diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e4bb97b..cbedad5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -168,9 +168,11 @@ configmap_values.txt
 
 # additional
 simple-pipeline-env-3.11
+simple-pipeline-env-3
 .env
 .DS_Store
 documentation/~$live-stream.pptx
 .vscode/launch.json
 additional_notes.md
 assistant/additional_information/
+code/.env_backup
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d02c5b3..2b9442d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ git clone https://github.com/thomassuedbroecker/simple-pipeline.git
 
 ```sh
 cd simple-pipeline/code
-python3.11 -m venv simple-pipeline-env-3.11
-source ./simple-pipeline-env-3.11/bin/activate
+python3 -m venv simple-pipeline-env-3
+source ./simple-pipeline-env-3/bin/activate
 ```
 
 * Install needed Python libs and create a `requirements.txt` file
@@ -42,19 +42,24 @@ python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3 -m pip install "fastapi[all]"
 python3 -m pip install requests
 python3 -m pip install pydantic
-python3 -m pip install touch
-#python3 -m pip install pytorch #Only with GPU
-python3 -m pip install torch torchvision
+python3 -m pip install torch
 python3 -m pip install accelerate
-python3 -m pip install auto-gptq
 python3 -m pip install typing
 python3 -m pip install transformers
-python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
-python3 -m pip freeze > requirements.txt 
+#python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
 ```
 
+* Save your configuration in requirements.txt
+
 ```sh
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+python3 -m pip freeze > requirements.txt
+deactivate
+```
+
+* Install from configuration from requirements.txt
+
+```sh
 python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
@@ -94,14 +99,15 @@ export IBMCLOUD_APIKEY=
 # APP
 export APP_USER=admin
 export APP_APIKEY=admin
+export APPLOG=INFO
 ```
 
 ### 3.3 Run `simple-qa-pipeline` server
 
 ```sh
 cd code
-source ./simple-pipeline-env-3.11/bin/activate
-source .env
+source ./simple-pipeline-env-3/bin/activate
+source ./.env
 python3 simple-qa-pipeline.py
 ```
 
diff --git a/code/.env-template b/code/.env-template
index 92b5322..b0dd515 100644
--- a/code/.env-template
+++ b/code/.env-template
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ export CUSTOM_MODEL_PROMPT="Code:\n\n<<CONTEXT>>\n\nQuestion:\n\n<<QUESTION>>\n\
 export IBMCLOUD_APIKEY=
 export IBMCLOUD_URL=https://iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity/token
 # APP
-export APP_USER=admin
-export APP_APIKEY=admin
+export APP_USER=adm
+export APP_APIKEY=admin123
+export APPLOG=INFO
diff --git a/code/docker/Dockerfile b/code/docker/Dockerfile
index b4ead61..e05f151 100644
--- a/code/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/code/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ FROM python:3.11.2-slim-buster
 
 # Install needed environment
 RUN apt-get -y update; apt-get -y install curl
-RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN python -m pip install "fastapi[all]"
-RUN python -m pip install requests
-RUN python -m pip install pydantic
+RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python3 -m pip install "fastapi[all]"
+RUN python3 -m pip install requests
+RUN python3 -m pip install pydantic
+RUN python3 -m pip install torch
+RUN python3 -m pip install accelerate
+RUN python3 -m pip install transformers
 #RUN python -m pip freeze > requirements.txt 
 
 RUN addgroup simple_qa_pipeline_group
diff --git a/code/docker/Dockerfile.optimized b/code/docker/Dockerfile.optimized
index 3292e2a..3f21c8c 100644
--- a/code/docker/Dockerfile.optimized
+++ b/code/docker/Dockerfile.optimized
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ FROM python:3.11.2-slim-buster as BUILDER_IMAGE
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install needed environment
-RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN python -m pip install requests
-RUN python -m pip install "fastapi[all]"
-RUN python -m pip install pydantic
-
+RUN apt-get -y update; apt-get -y install curl
+RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python3 -m pip install "fastapi[all]"
+RUN python3 -m pip install requests
+RUN python3 -m pip install pydantic
