diff --git a/build_files.sh b/build_files.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62e7769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# build_files.sh
+
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+python3.9 manage.py collectstatic --noinput
diff --git a/main/settings.py b/main/settings.py
index d187f11..bab1af4 100644
--- a/main/settings.py
+++ b/main/settings.py
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 import os
 import django_heroku
 from django.conf import settings
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
+# load environment variables
+load_dotenv()
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = False
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["127.0.0.1", ".vercel.app", ".now.sh"]
 
 # Application definition
 
@@ -131,12 +134,12 @@
 
 DATABASES = {
      'default': {
-         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
-         'NAME': 'django-server',
-         'USER': 'dbuser',
-         'PASSWORD': 'Rabbani@123',
-         'HOST': 'django-server.mysql.database.azure.com',
-         'PORT': '3306',
+         'ENGINE': os.getenv("DB_ENGINE"),
+         'NAME': os.getenv("DB_NAME"),
+         'USER': os.getenv("DB_USER"),
+         'PASSWORD': os.getenv("DB_PASSWORD"),
+         'HOST': os.getenv("DB_HOST"),
+         'PORT': os.getenv("DB_PORT"),
      }
  }
 
diff --git a/main/urls.py b/main/urls.py
index 0f44a8f..6abf599 100644
--- a/main/urls.py
+++ b/main/urls.py
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@
 
 urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
 urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
+
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/wsgi.py b/main/wsgi.py
index e1c99c8..d49d6f4 100644
--- a/main/wsgi.py
+++ b/main/wsgi.py
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@
 os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'main.settings')
 
 application = get_wsgi_application()
+
+app = application
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 44b7364..e2a3899 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ py
 pycodestyle
 pyparsing
 pytest
+python-dotenv
 python-slugify
 pytz
 redis
diff --git a/versel.json b/versel.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaded20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versel.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# versel.json
+
+{
+  "version": 2,
+  "builds": [
+    {
+      "src": "main/wsgi.py",
+      "use": "@vercel/python",
+      "config": { "maxLambdaSize": "15mb", "runtime": "python3.9" }
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "build_files.sh",
+      "use": "@vercel/static-build",
+      "config": {
+        "distDir": "staticfiles"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "routes": [
+    {
+      "src": "/static/(.*)",
+      "dest": "/static/$1"
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/(.*)",
+      "dest": "main/wsgi.py"
+    }
+  ]
+}