diff --git a/appsettings.Development.json b/appsettings.Development.json
index 0c208ae..0b5f1ba 100644
--- a/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@
       "Default": "Information",
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
+  },
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "StorageAccount": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true"
   }
 }
diff --git a/appsettings.json b/appsettings.json
index aa5d26a..9c2abe7 100644
--- a/appsettings.json
+++ b/appsettings.json
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
   },
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "StorageAccount": ""
+    "StorageAccount": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true"
   }
 }
diff --git a/main.bicep b/main.bicep
index 3625799..c03acee 100644
--- a/main.bicep
+++ b/main.bicep
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // main.bicep
-// Deploys an Azure App Service Plan and a Web App
+// Deploys an Azure App Service Plan, Web App, and Storage Account
 
 param location string = resourceGroup().location
 param appServicePlanName string = 'cpu-app20250714124552Plan'
 param webAppName string = 'test_webapp'
+param storageAccountName string = 'cpuapp${uniqueString(resourceGroup().id)}'
 
 resource appServicePlan 'Microsoft.Web/serverfarms@2022-03-01' = {
   name: appServicePlanName
@@ -15,11 +16,31 @@ resource appServicePlan 'Microsoft.Web/serverfarms@2022-03-01' = {
   kind: 'app'
 }
 
+resource storageAccount 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2022-09-01' = {
+  name: storageAccountName
+  location: location
+  sku: {
+    name: 'Standard_LRS'
+  }
+  kind: 'StorageV2'
+  properties: {
+    accessTier: 'Hot'
+  }
+}
+
 resource webApp 'Microsoft.Web/sites@2022-03-01' = {
   name: webAppName
   location: location
   properties: {
     serverFarmId: appServicePlan.id
+    siteConfig: {
+      appSettings: [
+        {
+          name: 'ConnectionStrings__StorageAccount'
+          value: 'DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=${storageAccount.name};AccountKey=${storageAccount.listKeys().keys[0].value};EndpointSuffix=${environment().suffixes.storage}'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
   }
 }