+RUN python3 -m pip install torch
+RUN python3 -m pip install accelerate
+RUN python3 -m pip install transformers
 
 # Create modeles folder
 RUN mkdir modules
diff --git a/code/modules/load_env.py b/code/modules/load_env.py
index bfd708d..c0cafab 100644
--- a/code/modules/load_env.py
+++ b/code/modules/load_env.py
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 import os
+import logging
+import sys
+
+##################################
+# Configure Logging
+# load config 
+if (os.environ.get("APP_LOG") == None):
+        APPLOG = "INFO"
+else:
+        APPLOG = os.environ.get("APP_LOG")
+
+# set logging
+if (str(APPLOG)=="DEBUG"):
+     logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout,level=logging.DEBUG)
+elif (str(APPLOG)=="INFO"):
+     logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout,level=logging.INFO)
+elif (str(APPLOG)=="WARNING"):
+     logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout,level=logging.WARNING)
+else:
+     logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout,level=logging.INFO)
 
 def load_ibmcloud_env():
        if (os.environ.get("IBMCLOUD_APIKEY") == None):
@@ -181,6 +201,11 @@ def load_apikey_env():
             APIKEY = "apikey"
     else:
             APIKEY = os.environ.get("APP_APIKEY")
+
+    if (os.environ.get("APPLOG") == None):
+            APPLOG = "INFO"
+    else:
+            APPLOG = os.environ.get("APPLOG")
     
     if ((USER=="admin") or 
         (APIKEY=="apikey")):
@@ -189,7 +214,8 @@ def load_apikey_env():
             authenicationStatus = True
     
     authenicationJSON = { "USER": USER,
-                          "APIKEY":APIKEY
+                          "APIKEY":APIKEY,
+                          "APPLOG":APPLOG
                         }
     print(authenicationJSON)
 
diff --git a/code/requirements.txt b/code/requirements.txt
index 69f4e76..0529b6d 100644
--- a/code/requirements.txt
+++ b/code/requirements.txt
@@ -1,47 +1,51 @@
-annotated-types==0.5.0
-anyio==3.7.1
-certifi==2023.5.7
-charset-normalizer==3.2.0
-click==8.1.6
-dnspython==2.4.0
-email-validator==2.0.0.post2
-fastapi==0.100.0
+accelerate==0.27.2
+annotated-types==0.6.0
+anyio==4.3.0
+certifi==2024.2.2
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+click==8.1.7
+dnspython==2.6.1
+email-validator==2.1.0.post1
+fastapi==0.109.2
 filelock==3.13.1
-fsspec==2023.12.2
+fsspec==2024.2.0
 h11==0.14.0
-httpcore==0.17.3
-httptools==0.6.0
-httpx==0.24.1
+httpcore==1.0.3
+httptools==0.6.1
+httpx==0.26.0
 huggingface-hub==0.20.3
-idna==3.4
+idna==3.6
 itsdangerous==2.1.2
-Jinja2==3.1.2
-MarkupSafe==2.1.3
-numpy==1.26.3
-orjson==3.9.2
+Jinja2==3.1.3
+MarkupSafe==2.1.5
+mpmath==1.3.0
+networkx==3.2.1
+numpy==1.26.4
+orjson==3.9.14
 packaging==23.2
-pydantic==2.0.3
-pydantic-extra-types==2.0.0
-pydantic-settings==2.0.2
-pydantic_core==2.3.0
-python-dotenv==1.0.0
-python-multipart==0.0.6
+psutil==5.9.8
+pydantic==2.6.1
+pydantic-extra-types==2.5.0
+pydantic-settings==2.2.1
+pydantic_core==2.16.2
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+python-multipart==0.0.9
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 regex==2023.12.25
 requests==2.31.0
-safetensors==0.4.1
+safetensors==0.4.2
 sniffio==1.3.0
-starlette==0.27.0
-tokenizers==0.15.0
-touch==2020.12.3
-tqdm==4.66.1
-transformers==4.37.0
+starlette==0.36.3
+sympy==1.12
+tokenizers==0.15.2
+torch==2.2.0
+tqdm==4.66.2
+transformers==4.37.2
 typing==3.7.4.3
-typing_extensions==4.7.1
-ujson==5.8.0
-urllib3==2.0.4
-uvicorn==0.23.1
-uvloop==0.17.0
-values==2020.12.3
-watchfiles==0.19.0
-websockets==11.0.3
+typing_extensions==4.9.0
+ujson==5.9.0
+urllib3==2.2.1
+uvicorn==0.27.1
+uvloop==0.19.0
+watchfiles==0.21.0
+websockets==12.0
diff --git a/code/simple-qa-pipeline.py b/code/simple-qa-pipeline.py
index 51b4e96..1a9cc5f 100644
--- a/code/simple-qa-pipeline.py
+++ b/code/simple-qa-pipeline.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 from fastapi.security import HTTPBasic, HTTPBasicCredentials
 from starlette.status import HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
 from fastapi.openapi.utils import get_openapi
+import logging
+import sys
+
 ##################################
 # Custom modules
 from modules.load_env import load_watson_discovery_env, load_apikey_env, load_watson_x_env
