diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 282f994..573f83f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 
 COPY ./lib /app/lib
 
-CMD ["gunicorn", "-c", "lib/settings/gunicorn.py", "-w", "1", "--threads=2", "-k", "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker", "lib:app", "--log-level", "Debug", "-b", "0.0.0.0:3000", "--timeout", "30"]
+CMD ["gunicorn", "-c", "lib/settings/gunicorn.py", "-w", "1", "--threads=2", "-k", "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker", "lib.api:app", "--log-level", "Debug", "-b", "0.0.0.0:3000", "--timeout", "30"]
diff --git a/lib/__init__.py b/lib/__init__.py
index db869db..2f27218 100644
--- a/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,3 @@ def parse_error(error):
     exc_type = type(error).__name__
     exc_obj = f"{error}".replace("\n", " ").replace("   ", " ")
     return f"{exc_type} exception: {exc_obj}"
-
-
-from .api import app  # noqa
diff --git a/lib/__main__.py b/lib/__main__.py
index 311e8bf..9be9014 100644
--- a/lib/__main__.py
+++ b/lib/__main__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # __main__.py
-from lib import app
+from lib.api import app
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run()
diff --git a/lib/settings/gunicorn.py b/lib/settings/gunicorn.py
index 7190073..b85352d 100644
--- a/lib/settings/gunicorn.py
+++ b/lib/settings/gunicorn.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def post_fork(server, worker):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         service_version="1.2.0",
         deployment_environment="production",
     )
-    from lib import (  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+    from lib.api import (  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
         app as fastapi_server,
     )