_nopush on;
+    tcp_nodelay on;
+    keepalive_timeout 65;
+    types_hash_max_size 2048;
+    server_tokens off;
+
+    #gzip  on;
+
+    ##
+    # Virtual Host Configs
+    ##
+    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+    include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
+}
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