diff --git a/backend.dockerfile b/backend.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd21e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM php:7.0-apache
+
+RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql mysqli
+RUN a2enmod rewrite
+
+COPY docker/php/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/
+
+COPY backend /var/www/html 
+
+RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6ec54ce..2aad039 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,28 @@
 version : '2'
 
 services:
-  web:
+  backend:
     build:
       context: .
-      dockerfile: web.dockerfile
+      dockerfile: backend.dockerfile
     volumes:
-      - ./log/web/:/var/log/apache2/
+      - ./log/backend/:/var/log/apache2/
     ports:
-      - '8080:80'
-      - '8081:443'
+      - '8081:80'
     depends_on:
       - db
     #use links keywoard to use db as a known host "db" to connect to database
     links:
       - db
+  
+  frontend:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: frontend.dockerfile
+    volumens:
+      - ./log/frontend/:/var/log/apache2/
+    ports:
+      - '8080:80'
 
   db:
     build: 
diff --git a/docker/php/backend.conf b/docker/php/backend.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2746f47..0000000
--- a/docker/php/backend.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<VirtualHost *:80>
-	# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
-	# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
-	# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
-	# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
-	# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
-	# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
-	# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
-	
-	ServerName localhost:8080/api-wiaas
-
-	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
-	DocumentRoot /var/www/backend
-
-	# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
-	# error, crit, alert, emerg.
-	# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
-	# modules, e.g.
-	#LogLevel info ssl:warn
-
-	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
-	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
-
-	# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
-	# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
-	# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
-	# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
-	# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
-	#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
-</VirtualHost>
-
-# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
diff --git a/docker/php/frontend.conf b/docker/php/frontend.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 98ddf44..0000000
--- a/docker/php/frontend.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<VirtualHost *:80>
-	# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
-	# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
-	# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
-	# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
-	# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
-	# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
-	# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
-	
-	ServerName localhost:8080
-
-	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
-	DocumentRoot /var/www/html
-
-	# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
-	# error, crit, alert, emerg.
-	# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
-	# modules, e.g.
-	#LogLevel info ssl:warn
-
-	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
-	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
-
-	# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
-	# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
-	# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
-	# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
-	# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
-	#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
-</VirtualHost>
-
-# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
diff --git a/web.dockerfile b/frontend.dockerfile
similarity index 73%
rename from web.dockerfile
rename to frontend.dockerfile
index deae637..1cae917 100644
--- a/web.dockerfile
+++ b/frontend.dockerfile
@@ -8,15 +8,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git unzip gnupg
 RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash -
 RUN apt-get install -y nodejs
 
-RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql mysqli
-RUN a2enmod rewrite
-
-COPY docker/php/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/
-
-COPY backend /var/www/html 
-
-RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
-
 COPY frontend /home/wiaas/frontend
 
 WORKDIR /home/wiaas/frontend