diff --git a/app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php b/app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php
index 7937929d..8d639c3c 100644
--- a/app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession;
 use Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession;
 use pxlrbt\FilamentSpotlight\SpotlightPlugin;
-use ShuvroRoy\FilamentSpatieLaravelBackup\FilamentSpatieLaravelBackupPlugin;
 use Stephenjude\FilamentDebugger\DebuggerPlugin;
 
 class AdminPanelProvider extends PanelProvider
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
                 FilamentShieldPlugin::make(),
                 FilamentExceptionsPlugin::make(),
                 DebuggerPlugin::make(),
-                FilamentSpatieLaravelBackupPlugin::make(),
                 SpotlightPlugin::make(),
                 AdvancedTablesPlugin::make(),
             ])
diff --git a/deployment/nginx.conf b/deployment/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e46b5d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+events {
+    worker_connections 1024;
+}
+
+http {
+    upstream app_backend {
+        # Define the replicas of the `app` service
+        server app:8000;
+        server app:8000 backup;
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen 80;
+
+        location / {
+            # Route traffic to the `app_backend` upstream
+            proxy_pass http://app_backend;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+        }
+
+        # Optional: Add custom error pages or fallback for failed upstream connections
+        error_page 502 /502.html;
+        location = /502.html {
+            internal;
+            root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 3790db71..26e46402 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
 services:
+    nginx:
+        image: nginx:alpine
+        container_name: nginx_lb
+        ports:
+            - "80:80"
+        volumes:
+            - ./deployment/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
+        networks:
+            - coconut
+        depends_on:
+            - app
     app:
         image: nfdi4chem/coconut:latest
-        container_name: coconut_app
         env_file:
             - .env
+        deploy:
+            replicas: 2
+            update_config:
+                parallelism: 1
+                delay: 10s
+            restart_policy:
+                condition: on-failure
         networks:
             - coconut
-        ports:
-            - '${APP_PORT:-8000}:8000'
         depends_on:
             - pgsql
             - redis
             - cm
     worker:
         image: nfdi4chem/coconut:latest
-        container_name: coconut_worker
         env_file:
             - .env
         networks: