diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 64c193b..74ebefb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ ipython_config.py
 #   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
 .pdm.toml
 
-meetings
 
 # PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
 __pypackages__/
@@ -128,6 +127,8 @@ __pypackages__/
 celerybeat-schedule
 celerybeat.pid
 
+meetings
+
 # SageMath parsed files
 *.sage.py
 
diff --git a/booking_system/settings.py b/booking_system/settings.py
index a7cb8cd..024d647 100644
--- a/booking_system/settings.py
+++ b/booking_system/settings.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', 'False').lower() == 'true'
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS', 'localhost,127.0.0.1').split(',')
 
+
+
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'jazzmin',
     'django.contrib.admin',
@@ -63,14 +65,26 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'booking_system.wsgi.application'
 
 
+# DATABASES = {
+#     'default': {
+#         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+#         'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+#     }
+# }
+
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+        'NAME': os.getenv('POSTGRES_DB'),
+        'USER': os.getenv('POSTGRES_USER'),
+        'PASSWORD': os.getenv('POSTGRES_PASSWORD'),
+        'HOST': os.getenv('POSTGRES_HOST', 'postgres'),
+        'PORT': os.getenv('POSTGRES_PORT', 5432),
     }
 }
 
 
+
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     {
         'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
diff --git a/dockerfile b/dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b25b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential \
+    libpq-dev \
+    curl \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos '' django
+RUN chown -R django:django /app
+USER django
+
+RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD ["gunicorn", "booking_system.wsgi:application", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", "--workers", "4", "--threads", "2"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5dcc9f6..41195ed 100644
Binary files a/requirements.txt and b/requirements.txt differ