diff --git a/apache-config.conf b/apache-config.conf
index 6aaba91..7a94e32 100644
--- a/apache-config.conf
+++ b/apache-config.conf
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
         #ServerName www.example.com
 
         ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
-        DocumentRoot /
-        ProxyPass /hcportal http://127.0.0.1:80/app retry=1 acquire=3000 timeout=600 Keepalive=On
-        <Directory /app>
+        DocumentRoot /app/src/api
+        
+        <Directory /app/src/api>
+                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
                 DirectoryIndex index.php
                 AllowOverride All
                 Require all granted
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b500207..1f64c10 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,15 +19,21 @@ services:
       - hcportalnetwork
     volumes:
       - ./be:/app
+      - ./apache-config.conf:/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf:ro
+      - backend-vendor:/app/src/api/vendor
   owasp:
     container_name: owasp-hcportal
     image: owasp/modsecurity-crs:3.3.5-nginx-202401080101
     environment:
-      - backend=http://be:80
+      - BACKEND=http://be:80
+      - BACKEND_PROTO=http
+      - PORT=80
     networks:
       - hcportalnetwork
     ports:
       - 8888:80
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx-config/custom-buffers.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/custom-buffers.conf:ro
     links:
       - be
     depends_on:
@@ -35,3 +41,6 @@ services:
 networks:
   hcportalnetwork:
     driver: bridge
+
+volumes:
+  backend-vendor:
diff --git a/nginx-config/custom-buffers.conf b/nginx-config/custom-buffers.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bc6d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx-config/custom-buffers.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Custom buffer size configuration to handle large headers and cookies
+client_header_buffer_size 16k;
+large_client_header_buffers 8 32k;
+client_max_body_size 100M;
+client_body_buffer_size 128k;
+
+# Additional proxy buffer settings
+proxy_buffer_size 16k;
+proxy_buffers 8 32k;
+proxy_busy_buffers_size 64k;
+
+# Prevent X-Forwarded-For header from growing infinitely
+proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
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