diff --git a/api_client/client.py b/api_client/client.py
index 62b8be7..8fd53c6 100644
--- a/api_client/client.py
+++ b/api_client/client.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import requests
 
 class IaaSClient:
-    def __init__(self, api_key, base_url="http://localhost:5000/api"):
+    def __init__(self, api_key, base_url="http://172.17.0.1:5000/api"):
         self.base_url = base_url
         self.api_key = api_key
         
diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index c79cd83..19f5ca6 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ from app.utils.standard_responses import api_response
 app: Flask = Flask(__name__)                       # same as before
 app.config.update(
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI="mysql://root:password@172.17.0.1:3306/theapi",
-    WEBSOCKET_SERVER_URL="http://127.0.0.1:6001/api/create_task",
+    WEBSOCKET_SERVER_URL="http://172.17.0.1:6001/api/create_task",
 
     # New – Celery settings (override via ENV)
-    CELERY_BROKER_URL="redis://localhost:6379/0",
-    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND="redis://localhost:6379/1",
+    CELERY_BROKER_URL="redis://172.17.0.1:6379/0",
+    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND="redis://172.17.0.1:6379/1",
 )
 pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
 
diff --git a/app/celery_app.py b/app/celery_app.py
index ac46aba..ef12c2c 100644
--- a/app/celery_app.py
+++ b/app/celery_app.py
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ celery.conf.beat_schedule.update(
 
 # The export below keeps your old import paths valid:
 __all__ = ["celery"]
-import app.tasks.container_workload           # noqa: E402,F401
+import app.tasks.container_workload
+import app.tasks.simple
diff --git a/run_worker.sh b/run_worker.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b2e061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_worker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source .venv/bin/activate
+cd worker
+python3 main.py
diff --git a/websocket_server/config.py b/websocket_server/config.py
index 03cca29..87a0a94 100644
--- a/websocket_server/config.py
+++ b/websocket_server/config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, declarative_base
 import pymysql
 
 # Redis configuration
-REDIS_HOST = "localhost"
+REDIS_HOST = "172.17.0.1"
 REDIS_PORT = 6379
 
 # Database configuration
diff --git a/websocket_server/worker_manager.py b/websocket_server/worker_manager.py
index 400f919..7dde48a 100644
--- a/websocket_server/worker_manager.py
+++ b/websocket_server/worker_manager.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from websocket_server.shared_state import connected_workers, worker_lock
 logger = logging.getLogger("websocket_server")
 
 # API server endpoint
-api_server_url = "http://127.0.0.1:5000/api"
+api_server_url = "http://172.17.0.1:5000/api"
 
 # Tracks threads for each worker
 worker_threads = {}