diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4a585ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FASTAPI_BACKEND="uvicorn"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 002f135a..5fd3ec07 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ RUN pacman -Syu --noconfirm --noprogressbar \
     python-requests python-aiofiles python-python-multipart \
     python-pytest-asyncio python-coverage hypercorn python-bcrypt \
     python-email-validator openssh python-lxml mariadb mariadb-libs \
-    python-isort flake8 cgit uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-cgi php php-fpm
+    python-isort flake8 cgit uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-cgi php php-fpm \
+    python-asgiref uvicorn
 
 RUN useradd -U -d /aurweb -c 'AUR User' aur
 
@@ -30,4 +31,3 @@ ENV PYTHONPATH=/aurweb
 ENV AUR_CONFIG=conf/config
 
 RUN make -C po all install
-RUN python setup.py install
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0f61db75..f99264af 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ services:
     environment:
       - AUR_CONFIG=conf/config
     entrypoint: /docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh
-    command: /docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh
+    command: /docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh "${FASTAPI_BACKEND}"
     healthcheck:
-      test: "bash /docker/health/fastapi.sh"
+      test: "bash /docker/health/fastapi.sh ${FASTAPI_BACKEND}"
       interval: 2s
       timeout: 30s
     depends_on:
diff --git a/docker/health/fastapi.sh b/docker/health/fastapi.sh
index 19a1c733..e1df348d 100755
--- a/docker/health/fastapi.sh
+++ b/docker/health/fastapi.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-exec pgrep hypercorn
+exec pgrep "$1"
diff --git a/docker/hypercorn.env b/docker/hypercorn.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d65e241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/hypercorn.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FASTAPI_BACKEND="hypercorn"
diff --git a/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh b/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh
index 6c420497..1db4c505 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,19 @@
 # Initialize the new database; ignore errors.
 python -m aurweb.initdb 2>/dev/null || /bin/true
 
-exec hypercorn --reload \
-    --certfile /cache/localhost.cert.pem \
-    --keyfile /cache/localhost.key.pem \
-    --error-logfile - \
-    --log-config docker/logging.conf \
-    -b "0.0.0.0:8000" aurweb.asgi:app
+if [ "$1" == "uvicorn" ] || [ "$1" == "" ]; then
+    exec uvicorn --reload \
+        --ssl-certfile /cache/localhost.cert.pem \
+        --ssl-keyfile /cache/localhost.key.pem \
+        --log-config /docker/logging.conf \
+        --host "0.0.0.0" \
+        --port 8000 \
+        aurweb.asgi:app
+else
+    exec hypercorn --reload \
+        --certfile /cache/localhost.cert.pem \
+        --keyfile /cache/localhost.key.pem \
+        --log-config /docker/logging.conf \
+        -b "0.0.0.0:8000" \
+        aurweb.asgi:app
+fi