diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 04fa458..04e9753 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ src/django_project/*.sqlite3
 src/django_project/*.log
 src/django_project/local_test
 src/django_project/tests
+
+src/django_project/core/static/node_modules
+src/django_project/core/static/package.json
+src/django_project/core/static/package-lock.json
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 117b450..b5943eb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
 dependencies = [
     "django~=5.2",
     "django-braces",
+    "django-debug-toolbar",
     "django-environ",
     "django-extensions",
     "django-filter",
-    "django-handyhelpers",
+    "django-handyhelpers==0.3.41",
     "djangorestframework",
     "djangorestframework-filters==1.0.0.dev0",
     "drf-flex-fields",
     "drf-spectacular",
     "drf-renderer-xlsx",
-    "psycopg2-binary",
-    "whitenoise",
 ]
 description = "Spokane Python Community"
 dynamic = ["version"]
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dev = [
     "bandit",
     "coveralls",
-    "django-debug-toolbar",
     "faker",
     "isort",
     "model-bakery",
@@ -43,6 +41,11 @@ dev = [
     "types-requests",
     "typing_extensions",
 ]
+docker = [
+    "gunicorn",
+    "psycopg2-binary",
+    "whitenoise",
+]
 
 
 [tool.bandit]
diff --git a/src/django_project/core/settings.py b/src/django_project/core/settings.py
index 558107a..34856d4 100644
--- a/src/django_project/core/settings.py
+++ b/src/django_project/core/settings.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = env.bool("DEBUG", True)
+DEPLOYMENT_ENV = env.str("DEPLOYMENT_ENV", "local")
+
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = env.str("ALLOWED_HOSTS", "127.0.0.1").split(",")
 INTERNAL_IPS = env.str("INTERNAL_IPS", "127.0.0.1").split(",")
@@ -52,7 +54,6 @@
     "django.contrib.messages",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     # third party apps
-    "debug_toolbar",
     "django_extensions",
     "django_filters",
     "drf_spectacular",
@@ -66,14 +67,22 @@
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
-    "debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware",
 ]
+if DEPLOYMENT_ENV in ["local", "dev"]:
+    INSTALLED_APPS += [
+        "debug_toolbar",  # pragma: no cover
+    ]
+    MIDDLEWARE += [
+        "debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware",  # pragma: no cover
+    ]
+
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = "core.urls"
 
diff --git a/src/django_project/core/static/package-lock.json b/src/django_project/core/static/package-lock.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ff4674..0000000
--- a/src/django_project/core/static/package-lock.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "static",
-  "lockfileVersion": 3,
-  "requires": true,
-  "packages": {
-    "": {
-      "dependencies": {
-        "bootstrap": "^5.3.7"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@popperjs/core": {
-      "version": "2.11.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@popperjs/core/-/core-2.11.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-P1st0aksCrn9sGZhp8GMYwBnQsbvAWsZAX44oXNNvLHGqAOcoVxmjZiohstwQ7SqKnbR47akdNi+uleWD8+g6A==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
-      "funding": {
-        "type": "opencollective",
-        "url": "https://opencollective.com/popperjs"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/bootstrap": {
-      "version": "5.3.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bootstrap/-/bootstrap-5.3.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-7KgiD8UHjfcPBHEpDNg+zGz8L3LqR3GVwqZiBRFX04a1BCArZOz1r2kjly2HQ0WokqTO0v1nF+QAt8dsW4lKlw==",
-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/twbs"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "opencollective",
-          "url": "https://opencollective.com/bootstrap"
-        }
-      ],
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@popperjs/core": "^2.11.8"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/django_project/core/urls/urls.py b/src/django_project/core/urls/urls.py
index 6adc42b..4510b43 100644
--- a/src/django_project/core/urls/urls.py
+++ b/src/django_project/core/urls/urls.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     path("", include("web.urls", namespace="web")),
 ]
 
