diff --git a/logs/portfolio-deploy.log b/logs/portfolio-deploy.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c24d0a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs/portfolio-deploy.log
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[2025-09-05 20:43:45] 🚀 Starting automatic deployment for portfolio
+[2025-09-05 20:43:45] 📋 Step 1: Running code quality checks...
+[WARNING] You have uncommitted changes. Committing them...
diff --git a/scripts/auto-deploy.sh b/scripts/auto-deploy.sh
index 8632444..f8e54d4 100755
--- a/scripts/auto-deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/auto-deploy.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CONTAINER_NAME="portfolio-app"
 IMAGE_NAME="portfolio-app"
 PORT=3000
 BACKUP_PORT=3001
-LOG_FILE="/var/log/portfolio-deploy.log"
+LOG_FILE="./logs/portfolio-deploy.log"
 
 # Colors for output
 RED='\033[0;31m'
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Check if Docker is running
-if ! docker info > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+if ! sudo docker info > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     error "Docker is not running. Please start Docker and try again."
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ log "🐳 Step 3: Docker operations..."
 
 # Build Docker image
 log "🏗️ Building Docker image..."
-docker build -t "$IMAGE_NAME:latest" . || {
+sudo docker build -t "$IMAGE_NAME:latest" . || {
     error "Docker build failed"
     exit 1
 }
 
 # Tag with timestamp
 TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
-docker tag "$IMAGE_NAME:latest" "$IMAGE_NAME:$TIMESTAMP"
+sudo docker tag "$IMAGE_NAME:latest" "$IMAGE_NAME:$TIMESTAMP"
 
 success "✅ Docker image built successfully"
 
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ success "✅ Docker image built successfully"
 log "🚀 Step 4: Deploying application..."
 
 # Check if container is running
-if [ "$(docker inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "$CONTAINER_NAME" 2>/dev/null)" = "true" ]; then
+if [ "$(sudo docker inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "$CONTAINER_NAME" 2>/dev/null)" = "true" ]; then
     log "📦 Stopping existing container..."
-    docker stop "$CONTAINER_NAME" || true
-    docker rm "$CONTAINER_NAME" || true
+    sudo docker stop "$CONTAINER_NAME" || true
+    sudo docker rm "$CONTAINER_NAME" || true
 fi
 
 # Check if port is available
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fi
 
 # Start new container
 log "🚀 Starting new container on port $DEPLOY_PORT..."
-docker run -d \
+sudo docker run -d \
     --name "$CONTAINER_NAME" \
     --restart unless-stopped \
     -p "$DEPLOY_PORT:3000" \
@@ -189,22 +189,22 @@ fi
 
 # Show container status
 log "📊 Container status:"
-docker ps --filter "name=$CONTAINER_NAME" --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Ports}}"
+sudo docker ps --filter "name=$CONTAINER_NAME" --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Ports}}"
 
 # Show resource usage
 log "📈 Resource usage:"
-docker stats --no-stream --format "table {{.Container}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}" "$CONTAINER_NAME"
+sudo docker stats --no-stream --format "table {{.Container}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}" "$CONTAINER_NAME"
 
 # Step 6: Cleanup
 log "🧹 Step 6: Cleaning up old images..."
 
 # Remove old images (keep last 3 versions)
-docker images "$IMAGE_NAME" --format "table {{.Tag}}\t{{.ID}}" | tail -n +2 | head -n -3 | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -r docker rmi || {
+sudo docker images "$IMAGE_NAME" --format "table {{.Tag}}\t{{.ID}}" | tail -n +2 | head -n -3 | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -r sudo docker rmi || {
     warning "No old images to remove"
 }
 
 # Clean up unused Docker resources
-docker system prune -f --volumes || {
+sudo docker system prune -f --volumes || {
     warning "Failed to clean up Docker resources"
 }
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ success "🎉 Deployment completed successfully!"
 log "🌐 Application is available at: http://localhost:$DEPLOY_PORT"
 log "🏥 Health check endpoint: http://localhost:$DEPLOY_PORT/api/health"
 log "📊 Container name: $CONTAINER_NAME"
-log "📝 Logs: docker logs $CONTAINER_NAME"
+log "📝 Logs: sudo docker logs $CONTAINER_NAME"
 
 # Update deployment log
 echo "$(date): Deployment successful - Port: $DEPLOY_PORT - Image: $IMAGE_NAME:$TIMESTAMP" >> "$LOG_FILE"