diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker_publish_image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker_publish_image.yml
index 505f7a33..f52ac637 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker_publish_image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker_publish_image.yml
@@ -1,49 +1,72 @@
-#
-name: Create and publish a Docker image for API
+name: Build and Publish Docker Images
 
-# Configures this workflow to run every time a change is pushed to the branch called `release`.
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-# Defines two custom environment variables for the workflow. These are used for the Container registry domain, and a name for the Docker image that this workflow builds.
+
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
   IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
 
-# There is a single job in this workflow. It's configured to run on the latest available version of Ubuntu.
 jobs:
-  build-and-push-image:
+  build-and-push-api-image:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Sets the permissions granted to the `GITHUB_TOKEN` for the actions in this job.
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
-      #
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Log in to the Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@65b78e6e13532edd9afa3aa52ac7964289d1a9c1
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
         with:
           registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      # This step uses [docker/metadata-action](https://github.com/docker/metadata-action#about) to extract tags and labels that will be applied to the specified image. The `id` "meta" allows the output of this step to be referenced in a subsequent step. The `images` value provides the base name for the tags and labels.
-      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for API Docker
+        id: meta_api
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v3
         with:
-          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
-      # This step uses the `docker/build-push-action` action to build the image, based on your repository's `Dockerfile`. If the build succeeds, it pushes the image to GitHub Packages.
-      # It uses the `context` parameter to define the build's context as the set of files located in the specified path. For more information, see "[Usage](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action#usage)" in the README of the `docker/build-push-action` repository.
-      # It uses the `tags` and `labels` parameters to tag and label the image with the output from the "meta" step.
-      - name: Build and push Docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@f2a1d5e99d037542a71f64918e516c093c6f3fc4
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}_api
+
+      - name: Build and push API Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
         with:
           context: backend/
           file: backend/Dockerfile_CPU
           push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta_api.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta_api.outputs.labels }}
+
+  build-and-push-worker-image:
+    needs: build-and-push-api-image
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Worker Docker
+        id: meta_worker
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v3
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}_worker
+
+      - name: Build and push Worker Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
+        with:
+          context: backend/
+          file: backend/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta_worker.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta_worker.outputs.labels }}
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile_CPU b/backend/Dockerfile_CPU
index 1003436f..0f80e577 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile_CPU
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile_CPU
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ RUN pip install /tmp/solaris --use-feature=in-tree-build && \
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY . /app
 
-CMD ['python', 'manage.py', 'runserver', '0.0.0.0:8000']
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+# CMD ['python', 'manage.py', 'runserver', '0.0.0.0:8000']
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