-if settings.DEBUG:
+if settings.DEBUG and settings.DEPLOYMENT_ENV in ["local", "dev"]:
     urlpatterns.append(
         path("__debug__/", include("debug_toolbar.urls")),
     )  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/src/django_project/entrypoint.sh b/src/django_project/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ee256d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/django_project/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status
+set -e
+
+# Function to wait for the database to be ready
+wait_for_db() {
+  echo "Waiting for database to be ready..."
+  until nc -z "$DB_HOST" "$DB_PORT"; do
+    echo "Database is unavailable - sleeping"
+    sleep 1
+  done
+  echo "Database is up - continuing"
+}
+
+# Wait for the database to be ready
+wait_for_db
+
+# Run migrations
+echo "Running migrations..."
+python manage.py migrate
+
+# Create superuser
+echo "Creating superuser..."
+python manage.py add_superuser --username $DJANGO_ADMIN_USERNAME --group admin --password $DJANGO_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+
+# Collect static files
+echo "Collecting static files..."
+python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+
+# Launch gunicorn
+gunicorn core.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 3
diff --git a/src/django_project/web/migrations/0001_initial.py b/src/django_project/web/migrations/0001_initial.py
index eb97ee0..c4ce6ec 100644
--- a/src/django_project/web/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/src/django_project/web/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 5.2.4 on 2025-07-27 20:48
+# Generated by Django 5.2.4 on 2025-07-29 22:16
 
 import django.db.models.deletion
 from django.db import migrations, models
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ("end_date_time", models.DateTimeField()),
                 ("location", models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=256, null=True)),
                 ("description", models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                ("url", models.URLField(blank=True, null=True)),
             ],
             options={
                 "ordering": ["-start_date_time"],
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ("title", models.CharField(max_length=128)),
                 ("description", models.TextField()),
                 (
-                    "target_audience",
+                    "skill_level",
                     models.CharField(
                         choices=[
                             ("all", "All Levels"),
diff --git a/src/django_project/web/migrations/0002_event_url.py b/src/django_project/web/migrations/0002_event_url.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ef1cee..0000000
--- a/src/django_project/web/migrations/0002_event_url.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 5.2.4 on 2025-07-28 00:34
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-    dependencies = [
-        ("web", "0001_initial"),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name="event",
-            name="url",
-            field=models.URLField(blank=True, null=True),
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/src/django_project/web/migrations/0003_rename_target_audience_presentationrequest_skill_level.py b/src/django_project/web/migrations/0003_rename_target_audience_presentationrequest_skill_level.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 93a5b99..0000000
--- a/src/django_project/web/migrations/0003_rename_target_audience_presentationrequest_skill_level.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 5.2.4 on 2025-07-29 16:23
-
-from django.db import migrations
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-    dependencies = [
-        ("web", "0002_event_url"),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.RenameField(
-            model_name="presentationrequest",
-            old_name="target_audience",
-            new_name="skill_level",
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/src/docker/Dockerfile b/src/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7e3c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# === STAGE 1: Build dependencies in a virtual environment ===
+FROM python:3.12-alpine AS builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install build dependencies
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+    gcc \
+    musl-dev \
+    libffi-dev \
+    openssl-dev
+
+COPY pyproject.toml /app/
+
+# Install pip-tools and create a virtual environment
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python -m venv /venv
+ENV PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
+RUN pip install .[docker]
+
+
+# === STAGE 2: Runtime with only necessary files ===
+FROM python:3.12-alpine
+
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install minimal runtime dependencies
+RUN apk add --no-cache libffi openssl libstdc++
+
+# Copy the virtual environment from the builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /venv /venv
+
+# Add the virtual environment's Python to the PATH
+ENV PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Copy Django project code
+COPY src/django_project /app/
+RUN chmod +x /app/entrypoint.sh
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD ["gunicorn", "core.wsgi:application", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", "--workers", "3"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/src/docker/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21d4496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+version: '3.9'
+
+services:
+  django:
+    image: spokanepython-django:latest
+    container_name: django
+    build:
+      context: ../..
+      dockerfile: src/docker/Dockerfile
+    env_file:
+      - ../envs/.env.docker-compose
+    command: ./entrypoint.sh
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:17
+    container_name: postgres
+    volumes:
+      - spokanepython_postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    env_file:
+      - ../envs/.env.docker-compose
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+volumes:
+  spokanepython_postgres:
diff --git a/src/envs/.env.template b/src/envs/.env.template
index 380972d..353dcbb 100644
--- a/src/envs/.env.template
+++ b/src/envs/.env.template
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ PROJECT_NAME="myproject"
 PROJECT_DESCRIPTION="my super awesome project powered, in part, by amazing code provided by DjangoAddicts."
 PROJECT_VERSION="0.0.1"
 PROJECT_SOURCE="https://github.com/djangoaddicts"
-PYGWALKER_THEME="light"