diff --git a/DEPLOY.md b/DEPLOY.md
index fe09922..3b00643 100644
--- a/DEPLOY.md
+++ b/DEPLOY.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Steps for deploy:
 1. Try applying terraform
-2. gcloud auth application-default set-quota-project `the project id`
-3. retry
+2. log in to firestore and add a user, generate a service account, and copy settings into .env
+
+Deploy app:
+1. gcloud builds submit --tag gcr.io/rothbard-staging2-12345/rothbard-app
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a85471c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Use Python 3.9 as base image
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the requirements file first (for better caching)
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the rest of the application code
+COPY . .
+
+# Expose the port the app runs on
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+# Command to run the application with gunicorn
+CMD exec gunicorn --bind :8080 --workers 1 --threads 8 --timeout 0 app:app
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diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 7150206..fe9f7f1 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -266,5 +266,6 @@ def dashboard():
     return render_template("dashboard.html", rows=detailed_rows, case_email=case_email)
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    app.run(debug=True, host="0.0.0.0", port=5004)
+# GAE compatibility
+if __name__ == "__main__"
+    app.run(debug=True, host="0.0.0.0", port=8080)
diff --git a/cloudbuild.yaml b/cloudbuild.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38a0cb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+steps:
+- name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
+  args: ['build', '-t', 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/rothbard-app', '.']
+- name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
+  args: ['push', 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/rothbard-app']
+- name: 'gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk'
+  args: ['run', 'deploy', 'rothbard-app', '--image', 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/rothbard-app', '--platform', 'managed', '--region', 'us-central1']
+
+eventTrigger:
+  resource: //pubsub.googleapis.com/projects/$PROJECT_ID/topics/cloud-builds
+  eventType: google.pubsub.v1.PubsubMessage
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2d71f20..fd09c07 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ Flask==3.0.3
 firebase-admin==6.6.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
 requests==2.32.3
-itsdangerous==2.2.0
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+itsdangerous==2.2.0
+gunicorn==23.0.0
diff --git a/runtime.txt b/runtime.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fdd907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-3.9