diff --git a/.github/workflows/main_syncrow(staging).yml b/.github/workflows/main_syncrow(staging).yml
index 0d29d1b..ea5d088 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main_syncrow(staging).yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main_syncrow(staging).yml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-# Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
-# More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions
-
-name: Build and deploy container app to Azure Web App - syncrow(staging)
+name: Backend deployment to Azure App Service
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -9,43 +6,50 @@ on:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  AZURE_WEB_APP_NAME: 'syncrow'
+  AZURE_WEB_APP_SLOT_NAME: 'staging'
+  ACR_REGISTRY: 'syncrow.azurecr.io'
+  IMAGE_NAME: 'backend' 
+  IMAGE_TAG: 'latest'
+
 jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
-
-    - name: Log in to registry
-      uses: docker/login-action@v2
-      with:
-        registry: https://syncrow.azurecr.io/
-        username: ${{ secrets.AzureAppService_ContainerUsername_47395803300340b49931ea82f6d80be3 }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.AzureAppService_ContainerPassword_e7b0ff54f54d44cba04a970a22384848 }}
-
-    - name: Build and push container image to registry
-      uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
-      with:
-        push: true
-        tags: syncrow.azurecr.io/${{ secrets.AzureAppService_ContainerUsername_47395803300340b49931ea82f6d80be3 }}/syncrow/backend:${{ github.sha }}
-        file: ./Dockerfile
-
-  deploy:
+  build_and_deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
-    environment:
-      name: 'staging'
-      url: ${{ steps.deploy-to-webapp.outputs.webapp-url }}
 
     steps:
-    - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
-      id: deploy-to-webapp
-      uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v2
-      with:
-        app-name: 'syncrow'
-        slot-name: 'staging'
-        publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AzureAppService_PublishProfile_44f7766441ec4796b74789e9761ef589 }}
-        images: 'syncrow.azurecr.io/${{ secrets.AzureAppService_ContainerUsername_47395803300340b49931ea82f6d80be3 }}/syncrow/backend:${{ github.sha }}'
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+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies and build project
+        run: |
+          npm install
+          npm run build
+
+      - name: Log in to Azure
+        uses: azure/login@v1
+        with:
+          creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
+
+      - name: Log in to Azure Container Registry
+        run: az acr login --name ${{ env.ACR_REGISTRY }}
+
+      - name: List build output
+        run: ls -R dist/
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        run: |
+          docker build . -t ${{ env.ACR_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.IMAGE_TAG }}
+          docker push ${{ env.ACR_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.IMAGE_TAG }}
+
+      - name: Set Web App with Docker container
+        run: |
+          az webapp config container set \
+          --name ${{ env.AZURE_WEB_APP_NAME }} \
+          --resource-group backend \
+          --docker-custom-image-name ${{ env.ACR_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.IMAGE_TAG }} \
+          --docker-registry-server-url https://${{ env.ACR_REGISTRY }}
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