diff --git a/frontend/nginx/nginx.conf b/frontend/nginx/nginx.conf
index a52c23f..615920f 100644
--- a/frontend/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/frontend/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ server {
         # to redirect all the requests to index.html, 
         # useful when you are using react-router
         try_files $uri /index.html; 
+        proxy_pass http://localhost:5000
     }
     error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
     location = /50x.html {
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
index b4290eb..7f2b2e8 100644
--- a/stop.sh
+++ b/stop.sh
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 podman-compose down 
+podman-compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml down