diff --git a/backend-service/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml b/backend-service/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
index dd6389b..e6ad240 100644
--- a/backend-service/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
+++ b/backend-service/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spring:
         driver-class-name: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
         username: ${MYSQL_USERNAME}
         password: ${MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD}
-        url: ${MYSQL_DATABASE_HOST}/${MYSQL_DATABASE}
+        url: ${MYSQL_DATABASE_DEV_HOST}
     jpa:
         database: mysql
         hibernate:
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile b/images/Dockerfile
index 927971c..4a01b57 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/Dockerfile
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ ENV JAR_VERSION=teamsphere-backend
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/backend-service/target/*.jar ${JAR_VERSION}.jar
 
+EXPOSE 5454
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "-c", "java  -jar ${JAR_VERSION}.jar"]