diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5d97133..05edd57 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ARG RUNNER_ENV=production
+
 FROM node:20-alpine AS base
 
-# Install dependencies only when needed
 FROM base AS deps
 # Check https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/tree/b4117f9333da4138b03a546ec926ef50a31506c3#nodealpine to understand why libc6-compat might be needed.
 RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat
@@ -15,9 +16,12 @@ RUN \
   else echo "Lockfile not found." && exit 1; \
   fi
 
+FROM base AS builder-production
+
+ENV DATABASE_URL=${DATABASE_URL}
+ENV NEXTAUTH_URL=${NEXTAUTH_URL}
+ENV JWT_SECRET=${JWT_SECRET}
 
-# Rebuild the source code only when needed
-FROM base AS builder
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=deps /app/node_modules ./node_modules
 COPY . .
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ RUN \
   fi
 
 # Production image, copy all the files and run next
-FROM base AS runner
+FROM base AS runner-production
 WORKDIR /app
 
 ENV NODE_ENV production
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ ENV NODE_ENV production
 RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
 RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
 
-COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
+COPY --from=builder-production /app/public ./public
 
 # Set the correct permission for prerender cache
 RUN mkdir .next
@@ -53,8 +57,8 @@ RUN chown nextjs:nodejs .next
 
 # Automatically leverage output traces to reduce image size
 # https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/output-file-tracing
-COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
-COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
+COPY --from=builder-production --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=builder-production --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
 
 USER nextjs
 
@@ -67,3 +71,8 @@ ENV HOSTNAME "0.0.0.0"
 # server.js is created by next build from the standalone output
 # https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/output
 CMD ["node", "server.js"]
+
+#############################################
+# Branch based on RUNNER_ENV for deployment #
+#############################################
+FROM runner-${RUNNER_ENV} AS runner