diff --git a/src/Framework/Config/DockerSecretsResolver.php b/src/Framework/Config/DockerSecretsResolver.php
index 0fb84ad2..09d826f4 100644
--- a/src/Framework/Config/DockerSecretsResolver.php
+++ b/src/Framework/Config/DockerSecretsResolver.php
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ final readonly class DockerSecretsResolver
         }
 
         try {
+            // Normalize file path: if path doesn't start with /run/secrets, prepend it
+            // This handles Docker Swarm secrets which may only provide the secret name
+            // Example: /redis_password -> /run/secrets/redis_password
+            if (!str_starts_with($filePath, '/run/secrets/') && str_starts_with($filePath, '/')) {
+                // Path starts with / but not /run/secrets/, likely a secret name
+                $secretName = ltrim($filePath, '/');
+                $filePath = '/run/secrets/' . $secretName;
+            }
+
             $file = FilePath::create($filePath);
 
             if (!$file->exists() || !$file->isReadable()) {
diff --git a/src/Framework/Core/AppBootstrapper.php b/src/Framework/Core/AppBootstrapper.php
index 110e7aa4..36ea1243 100644
--- a/src/Framework/Core/AppBootstrapper.php
+++ b/src/Framework/Core/AppBootstrapper.php
@@ -104,9 +104,14 @@ final readonly class AppBootstrapper
         error_log("Expected file path: $expectedFile");
         error_log("File exists: " . (file_exists($expectedFile) ? 'YES' : 'NO'));
         error_log("File readable: " . (is_readable($expectedFile) ? 'YES' : 'NO'));
-        if (file_exists($expectedFile) && is_readable($expectedFile)) {
-            $content = file_get_contents($expectedFile);
-            error_log("File content length: " . strlen($content ?? ''));
+        if (file_exists($expectedFile)) {
+            error_log("File permissions: " . substr(sprintf('%o', fileperms($expectedFile)), -4));
+            error_log("File owner: " . fileowner($expectedFile));
+            error_log("Current process user: " . getmyuid());
+            if (is_readable($expectedFile)) {
+                $content = file_get_contents($expectedFile);
+                error_log("File content length: " . strlen($content ?? ''));
+            }
         }
         error_log("------------------------------------");