diff --git a/scripts/discard-dev-files.sh b/scripts/discard-dev-files.sh
index b516cee4b4..21d444ec1a 100644
--- a/scripts/discard-dev-files.sh
+++ b/scripts/discard-dev-files.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 rm -rf \{\{cookiecutter.project_slug\}\}/.git
-rm -rf \{\{cookiecutter.project_slug\}\}/backend/app/Pipfile.lock
+rm -rf \{\{cookiecutter.project_slug\}\}/backend/app/poetry.lock
 rm -rf \{\{cookiecutter.project_slug\}\}/frontend/node_modules
 rm -rf \{\{cookiecutter.project_slug\}\}/frontend/dist
 git checkout \{\{cookiecutter.project_slug\}\}/README.md
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/.gitignore b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/.gitignore
index bee8a64b79..529e8d581f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 __pycache__
+app.egg-info
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/app/Pipfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/app/Pipfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 23090edabf..0000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/app/Pipfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-[[source]]
-name = "pypi"
-url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
-verify_ssl = true
-
-[dev-packages]
-mypy = "*"
-black = "*"
-jupyter = "*"
-isort = "*"
-autoflake = "*"
-flake8 = "*"
-pytest = "*"
-vulture = "*"
-
-[packages]
-fastapi = "*"
-uvicorn = "*"
-pyjwt = "*"
-python-multipart = "*"
-email-validator = "*"
-requests = "*"
-celery = "*"
-passlib = {extras = ["bcrypt"],version = "*"}
-tenacity = "*"
-pydantic = "*"
-emails = "*"
-raven = "*"
-gunicorn = "*"
-jinja2 = "*"
-psycopg2-binary = "*"
-alembic = "*"
-sqlalchemy = "*"
-
-[requires]
-python_version = "3.6"
-
-[pipenv]
-allow_prereleases = true
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/app/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/app/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33c46fbf94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/app/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "app"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = ""
+authors = ["Admin <admin@example.com>"]
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.7"
+uvicorn = "^0.11.3"
+fastapi = "^0.54.1"
+pyjwt = "^1.7.1"
+python-multipart = "^0.0.5"
+email-validator = "^1.0.5"
+requests = "^2.23.0"
+celery = "^4.4.2"
+passlib = {extras = ["bcrypt"], version = "^1.7.2"}
+tenacity = "^6.1.0"
+pydantic = "^1.4"
+emails = "^0.5.15"
+raven = "^6.10.0"
+gunicorn = "^20.0.4"
+jinja2 = "^2.11.2"
+psycopg2-binary = "^2.8.5"
+alembic = "^1.4.2"
+sqlalchemy = "^1.3.16"
+pytest = "^5.4.1"
+
+[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+mypy = "^0.770"
+black = "^19.10b0"
+isort = "^4.3.21"
+autoflake = "^1.3.1"
+flake8 = "^3.7.9"
+pytest = "^5.4.1"
+jupyter = "^1.0.0"
+vulture = "^1.4"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry>=0.12"]
+build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/backend.dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/backend.dockerfile
index 5c93fd1425..6108868ead 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/backend.dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/backend.dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.7
 
-RUN pip install celery~=4.3 passlib[bcrypt] tenacity requests emails "fastapi>=0.47.0" "uvicorn>=0.11.1" gunicorn pyjwt python-multipart email-validator jinja2 psycopg2-binary alembic SQLAlchemy
+WORKDIR /app/
+
+# Install Poetry
+RUN curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-poetry/poetry/master/get-poetry.py | POETRY_HOME=/opt/poetry python && \
+    cd /usr/local/bin && \
+    ln -s /opt/poetry/bin/poetry && \
+    poetry config virtualenvs.create false
+
+# Copy poetry.lock* in case it doesn't exist in the repo
+COPY ./app/pyproject.toml ./app/poetry.lock* /app/
+RUN poetry install --no-dev --no-root
 
 # For development, Jupyter remote kernel, Hydrogen
 # Using inside the container:
@@ -10,7 +20,6 @@ RUN bash -c "if [ $env == 'dev' ] ; then pip install jupyterlab ; fi"
 EXPOSE 8888
 
 COPY ./app /app
-WORKDIR /app/
 
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/celeryworker.dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/celeryworker.dockerfile
index 11f2851692..6de9b7e908 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/celeryworker.dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/celeryworker.dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 FROM python:3.7
 
-RUN pip install raven celery~=4.3 passlib[bcrypt] tenacity requests "fastapi>=0.47.0" emails pyjwt email-validator jinja2 psycopg2-binary alembic SQLAlchemy
+WORKDIR /app/
+
+# Install Poetry
+RUN curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-poetry/poetry/master/get-poetry.py | POETRY_HOME=/opt/poetry python && \
+    cd /usr/local/bin && \
+    ln -s /opt/poetry/bin/poetry && \
+    poetry config virtualenvs.create false
+
+# Copy poetry.lock* in case it doesn't exist in the repo
+COPY ./app/pyproject.toml ./app/poetry.lock* /app/
+RUN poetry install --no-dev --no-root
 
 # For development, Jupyter remote kernel, Hydrogen
 # Using inside the container:
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/tests.dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/tests.dockerfile
index d6e264a3cd..46c6661cd0 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/tests.dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/tests.dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 FROM python:3.7
 
-RUN pip install requests pytest tenacity passlib[bcrypt] "fastapi>=0.47.0" email-validator psycopg2-binary SQLAlchemy
+WORKDIR /app/
+
+# Install Poetry
+RUN curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-poetry/poetry/master/get-poetry.py | POETRY_HOME=/opt/poetry python && \
+    cd /usr/local/bin && \
+    ln -s /opt/poetry/bin/poetry && \
+    poetry config virtualenvs.create false
+
+# Copy poetry.lock* in case it doesn't exist in the repo
+COPY ./app/pyproject.toml ./app/poetry.lock* /app/
+RUN poetry install --no-dev --no-root
 
 # For development, Jupyter remote kernel, Hydrogen
 # Using inside the container:
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.shared.env.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.shared.env.yml
index ca5d475aa4..41d6de94a4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.shared.env.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.shared.env.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ services:
       - env-postgres.env
       - env-backend.env
     environment:
+      - SERVER_NAME=${DOMAIN}
       - SERVER_HOST=https://${DOMAIN}