diff --git a/.env.prod b/.env.prod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a45223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.prod
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SECRET_KEY=change_me
+DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1]
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28c5001..3801d2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ __pycache__
 db.sqlite3
 media
 uploads/
+staticfiles/
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45a5e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+services:
+  web:
+    build:
+      context: ./franklincce
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.prod
+    command: gunicorn franklincce.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000
+    volumes:
+      - static_volume:/home/app/web/staticfiles
+    expose:
+      - 8000
+    env_file:
+      - ./.env.prod
+  nginx:
+    build: ./nginx
+    volumes:
+      - static_volume:/home/app/web/staticfiles
+    ports:
+      - 1337:80
+    depends_on:
+      - web
+volumes:
+  static_volume:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d4287d3..16c644e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   web:
-    build: ./app
+    build: ./franklincce
     command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
     volumes:
       - ./franklincce/:/usr/src/app/
diff --git a/franklincce/Dockerfile.prod b/franklincce/Dockerfile.prod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd0a321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/franklincce/Dockerfile.prod
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+FROM python:3.11.4-slim-buster as builder
+
+# set work directory
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc
+
+COPY ./requirements.txt .
+RUN pip wheel --no-cache-dir --no-deps --wheel-dir /usr/src/app/wheels -r requirements.txt
+
+# pull official base image
+FROM python:3.11.4-slim-buster
+
+# create directory for the app user
+RUN mkdir -p /home/app
+
+# create the app user
+RUN addgroup --system app && adduser --system --group app
+
+# create the appropriate directories
+ENV HOME=/home/app
+ENV APP_HOME=/home/app/web
+RUN mkdir $APP_HOME
+RUN mkdir $APP_HOME/staticfiles
+WORKDIR $APP_HOME
+
+# install dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends netcat
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/wheels /wheels
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install --no-cache /wheels/*
+
+# copy entrypoint.prod.sh
+COPY ./entrypoint.prod.sh .
+RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g'  $APP_HOME/entrypoint.prod.sh
+RUN chmod +x  $APP_HOME/entrypoint.prod.sh
+
+# copy project
+COPY . $APP_HOME
+
+# chown all the files to the app user
+RUN chown -R app:app $APP_HOME
+
+# change to the app user
+USER app
+
+# run entrypoint.prod.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/home/app/web/entrypoint.prod.sh"]
diff --git a/franklincce/entrypoint.prod.sh b/franklincce/entrypoint.prod.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..214eb4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/franklincce/entrypoint.prod.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/franklincce/franklincce/settings.py b/franklincce/franklincce/settings.py
index 7a3be34..5c5097a 100644
--- a/franklincce/franklincce/settings.py
+++ b/franklincce/franklincce/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
 SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("SECRET_KEY")
 
-DEBUG = bool(os.environ.get("DEBUG", default=0))
+DEBUG = os.environ.get("DEBUG", default=0)
+print(DEBUG)
+DEBUG = bool(DEBUG)
+print(DEBUG)
 
 # 'DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS' should be a single string of hosts with a space between each.
 # For example: 'DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1]'
@@ -118,4 +121,8 @@ STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
+
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = ["http://localhost:1337"]
diff --git a/nginx/Dockerfile b/nginx/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8328a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FROM nginx:1.25
+
+RUN rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d
diff --git a/nginx/nginx.conf b/nginx/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec0b7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+upstream franklincce {
+    server web:8000;
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://franklincce;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_redirect off;
+    }
+
+    location /static/ {
+        alias /home/app/web/staticfiles/;
+    }
+}