diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 28d3762..e2bd6cf 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 __pycache__
 
 resources
-right_tree/api/data/fixtures/plants.json
\ No newline at end of file
+right_tree/api/data/fixtures/plants.json
+right_tree/staticfiles
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index fb85742..d826a02 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 FROM python:3.8-slim-bullseye
 
-ENV DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME=admin
-ENV DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL=admin@admin.com
-ENV DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=admin
-
 WORKDIR /app
 
 RUN apt update && \
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 266dc2c..61ea7a2 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ psycopg2-binary>=2.8
 djangorestframework==3.12.4
 django-cors-headers==3.10.0
 openpyxl==3.0.9
-requests==2.26.0
\ No newline at end of file
+requests==2.26.0
+gunicorn==20.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/right_tree/settings.py b/backend/right_tree/settings.py
index a567492..1a9b95f 100644
--- a/backend/right_tree/settings.py
+++ b/backend/right_tree/settings.py
@@ -16,17 +16,19 @@ from pathlib import Path
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
+BASE_URL = os.getenv("BASE_URL", "localhost:8000")
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-5t05qc2&14xuot4lgs#z0ll9(nn-=3-8yks!u(5ce704t&m_*q'
+SECRET_KEY = os.getenv("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY", 'django-insecure-5t05qc2&14xuot4lgs#z0ll9(nn-=3-8yks!u(5ce704t&m_*q')
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = os.getenv('DJANGO_DEBUG_MODE', '') != 'False'
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+# os.getenv("ALLOWED_HOSTS", "").split(","), 
+ALLOWED_HOSTS =  (BASE_URL,)
 
 
 # Application definition
@@ -85,9 +87,9 @@ DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis',
         'NAME': 'right_tree',
-        'USER': 'postgres',
-        'PASSWORD': 'postgres',
-        'HOST': 'postgres',
+        'USER': os.getenv("POSTGRES_DB", "postgres"),
+        'PASSWORD': os.getenv("POSTGRES_USER", "postgres"),
+        'HOST': os.getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD", "postgres"),
         'PORT': 5432,
     }
 }
@@ -129,7 +131,9 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/static-files/
 
-STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+STATIC_URL = '/staticfiles/'
+PROJECT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'staticfiles')
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
diff --git a/backend/right_tree/urls.py b/backend/right_tree/urls.py
index 995313d..694a552 100644
--- a/backend/right_tree/urls.py
+++ b/backend/right_tree/urls.py
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ router.register(r'download/csv', views.CSVDownloadView ,basename='downloadcsv')
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
-    path('', include(router.urls)),
+    path('api/', include(router.urls)),
     path('api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework'))
 ]
diff --git a/default.env  b/default.env 
index d564e4d..50a0a18 100644
--- a/default.env 	
+++ b/default.env 	
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-LINZ_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY
+# POSTGRES CONFIG
 POSTGRES_DB=postgres
 POSTGRES_USER=postgres
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
-FRONTEND_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# DJANGO BACKEND CONFIG
+LINZ_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY
+FRONTEND_BASE_URL=http://localhost:9000
+DJANGO_DEBUG_MODE=False
+DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=YOUR_DJANGO_SECRET_KEY
+
+BASE_URL=localhost:9000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev b/dev
index 5222be4..93896e4 100755
--- a/dev
+++ b/dev
@@ -15,27 +15,27 @@ cmd_create_database() {
 
 cmd_makemigrations() {
     echo "Creating database migrations..."
-    docker-compose exec django-backend python manage.py makemigrations --no-input
+    docker-compose exec backend python manage.py makemigrations --no-input
 }
 
 cmd_migrate() {
     echo "Running database migrations..."
-    docker-compose exec django-backend python manage.py migrate
+    docker-compose exec backend python manage.py migrate
 }
 
 cmd_createsuperuser() {
-    echo "Loading shapefiles into the database..."
-    docker-compose exec django-backend python manage.py createsuperuser --noinput
+    echo "Creating django superuser..."
+    docker-compose run backend python manage.py createsuperuser
 }
 
 cmd_load_fixtures() {
     echo "Loading fixtures..."
-    docker-compose exec django-backend bash -c "python manage.py loaddata right_tree/api/data/fixtures/*.json"
+    docker-compose exec backend bash -c "python manage.py loaddata right_tree/api/data/fixtures/*.json"
 }
 
 cmd_load_shapefiles() {
     echo "Loading shapefiles into the database..."
-    docker-compose exec django-backend python manage.py loadshapefiles
+    docker-compose exec backend python manage.py loadshapefiles
 }
 
 cmd_create_plant_fixtures() {
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ cmd_create_plant_fixtures() {
 
 cmd_reset_plants() {
     echo "Resetting plants..."
-    docker-compose exec django-backend python manage.py resetplants
+    docker-compose exec backend python manage.py resetplants
 }
 
