diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5777703..d84190f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ COPY --from=base /app/src/server/index.ts ./src/server/index.ts
 COPY --from=base /app/src/server/routes ./src/server/routes
 COPY --from=base /app/src/server/rpc ./src/server/rpc
 COPY --from=base /app/src/server/lib ./src/server/lib
+COPY --from=base /app/tsconfig.server.json ./tsconfig.server.json
 
 # Create non-root user for security
 RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S nodejs
@@ -58,5 +59,6 @@ EXPOSE 3000
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
   CMD node -e "require('http').get('http://localhost:3000/health', (res) => { process.exit(res.statusCode === 200 ? 0 : 1) })" || exit 1
 
-# Start the application
+# Start the application with ts-node and dedicated tsconfig for NodeNext
+ENV TS_NODE_PROJECT=tsconfig.server.json
 CMD ["node", "--loader", "ts-node/esm", "src/server/index.ts"]
diff --git a/tsconfig.server.json b/tsconfig.server.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aea090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.server.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "NodeNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
+    "types": ["node"],
+    "paths": {
+      "@/*": ["./src/*"]
+    }
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/server/**/*.ts",
+    "src/server/**/*.tsx"
+  ]
+}
+
+