diff --git a/Dockerfile.backend b/Dockerfile.backend
index 6229d9a..e866de5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.backend
+++ b/Dockerfile.backend
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ COPY package.json package-lock.json* ./
 COPY shared ./shared
 COPY backend ./backend
 
+# Увеличенные таймауты для нестабильной сети
+RUN npm config set fetch-retry-mintimeout 20000 && \
+    npm config set fetch-retry-maxtimeout 120000 && \
+    npm config set fetch-timeout 300000
+
 RUN npm install
 
 FROM node:20-alpine AS build
@@ -22,6 +27,10 @@ FROM node:20-alpine AS runner
 WORKDIR /app
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 
+# @napi-rs/canvas (dep of pdf-parse) ships a musl pre-built binary that
+# needs these compatibility / font libraries at runtime.
+RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat fontconfig freetype
+
 COPY --from=build /app/backend/dist ./dist
 COPY --from=build /app/backend/package.json ./package.json
 COPY --from=build /app/node_modules ./node_modules
diff --git a/Dockerfile.frontend b/Dockerfile.frontend
index 0b3f1b1..3fdd469 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.frontend
+++ b/Dockerfile.frontend
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ COPY package.json package-lock.json* tsconfig.json* ./
 COPY shared ./shared
 COPY frontend ./frontend
 
+# Увеличиваем таймауты и повторы для нестабильной сети
+RUN npm config set fetch-retry-mintimeout 20000 && \
+    npm config set fetch-retry-maxtimeout 120000 && \
+    npm config set fetch-timeout 300000
+
 # Устанавливаем зависимости из корня
 RUN npm install
 
diff --git a/backend/src/db/pool.ts b/backend/src/db/pool.ts
index 2d5895c..8d64f43 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/pool.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/pool.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ export const pool = new Pool({
   database: config.db.database,
   user: config.db.user,
   password: config.db.password,
+  connectionTimeoutMillis: 5000,
 });
diff --git a/backend/src/services/pdfToStatement.ts b/backend/src/services/pdfToStatement.ts
index def9b65..3f1e16a 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/pdfToStatement.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/pdfToStatement.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { PDFParse } from 'pdf-parse';
 import OpenAI from 'openai';
 import { config } from '../config';
 import type { StatementFile } from '@family-budget/shared';
@@ -64,6 +63,18 @@ export function isPdfConversionError(r: unknown): r is PdfConversionError {
   );
 }
 
+// Lazy-loaded to avoid crashing the app at startup — pdf-parse pulls in
+// @napi-rs/canvas (native Skia binary) which may fail on Alpine.
+let _PDFParse: typeof import('pdf-parse')['PDFParse'] | undefined;
+function loadPDFParse() {
+  if (!_PDFParse) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+    const mod = require('pdf-parse') as typeof import('pdf-parse');
+    _PDFParse = mod.PDFParse;
+  }
+  return _PDFParse;
+}
+
 export async function convertPdfToStatement(
   buffer: Buffer,
 ): Promise<StatementFile | PdfConversionError> {
@@ -77,6 +88,7 @@ export async function convertPdfToStatement(
 
   let text: string;
   try {
+    const PDFParse = loadPDFParse();
     const parser = new PDFParse({ data: buffer });
     const result = await parser.getText();
     text = result.text || '';
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ImportModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ImportModal.tsx
index 8bc7208..107ffda 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ImportModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ImportModal.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function ImportModal({ onClose, onDone }: Props) {
 
           {result && (
             <div className="import-result">
-              <div className="import-result-icon">&check;</div>
+              <div className="import-result-icon" aria-hidden="true">✓</div>
               <h3>Импорт завершён</h3>
               <table className="import-stats">
                 <tbody>