diff --git a/doc/apps/vizro.md b/doc/apps/vizro.md
index 0d8b31be..c6916075 100644
--- a/doc/apps/vizro.md
+++ b/doc/apps/vizro.md
@@ -32,18 +32,16 @@ You can get started quickly using our [template repository](https://github.com/p
 Your `app.py` should initialize the Vizro application as follows:
 
 ```python
-import vizro as vm
+import vizro.models as vm
 from vizro import Vizro
 
 # Initialize your dashboard
+page = vm.Page(...)
 dashboard = vm.Dashboard(pages=[page])
 
 # Create the application instance
 app = Vizro().build(dashboard)
 
-# Expose the Flask server to Gunicorn
-server = app.dash.server
-
 # Development server (optional)
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run()
@@ -51,7 +49,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
 2. Dependencies File (`requirements.txt`)
 
-List all Python packages required by your application.
+List all Python packages required by your application. These should include pinned versions of `vizro` and `gunicorn`:
+
+```
+vizro==0.1.29
+gunicorn==23.0.0
+```
 
 3. `Dockerfile`
 
@@ -64,14 +67,14 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install dependencies
 COPY requirements.txt .
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt gunicorn vizro
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Copy application files
 COPY . .
 
 # Configure the container
 EXPOSE 80
-ENTRYPOINT ["gunicorn", "app:server", "run", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:80"] 
+ENTRYPOINT ["gunicorn", "app:app", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:80"] 
 ```
 
 ## Testing locally
diff --git a/examples/docker/vizro/Dockerfile b/examples/docker/vizro/Dockerfile
index 6af91596..3cb85778 100644
--- a/examples/docker/vizro/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/docker/vizro/Dockerfile
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim
 
-# Set environment variables
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
-    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
-    PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=off \
-    PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=on
-
-# Set work directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install Python dependencies
-RUN pip install gunicorn
+# Install dependencies
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-# Copy project files
+# Copy application files
 COPY . .
 
-# Expose the port
-EXPOSE 8000
-
-# Run the application using Gunicorn
-ENTRYPOINT ["gunicorn", "app:server", "run", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:80"]
+# Configure the container
+EXPOSE 80
+ENTRYPOINT ["gunicorn", "app:app", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:80"] 
diff --git a/examples/docker/vizro/app.py b/examples/docker/vizro/app.py
index ba378f7f..1380095c 100644
--- a/examples/docker/vizro/app.py
+++ b/examples/docker/vizro/app.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 dashboard = vm.Dashboard(pages=[page])
 app = Vizro().build(dashboard)
-server = app.dash.server
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run()
diff --git a/examples/docker/vizro/requirements.txt b/examples/docker/vizro/requirements.txt
index 6f996cb0..faa56039 100644
--- a/examples/docker/vizro/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/docker/vizro/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 vizro==0.1.29
+gunicorn==23.0.0