diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index ab56e34..66c18ea 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Stage 1: Build PHP app and install dependencies
-FROM php:8.2 AS builder
+FROM php:8.3.4 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local
 RUN COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
 
 # Stage 2: Serve the application using Apache PHP
-FROM php:8.1.10-apache
+FROM php:8.3.4-apache
 
 # Copy the built PHP app from the builder stage
 COPY --from=builder /app /var/www/html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libmariadb-dev-compat \
     python3-dev \
     python3-pip \
-    && pip3 install mysqlclient \
+    && pip3 install --break-system-packages mysqlclient \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg \
     && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) gd \
diff --git a/backend/database/seeders/DummyDataSeeder.php b/backend/database/seeders/DummyDataSeeder.php
index e51d113..f326206 100644
--- a/backend/database/seeders/DummyDataSeeder.php
+++ b/backend/database/seeders/DummyDataSeeder.php
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ class DummyDataSeeder extends Seeder
         $user->addRole('superadmin');
         $user->save();
 
+        $names = [
+            ['Mario', 'Rossi'],
+            ['Luigi', 'Verdi'],
+            ['Paolo', 'Bianchi'],
+            ['Giovanni', 'Neri'],
+            ['Giuseppe', 'Fontana'],
+            ['Antonio', 'Gallo'],
+            ['Francesco', 'Greco'],
+            ['Angelo', 'Martini'],
+            ['Vincenzo', 'Mancini'],
+            ['Salvatore', 'Costa'],
+        ];
+
         /*
         Create 10 users:
         - 1 chief and with role 'admin'
@@ -34,10 +47,10 @@ class DummyDataSeeder extends Seeder
         */
         for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
             $user = new User();
-            $user->name = ''.$i;
-            $user->surname = 'User';
-            $user->username = 'user' . $i;
-            $user->password = Hash::make('user' . $i);
+            $user->name = $names[$i-1][0];
+            $user->surname = $names[$i-1][1];
+            $user->username = strtolower($user->surname.".".$user->name);
+            $user->password = Hash::make('password');
             $user->email = 'u' . $i+1 . '@example.com';
             $user->save();
 
diff --git a/backend/docker-entrypoint.sh b/backend/docker-entrypoint.sh
index f3ee3d4..8e8768e 100644
--- a/backend/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/backend/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -15,13 +15,18 @@ else
     sed -i "s/DB_DATABASE=laravel/DB_DATABASE=${DB_DATABASE}/g" .env.tmp
     sed -i "s/DB_USERNAME=root/DB_USERNAME=${DB_USER}/g" .env.tmp
     sed -i "s/DB_PASSWORD=/DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}/g" .env.tmp
+
+    # Set encryption key
+    echo "Generating encryption key..."
+    # We can't use just the command, so we need to save the output to a file and then overwrite it in .env.test
+    php artisan key:generate --show > key.tmp
+    sed -i "s#APP_KEY=#APP_KEY=$(cat key.tmp)#g" .env.tmp
+    rm key.tmp
+
+    # Overwrite .env with the updated .env.tmp
     cat .env.tmp > .env
     rm .env.tmp
 
-    # Generate encryption key
-    echo "Generating encryption key..."
-    php artisan key:generate
-
     # Run migrations
     echo "Running migrations..."
     php artisan migrate --force
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index d84568c..ea4320e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ services:
       - DB_DATABASE=mydb
     volumes:
       - laravel-storage:/var/www/html/storage
-      - ./.env.docker:/var/www/html/.env
 
   db:
     image: mysql:5.7