@@ -14,6 +17,18 @@
 from modules.requests_watsonx_deployments import get_answer_from_watsonx_deployment
 from modules.requests_local_custom_model import custom_model_simple_prompt
 
+##################################
+# Configure Logging
+log_config, log_validation = load_apikey_env()
+if (str(log_config["APPLOG"])=="DEBUG"):
+     logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout,level=logging.DEBUG)
+elif (str(log_config["APPLOG"])=="INFO"):
+     logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout,level=logging.INFO)
+elif (str(log_config["APPLOG"])=="WARNING"):
+     logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout,level=logging.WARNING)
+else:
+     logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout,level=logging.INFO)
+
 ##################################
 # Set basic auth as security
 security = HTTPBasic()
diff --git a/scripts/ce-deployment/deploy-to-code-engine.sh b/scripts/ce-deployment/deploy-to-code-engine.sh
index 833c9d1..e7284c7 100644
--- a/scripts/ce-deployment/deploy-to-code-engine.sh
+++ b/scripts/ce-deployment/deploy-to-code-engine.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ export REUSE_REPO_URL=${3:-"no_repo_url_id"}
 export REUSE_REPO_ENV_NAME=${4:-"no_env_file_name"}
 export REUSE="false"
 
+#export ENGINE=docker
+export ENGINE=podman
+
 # Optional to change
 export CODEENGINE_CR_ACCESS_NAME=$CR
 export CODEENGINE_CR_SERVER_NAME=$CR
@@ -36,11 +39,11 @@ export FOLDERNAME=""
 # **********************************************************************************
 
 function check_docker () {
-    ERROR=$(docker ps 2>&1)
+    ERROR=$(${ENGINE} ps 2>&1)
     RESULT=$(echo $ERROR | grep 'Cannot' | awk '{print $1;}')
     VERIFY="Cannot"
     if [ "$RESULT" == "$VERIFY" ]; then
-        echo "Docker is not running. Stop script execution."
+        echo "${ENGINE} is not running. Stop script execution."
         exit 1 
     fi
 }
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ function build_and_push_container () {
     # 3. Build container image
     echo "****** BUILD *********"
     cd "$HOME_PATH"/../../code
-    docker build -f "$HOME_PATH"/../../code/docker/"$QA_DOCKERFILE_NAME" -t "$CODEENGINE_APP_IMAGE_URL" .
+    ${ENGINE} build -f "$HOME_PATH"/../../code/docker/"$QA_DOCKERFILE_NAME" -t "$CODEENGINE_APP_IMAGE_URL" .
     cd "$HOME_PATH"
     
     # 4. Login to  IBM Cloud Container Registry
@@ -122,8 +125,8 @@ function build_and_push_container () {
     # 8. Create new container image if it doesn't exists
     CURR_CONTAINER_IMAGE=$(ibmcloud cr image-list | grep $CI_TAG | awk '{print $2;}')
     if [ "$CI_TAG" != "$CURR_CONTAINER_IMAGE" ]; then
-        docker login -u iamapikey -p $IBM_CLOUD_API_KEY $CR_REGION 
-        docker push "$CODEENGINE_APP_IMAGE_URL"
+        ${ENGINE} login -u iamapikey -p $IBM_CLOUD_API_KEY $CR_REGION 
+        ${ENGINE} push "$CODEENGINE_APP_IMAGE_URL"
     else
         echo "Container exists: ($CODEENGINE_APP_IMAGE_URL)"
     fi
@@ -334,7 +337,7 @@ function build_and_push_container_reuse () {
 
     # Build from restore code
     cd "$TEMP_REUSE_FOLDER"/simple-qa-pipeline/code
-    docker build -f "$TEMP_REUSE_FOLDER"/simple-qa-pipeline/code/docker/"$QA_DOCKERFILE_NAME" -t "$CODEENGINE_APP_IMAGE_URL" .
+    ${ENGINE} build -f "$TEMP_REUSE_FOLDER"/simple-qa-pipeline/code/docker/"$QA_DOCKERFILE_NAME" -t "$CODEENGINE_APP_IMAGE_URL" .
     
     cd "$HOME_PATH"
     
@@ -360,8 +363,8 @@ function build_and_push_container_reuse () {
     # Create new container image if it doesn't exists
     CURR_CONTAINER_IMAGE=$(ibmcloud cr image-list | grep $CI_TAG | awk '{print $2;}')
     if [ "$CI_TAG" != "$CURR_CONTAINER_IMAGE" ]; then
-        docker login -u iamapikey -p $IBM_CLOUD_API_KEY $CR_REGION 
-        docker push "$CODEENGINE_APP_IMAGE_URL"
+        ${ENGINE} login -u iamapikey -p $IBM_CLOUD_API_KEY $CR_REGION 
+        ${ENGINE} push "$CODEENGINE_APP_IMAGE_URL"
     else
         echo "Container exists: ($CODEENGINE_APP_IMAGE_URL)"
     fi
diff --git a/example-sql-schema.sql b/uploadfiles/example-sql-schema.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from example-sql-schema.sql
rename to uploadfiles/example-sql-schema.sql