diff --git a/deploy/.env.example b/deploy/.env.example
index 20413727c..ab24e0114 100644
--- a/deploy/.env.example
+++ b/deploy/.env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 DOMAIN=localhost
 STACK_NAME=langflow-stack
+ENVIRONMENT=development
 
 TRAEFIK_PUBLIC_NETWORK=traefik-public
 TRAEFIK_TAG=langflow-traefik
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ LOG_LEVEL=debug
 POSTGRES_USER=langflow
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=langflow
 POSTGRES_DB=langflow
+POSTGRES_PORT=5432
 
 # Flower configuration
 LANGFLOW_CACHE_TYPE=redis
diff --git a/deploy/startup-backend.sh b/deploy/startup-backend.sh
index c8a634f65..75c8002a5 100755
--- a/deploy/startup-backend.sh
+++ b/deploy/startup-backend.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,16 @@
 
 export LANGFLOW_DATABASE_URL="postgresql://${DB_USER}:${DB_PASSWORD}@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}"
 
+
 # Your command to start the backend
-exec python -m uvicorn --factory langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --log-level ${LOG_LEVEL:-info} --workers -1
+
+# If the ENVIRONMENT variable is set to "development", then start the backend in development mode
+# else start the backend in production mode with guvicorn
+if [ "$ENVIRONMENT" = "development" ]; then
+    echo "Starting backend in development mode"
+    exec python -m uvicorn --factory langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --log-level ${LOG_LEVEL:-info} --workers 2 --reload
+else
+    echo "Starting backend in production mode"
+    exec langflow run --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --log-level ${LOG_LEVEL:-info} --workers -1 --backend-only
+fi
+