diff --git a/civicfix/.env b/civicfix/.env
index 8d5ccee..b5ad9c0 100644
--- a/civicfix/.env
+++ b/civicfix/.env
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-RECOVERY_CODE = 'QNMHFLRJTNFEB8VCG3WB8U3P'
\ No newline at end of file
+CLOUDINARY_URL="cloudinary://658671916285379:_CwNDj4L2dE9yH90Ynj7slPlbo0@dkxbfoesf"
+SECRET_KEY="django-insecure-wa6p9d+go#+evjql%m(+e5eti$%z7yx2o#cbq8bsh!==icxua3"
+DATABASE_URL="postgresql://civicfix_user:YG56PWj9Xj1DvYIKF35TKmIEjrsfis6d@dpg-d2mpapripnbc73f5vaj0-a/civicfix"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/civicfix/Procfile b/civicfix/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c12f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/civicfix/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: gunicorn civicfix.wsgi --log-file -
diff --git a/civicfix/civicfix/__pycache__/settings.cpython-313.pyc b/civicfix/civicfix/__pycache__/settings.cpython-313.pyc
index 0fbcdc9..ec3b6ba 100644
Binary files a/civicfix/civicfix/__pycache__/settings.cpython-313.pyc and b/civicfix/civicfix/__pycache__/settings.cpython-313.pyc differ
diff --git a/civicfix/civicfix/settings.py b/civicfix/civicfix/settings.py
index 9212d0c..f0aa7f5 100644
--- a/civicfix/civicfix/settings.py
+++ b/civicfix/civicfix/settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-import os
+import dj_database_url, os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from pathlib import Path
 
+load_dotenv()  
+
+CLOUDINARY_URL = os.getenv("CLOUDINARY_URL")
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
@@ -9,12 +14,12 @@ BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-wa6p9d+go#+evjql%m(+e5eti$%z7yx2o#cbq8bsh!==icxua3'
+SECRET_KEY = os.getenv("SECRET_KEY")
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = False
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
 
 
 # Application definition
@@ -28,8 +33,18 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'core.apps.CoreConfig',
+    'cloudinary',
+    'cloudinary_storage',
 ]
 
+CLOUDINARY_STORAGE = {
+    'CLOUD_NAME': ' dkxbfoesf',
+    'API_KEY': '658671916285379',
+    'API_SECRET': '_CwNDj4L2dE9yH90Ynj7slPlbo0',
+}
+
+DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'cloudinary_storage.storage.MediaCloudinaryStorage'
+
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'core.User'
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -40,6 +55,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
 ]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'civicfix.urls'
@@ -66,14 +82,9 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'civicfix.wsgi.application'
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
-        'NAME': 'civicfix',
-        'USER': 'admin',
-        'PASSWORD': 'qwerty123',
-        'HOST': 'localhost',
-        'PORT': '5432',
-    }
+    "default": dj_database_url.config(
+        default=os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL")
+    )
 }
 
 # Password validation
@@ -110,7 +121,8 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/howto/static-files/
 
-STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATIC_URL = "/static/"
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "staticfiles")
 
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')