diff --git a/backend/build-n-push.sh b/backend/build-n-push.sh
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-
-docker build . -t shuffle-backend:v1
-
-# Check if backend.tar exists and delete it if it does
-if [ -f "/root/shuffle-k8s/image-temp/backend.tar" ]; then
-    echo "backend.tar exists. Deleting..."
-    rm -rf /root/shuffle-k8s/image-temp/backend.tar
-fi
-
-# Save the Docker image to a tar file
-docker save shuffle-backend:v1 -o /root/shuffle-k8s/image-temp/backend.tar
-
-ctr -n=k8s.io image import /root/shuffle-k8s/image-temp/backend.tar
-
-#SSHPASS='redhat'
-#sshpass -p $SSHPASS scp /root/shuffle-k8s/image-temp/backend.tar root@172.17.14.92:/root/temp-images
-#
-## Import the image using ctr
-#sshpass -p $SSHPASS ssh root@172.17.14.92 "ctr -n=k8s.io image import /root/temp-images/backend.tar"
-#
-echo "Done!"
diff --git a/backend/go-app/= b/backend/go-app/=
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diff --git a/backend/go-app/shuffle-shared b/backend/go-app/shuffle-shared
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-Subproject commit 355bc9e1f9a405c12b932d2f0383fdff49063292