diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 5b93d9da..5a7f515d 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -23,19 +23,20 @@ RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 
-RUN pip install poetry
+# Install setuptools==68.2.2 to avoid the following error:
+# ERROR: setuptools==58.1.0 is used in combination with setuptools-scm>=8.x
+RUN pip install setuptools==68.2.2
 
 WORKDIR /backend
 
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
-COPY requirements_dev.txt requirements_dev.txt
-COPY poetry.lock poetry.lock
-COPY pyproject.toml pyproject.toml
 
-RUN poetry install --no-interaction
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . .
 
 COPY supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
 
+EXPOSE 8000
+
 CMD ["/usr/bin/supervisord"]
diff --git a/backend/fly.toml b/backend/fly.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd995236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/fly.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+app = "integraflow-backend"
+primary_region = "fra"
+swap_size_mb = 512
+
+[build]
+  dockerfile = "Dockerfile"
+
+[[vm]]
+  size = "shared-cpu-2x"
+  memory = "512mb"
+
+[http_service]
+  internal_port = 8000
+  force_https = true
+  auto_stop_machines = "stop"
+  auto_start_machines = true
+  min_machines_running = 1
diff --git a/backend/integraflow/core/jwt_manager.py b/backend/integraflow/core/jwt_manager.py
index aa3ddd73..c70292ad 100644
--- a/backend/integraflow/core/jwt_manager.py
+++ b/backend/integraflow/core/jwt_manager.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import base64
 import json
 import logging
 from os.path import exists, join
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
 from jwt import api_jws
 from jwt.algorithms import RSAAlgorithm
 
-from .utils import build_absolute_uri, get_domain
+from .utils import build_absolute_uri, get_domain, is_base_64
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -92,7 +93,10 @@ def get_private_key(cls) -> rsa.RSAPrivateKey:
     @classmethod
     def _get_private_key(cls, pem: Union[str, bytes]) -> rsa.RSAPrivateKey:
         if isinstance(pem, str):
-            pem = pem.encode("utf-8")
+            if is_base_64(pem):
+                pem = base64.b64decode(pem)
+            else:
+                pem = pem.encode("utf-8")
 
         password: Union[str, bytes, None] = settings.RSA_PRIVATE_PASSWORD
         if isinstance(password, str):
diff --git a/backend/integraflow/core/utils/__init__.py b/backend/integraflow/core/utils/__init__.py
index 7e4d033e..8b4dce36 100644
--- a/backend/integraflow/core/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/integraflow/core/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+import base64
+import binascii
 import datetime
 import secrets
 import socket
 import string
-import pytz
 from random import choice
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -12,10 +13,11 @@
     Optional,
     Tuple,
     TypeVar,
-    Union
+    Union,
 )
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
+import pytz
 from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import IntegrityError, transaction
@@ -382,3 +384,11 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
                 self.name == other.name and self.expression == other.expression
             )
         return super().__eq__(other)
+
+
+def is_base_64(text: str):
+    try:
+        base64.b64decode(text, validate=True)
+        return True
+    except binascii.Error:
+        return False
diff --git a/backend/integraflow/graphql/user/mutations/authentication/google_user_auth.py b/backend/integraflow/graphql/user/mutations/authentication/google_user_auth.py
index e4875cf4..f0793b3c 100644
--- a/backend/integraflow/graphql/user/mutations/authentication/google_user_auth.py
+++ b/backend/integraflow/graphql/user/mutations/authentication/google_user_auth.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import json
+import logging
 from typing import Dict, cast
 
 import graphene
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@
 
 GOOGLE_AUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS = settings.GOOGLE_AUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class GoogleUserAuth(BaseMutation):
     """
@@ -67,8 +71,8 @@ class Meta:
     @classmethod
     def _get_credentials(cls, code: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
         try:
-            flow = Flow.from_client_secrets_file(
-                GOOGLE_AUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS,
+            flow = Flow.from_client_config(
+                json.loads(GOOGLE_AUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS),
                 scopes=[
                     "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile",
                     "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email",
@@ -83,7 +87,9 @@ def _get_credentials(cls, code: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
                 clock_skew_in_seconds=10
             )
             return credentials  # type: ignore
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as err:
+            logger.exception(f"Google auth error: {err}")
+
             raise ValidationError(
                 "Failed to fetch user info from google auth.",
             )
diff --git a/backend/integraflow/survey/migrations/0015_alter_surveyresponse_options.py b/backend/integraflow/survey/migrations/0015_alter_surveyresponse_options.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5b3cf8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/integraflow/survey/migrations/0015_alter_surveyresponse_options.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.23 on 2025-03-24 19:13
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('survey', '0014_auto_20240511_2019'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='surveyresponse',
+            options={'ordering': ['-created_at'], 'verbose_name': 'SurveyResponse', 'verbose_name_plural': 'SurveyResponses'},
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/supervisord.conf b/backend/supervisord.conf
index cb3f230e..57037965 100644
--- a/backend/supervisord.conf
+++ b/backend/supervisord.conf
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
 redirect_stderr=true
 
 [program:django]
-command=gunicorn --bind :8000 --workers 8 --worker-class integraflow.asgi.gunicorn_worker.UvicornWorker integraflow.asgi:application
+command=gunicorn --bind :8000 --workers 2 --worker-class integraflow.asgi.gunicorn_worker.UvicornWorker integraflow.asgi:application
 stdout_logfile=/dev/fd/1
 stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
 redirect_stderr=true
 
 [program:celery]
-command=celery -A integraflow worker --loglevel=info
+command=celery -A integraflow worker --loglevel=info --beat
 stdout_logfile=/dev/fd/1
 stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
 redirect_stderr=true