diff --git a/api-node/package.json b/api-node/package.json
index e6d4ebd77..7d6b97fe3 100644
--- a/api-node/package.json
+++ b/api-node/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
     "python-api:build": "docker build -t registry-api-server ../",
     "python-api:start": "docker start $(docker ps -aq --filter ancestor=registry-api-server) && echo 'Flask API started successfully' || (docker run -d -p 5031:5030 registry-api-server && echo 'Flask API started successfully')",
     "python-api:stop": "docker stop $(docker ps -q --filter ancestor=registry-api-server)",
+    "docker:build": "docker build -t registry-api-nestjs-server -f Dockerfile.nestjs .",
+    "docker:stop": "docker stop $(docker ps -q --filter ancestor=registry-api-nestjs-server)",
+    "docker:run": "docker run -p 5032:5030 registry-api-nestjs-server",
     "start:all": "yarn build && yarn start:dev & yarn python-api:start",
     "sentry:sourcemaps": "sentry-cli sourcemaps inject --org sentry --project release-registry-nestjs ./dist && sentry-cli sourcemaps upload --org sentry --project release-registry-nestjs ./dist"
   },
diff --git a/api-node/src/app.module.ts b/api-node/src/app.module.ts
index de24e5c1c..dd659bcd4 100644
--- a/api-node/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/api-node/src/app.module.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Module, Provider } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Logger, Module, Provider } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { PackagesController } from './packages/packages.controller';
 import { HealthCheckController } from './health/healthCheck.controller';
 import { MarketingController } from './marketing/marketing.controller';
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { CacheModule } from '@nestjs/cache-manager';
 import { CACHE_DEFAULT_SETTINGS } from './common/cache';
 import { AppVersionInterceptor } from './apps/appVersion.interceptor';
 import { HttpClientExceptionFilter } from './common/httpClient.exceptionFilter';
+import { getPort } from './common/port';
 
 const providers: Provider[] = [
   RegistryService,
@@ -38,4 +39,9 @@ const providers: Provider[] = [
   ],
   providers,
 })
-export class AppModule {}
+export class AppModule {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(AppModule.name);
+  constructor() {
+    this.logger.log(`Server is running on port ${getPort()}`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api-node/src/common/port.ts b/api-node/src/common/port.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..557fe3459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-node/src/common/port.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const DEFAULT_PORT = 3000;
+
+export function getPort(): number {
+  try {
+    if (process.env.PORT) {
+      return parseInt(process.env.PORT);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Invalid port number', error);
+  }
+  return DEFAULT_PORT;
+}
diff --git a/api-node/src/common/registry.service.ts b/api-node/src/common/registry.service.ts
index 4f631e2b3..c52dc1a50 100644
--- a/api-node/src/common/registry.service.ts
+++ b/api-node/src/common/registry.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import type { SdkEntry, Sdks, SdkVersions } from '../sdks/types';
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ const NAMESPACE_FILE_MARKER = '__NAMESPACE__';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RegistryService {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(RegistryService.name);
+
   // SDKs
   getSdks(strict: boolean = false): Sdks {
     const sdks: Sdks = {};
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ export class RegistryService {
         }
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Error reading SDKs directory:', error);
+      this.logger.error('Error reading SDKs directory:', error);
     }
     return sdks;
   }
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ export class RegistryService {
       const { canonical } = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(sdkFilePath, 'utf8'));
       return this.getPackage(canonical, version);
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Error reading SDK file:', error);
+      this.logger.error('Error reading SDK file:', error);
     }
   }
 
@@ -105,8 +107,8 @@ export class RegistryService {
         return semver.parse(a).compare(semver.parse(b));
       });
     } catch (e) {
-      console.error(`Failed to read package versions: ${packageName}`);
-      console.error(e);
+      this.logger.error(`Failed to read package versions: ${packageName}`);
+      this.logger.error(e);
       return [];
     }
   }
@@ -120,10 +122,10 @@ export class RegistryService {
       const versionFilePath = path.join(packageDir, `${version}.json`);
       return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(versionFilePath).toString());
     } catch (e) {
-      console.error(
+      this.logger.error(
         `Failed to read package ${packageName} for version ${version}`,
       );
-      console.error(e);
+      this.logger.error(e);
       return null;
     }
   }
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ export class RegistryService {
       }, {});
     } catch (error) {
       // Handle error (e.g., log it or throw a custom exception)
-      console.error('Error reading apps directory:', error);
+      this.logger.error('Error reading apps directory:', error);
     }
   }
 
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ export class RegistryService {
         }
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Error reading AWS Lambda Layers directory:', error);
+      this.logger.error('Error reading AWS Lambda Layers directory:', error);
     }
 
     return layers;
diff --git a/api-node/src/main.ts b/api-node/src/main.ts
index 62c9b063b..b1d9f2d81 100644
--- a/api-node/src/main.ts
+++ b/api-node/src/main.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import './instrument';
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { AppModule } from './app.module';
 import { AlignHeadersInterceptor } from './common/alignHeaders.interceptor';
-
-const DEFAULT_PORT = 3000;
+import { getPort } from './common/port';
 
 async function bootstrap(): Promise<void> {
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule, {
@@ -34,17 +33,6 @@ async function bootstrap(): Promise<void> {
   await app.listen(getPort());
 }
 
-function getPort(): number {
-  try {
-    if (process.env.PORT) {
-      return parseInt(process.env.PORT);
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Invalid port number', error);
-  }
-  return DEFAULT_PORT;
-}
-
 if (process.argv.includes('--smoke')) {
   console.log('Smoke test successful!');
 } else {