diff --git a/apps/backend/tsconfig.build.json b/apps/backend/tsconfig.build.json
index 6dd1d98..3aeba21 100644
--- a/apps/backend/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/apps/backend/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "noEmit": false,
-    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "rootDir": "./",
     "outDir": "./dist"
   },
-  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "include": ["src/**/*", "prisma/seed.ts"],
   "exclude": ["**/*.test.ts", "dist"]
 }
diff --git a/docker/backend.Dockerfile b/docker/backend.Dockerfile
index ee15854..2135bcd 100644
--- a/docker/backend.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/backend.Dockerfile
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ WORKDIR /app/apps/backend
 EXPOSE 3000
 # Apply schema (idempotent; uses `db push` so no prior migrations required) +
 # seed env users + start server.
-CMD ["sh", "-c", "pnpm exec prisma db push --accept-data-loss --skip-generate && pnpm seed && node dist/index.js"]
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "pnpm exec prisma db push --accept-data-loss --skip-generate && node dist/prisma/seed.js && node dist/src/index.js"]