diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 8c2600d2b2134c131948b78ec86bf9182cf4873d..7706e1cc80342cfe24f77d9113797ae933b682f3 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-BACKEND_PORT=3000
+BACKEND_3000=3000
+BACKEND_3001=3001
+BACKEND_3002=3002
 FRONTEND_PORT=8080
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5d6f58f8965709415fc7821d0b2b5683569171bc..ba0d03c05a6d487705a133f9f817b0aa76c77752 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,25 +17,11 @@ services:
     networks:
       - letsDo-network
 
-  backend1:
-    build:
-      context: server
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    restart: always
-    depends_on:
-      - database
-    environment:
-      - DB_USER
-      - DB_PASSWORD
-    networks:
-      - letsDo-network
-
-  backend2:
+  backend:
     build:
       context: server
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    tty: true
     env_file:
       - .env
     restart: always
@@ -49,17 +35,20 @@ services:
 
   database:
     image: mongo
+    tty: true
     container_name: mongo-db
 
   loadbalancer:
     build:
       context: loadbalancer
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    tty: true
     links:
-      - backend1
-      - backend2
+      - backend
     ports:
-      - ${BACKEND_PORT}:${BACKEND_PORT}
+      - '${BACKEND_3000}:${BACKEND_3000}'
+      - '${BACKEND_3001}:${BACKEND_3001}'
+      - '${BACKEND_3002}:${BACKEND_3002}'
     networks:
       - letsDo-network
 
diff --git a/loadbalancer/.env b/loadbalancer/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4c78ea5b127c688d10e4d7adfc09a2355ace6142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loadbalancer/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+BACKEND_3000=3000
+BACKEND_3001=3001
+BACKEND_3002=3002
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diff --git a/loadbalancer/Dockerfile b/loadbalancer/Dockerfile
index c54f47624007d52c678267dc48737ae28b9e5664..71a5bc3a1c9438d93a899a8a7773d72e35948026 100644
--- a/loadbalancer/Dockerfile
+++ b/loadbalancer/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ FROM nginx
 
 COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 
-EXPOSE 3000
+EXPOSE ${BACKEND_3000}
+EXPOSE ${BACKEND_3001}
+EXPOSE ${BACKEND_3002}
 
 CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
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diff --git a/loadbalancer/nginx.conf b/loadbalancer/nginx.conf
index f18eea7a0acf4c733fb444651141f92a46c27881..0c484e4b249b616194b4c541e4a9958b099924c5 100644
--- a/loadbalancer/nginx.conf
+++ b/loadbalancer/nginx.conf
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 http {
   upstream backend {
-    server backend1:3000;
-    server backend2:3001;
+    server backend:3000;
+    server backend:3001;
+    server backend:3002;
   }
 
   server {
     listen 3000;
+    listen 3001;
+    listen 3002;
 
     location / {
       proxy_pass http://backend/;
diff --git a/server/Dockerfile b/server/Dockerfile
index c24a7e106a00a93b789a3426b54bb633a316d968..144429fe31ba7789aa42fdee1b47b8829a42f1d0 100644
--- a/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/server/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ RUN npm install
 
 COPY . .
 
-EXPOSE ${BACKEND_PORT}
+EXPOSE ${BACKEND_3000}
 
 CMD [ "npm", "start" ]
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diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 46acaeed78d1ce2c129c658604ecc2311ffc064b..34a0751c1f2b2fccca7f598ff252f5cc7efaac89 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import express from 'express';
 import mongoose from 'mongoose';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import cors from 'cors';
+import os from 'os';
 import authRoute from './routes/auth.js';
 import todoRoute from './routes/todos.js';
 
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ app.use(express.json());
 app.use('/api/auth', authRoute);
 app.use('/api/todos', todoRoute);
 
+app.use('/', async (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ message: 'Everything works fine!', hostname: req.hostname });
+});
+
 async function start() {
   try {
     await mongoose.connect(
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ async function start() {
     );
 
     app.listen(BACKEND_PORT, () => {
-      console.log(`Server started on port: ${BACKEND_PORT}`);
+      console.log(`Running container: ${os.hostname()}`);
     });
 
     return null;