diff --git a/marketing-site/next.config.mjs b/marketing-site/next.config.mjs
index 847a3f0..54cb4ae 100644
--- a/marketing-site/next.config.mjs
+++ b/marketing-site/next.config.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
 const nextConfig = {
   reactStrictMode: true,
+  // ⚠️ REQUIRED by deploy/docker/Dockerfile — do not remove.
+  // Emits .next/standalone/ which the multi-stage Docker build copies into
+  // the runner image (Dockerfile line 34). Removing this breaks CI/CD.
+  output: 'standalone',
   // A stray package-lock.json sits at the repo root; pin the workspace root here
   // so Turbopack doesn't infer the wrong one.
   turbopack: {