diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 20b57a3e3be8be78d84fecc35a0850ad4ab732ec..9094117803320bdae241cdf4411898be4e7b1886 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ARG NPM_VERSION=10.8.0
 
 # --------------> The builder image
 FROM node:$NODE_VERSION AS builder
-ENV NODE_ENV production
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends dumb-init
 ARG NPM_TOKEN
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ RUN echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" > .npmrc && \
    npm install -g npm@$NPM_VERSION && \
    npm ci --omit=dev && \
    rm -f .npmrc
- 
+
 # --------------> The production image
 FROM node:$NODE_VERSION-slim AS production
-ENV NODE_ENV production
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/dumb-init /usr/bin/dumb-init
 COPY --chown=node:node --from=builder /usr/src/app/node_modules /usr/src/app/node_modules