diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 8e90df85..5fb0a7e0 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ COPY src/ src/
 # Start fastapi application using uvicorn
 EXPOSE 8000
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/app/src
-CMD ["uvicorn", "backend:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--reload"]
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+CMD ["uvicorn", "backend.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--reload"]
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diff --git a/backend/src/backend/main.py b/backend/src/backend/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..140e677b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/backend/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+@app.get("/")
+async def root():
+    return {"message": "Welcome to the Numinar Coding Project Backend!"}
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diff --git a/compose.dev.yml b/compose.dev.yml
index 95189622..3fd90b7b 100644
--- a/compose.dev.yml
+++ b/compose.dev.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
       - ./backend/pyproject.toml:/app/pyproject.toml
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
-    command: ["uvicorn", "src.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--reload"]
+    command: ["uvicorn", "backend.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--reload"]
     restart: always
     logging:
       driver: "json-file"