diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 5f45878..35b63b6 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ export FLASK_ENV=development
 export FLASK_ENV_TEST=test
 export DATABASE_URL="postgres://localhost/sportsmatch_api_db"
 export JWT_SECRET_KEY=fredperry
-export TEST_DATABASE_URL="postgres://localhost/sportsmatch_api_test_db"
\ No newline at end of file
+export TEST_DATABASE_URL="postgres://localhost/sportsmatch_api_test_db"
+export FLASK_RUN_PORT=5000
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index f9dc2c5..e43113d 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ sqlalchemy-utils = "*"
 codecov = "*"
 pytest-cov = "*"
 pytest = "*"
+gunicorn = "*"
 
 [requires]
 python_version = "3.7"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index cc4986d..8e5bf1d 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "fb5319b418c86a8fa3f607e6f31db290e73d9139b93c8a9bd945fc0f69e2dda5"
+            "sha256": "a82fd527e8141bcd81b2149553957ff8a68543f554a7fa2b4c176d8e575ba293"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@
         },
         "certifi": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:e4f3620cfea4f83eedc95b24abd9cd56f3c4b146dd0177e83a21b4eb49e21e50",
-                "sha256:fd7c7c74727ddcf00e9acd26bba8da604ffec95bf1c2144e67aff7a8b50e6cef"
+                "sha256:017c25db2a153ce562900032d5bc68e9f191e44e9a0f762f373977de9df1fbb3",
+                "sha256:25b64c7da4cd7479594d035c08c2d809eb4aab3a26e5a990ea98cc450c320f1f"
             ],
-            "version": "==2019.9.11"
+            "version": "==2019.11.28"
         },
         "cffi": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -194,6 +194,14 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==2.4.1"
         },
+        "gunicorn": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:1904bb2b8a43658807108d59c3f3d56c2b6121a701161de0ddf9ad140073c626",
+                "sha256:cd4a810dd51bf497552cf3f863b575dabd73d6ad6a91075b65936b151cbf4f9c"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==20.0.4"
+        },
         "idna": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:c357b3f628cf53ae2c4c05627ecc484553142ca23264e593d327bcde5e9c3407",
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40b0792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: gunicorn run:app
diff --git a/migrations/env.py b/migrations/env.py
index 79b8174..87bb22c 100644
--- a/migrations/env.py
+++ b/migrations/env.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 from alembic import context
 
+
+
 # this is the Alembic Config object, which provides
 # access to the values within the .ini file in use.
 config = context.config
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index a1ad067..b3bebb5 100644
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 from src.app import create_app
 
+env_name = os.getenv('FLASK_ENV')
+app = create_app(env_name)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  env_name = os.getenv('FLASK_ENV')
-  app = create_app(env_name)
+  port = os.getenv('PORT')
   # run app
-  app.run() 
+  app.run(host='https://localhost:5000', port=port)