 cmd_load_plant_fixtures() {
     echo "Loading plants..."
-    docker-compose exec django-backend python manage.py loaddata right_tree/api/data/fixtures/plants.json
+    docker-compose exec backend python manage.py loaddata right_tree/api/data/fixtures/plants.json
 }
 
 cmd_load_plants() {
@@ -61,16 +61,15 @@ cmd_load_plants() {
 
 cmd_load_sites_from_spreadsheet() {
     echo "Loading habitats and zones..."
-    docker-compose exec django-backend python manage.py loadsitedata
+    docker-compose exec backend python manage.py loadsitedata
 }
 
 cmd_populate_database() {
     echo "Populating the database..."
-    docker-compose up -d django-backend postgres
+    docker-compose up -d backend postgres
 
     cmd_makemigrations
     cmd_migrate
-    cmd_createsuperuser
     cmd_load_fixtures
     cmd_load_shapefiles
     cmd_load_plants
@@ -95,7 +94,14 @@ cmd_start() {
     docker-compose up
 }
 
+cmd_create_staticfiles() {
+    docker-compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml build
+    docker-compose run backend python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
+    docker-compose run frontend npm run-script build 
+}
+
 cmd_build_production() {
+    cmd_create_staticfiles
     docker-compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml build
 }
 
@@ -103,6 +109,10 @@ cmd_start_production() {
     docker-compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml up  --remove-orphans
 }
 
+cmd_stop_production() {
+    docker-compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml stop  --remove-orphans
+}
+
 # Run the command
 cmd="$1"
 "cmd_$cmd" "$@"
diff --git a/docker-compose.production copy.yaml b/docker-compose.production copy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f10be43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.production copy.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+version: "3.8"
+
+volumes:
+  righttree-postgres-data:
+    name: righttree-postgres-data
+
+services:
+  backend:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    build:
+      context: backend
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: righttree-backend
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+    env_file: .env
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    command: bash -c "gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 right_tree.wsgi"
+
+  frontend:
+    build:
+      context: frontend
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    container_name: righttree-frontend
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    working_dir: /app
+    command: sh -c "serve -s build"
+
+  postgres:
+    image: postgis/postgis:13-3.0
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    container_name: postgres
+    volumes:
+      - righttree-postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - ./create_database.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/create_database.sql
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.production.yaml b/docker-compose.production.yaml
index a8e4a2d..8f7181b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.production.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.production.yaml
@@ -1,45 +1,43 @@
 version: "3.8"
 
 volumes:
-  local-postgres-data:
-    name: local-postgres-data
+  righttree-postgres-data:
+    name: righttree-postgres-data
 
 services:
-  django-backend:
+  backend:
     restart: unless-stopped
     build:
       context: backend
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    container_name: righttree-backend
+    container_name: backend
     depends_on:
       - postgres
-    volumes:
-      - ./backend:/app
-    environment:
-      - LINZ_API_KEY=${LINZ_API_KEY}
-      - FRONTEND_BASE_URL=${FRONTEND_BASE_URL}
+    env_file: .env
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
-    command: bash -c "./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
+    command: bash -c "gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 right_tree.wsgi"
 
-  react-frontend:
-    build:
-      context: frontend
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    container_name: righttree-frontend
+  nginx:
+    container_name: nginx
+    image: nginx
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+      - backend
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+      - ./backend/right_tree/staticfiles:/etc/nginx/html/staticfiles
+      - ./frontend/build:/etc/nginx/html/build
+      - ./keys:/etc/ssl/private/nginx
     ports:
-      - "3000:3000"
-    working_dir: /app
-    command: sh -c "serve -s build"
-
+      - "9000:80"
 
   postgres:
     image: postgis/postgis:13-3.0
     restart: unless-stopped
     container_name: postgres
     volumes:
-      - local-postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - righttree-postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
       - ./create_database.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/create_database.sql
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 37a9816..557cab9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ volumes:
     name: local-postgres-data
 
 services:
-  django-backend:
+  backend:
     restart: unless-stopped
     build:
       context: backend
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
       - "8000:8000"
     command: bash -c "./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
 
-  react-frontend:
+  frontend:
     image: node:16-alpine3.11
     restart: unless-stopped
     container_name: righttree-frontend
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..848fc20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+http {
+  server {
+    listen 80;
+    listen 443 ssl;
+    index index.html;
+    include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+    proxy_set_header        Host $http_host;
+
+    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/private/nginx/selfsigned.crt;
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/nginx/selfsigned.key;
+
+    location / {
+        root /etc/nginx/html/build;
+    }
+    
+    location /staticfiles {
+        root /etc/nginx/html/;
+    }
+
+    location ~* ^/(api|admin) {
+      proxy_pass http://backend:8000;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+events {
+    # configuration of connection processing
+}