diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b72833f..5e808c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ celerybeat.pid
 .venv
 env/
 venv/
+mentaenv/
+mentavenv/
 ENV/
 env.bak/
 venv.bak/
diff --git a/Menta/Menta/settings.py b/Menta/Menta/settings.py
index 73e0cbd..0fc6977 100644
--- a/Menta/Menta/settings.py
+++ b/Menta/Menta/settings.py
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
 SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-06=-!hy)#3g&$-i!_)x%3ak^p(b(nyg@_mvwjx5qk4l1m_@8h)'
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = False
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
+    "34.132.172.130"
+]
 
 
 # Application definition
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'rest_framework',
+    'corsheaders',
     #myApps
     'Profiles',
 ]
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware'
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
@@ -124,3 +128,10 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = True
+
+SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 30
+SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD = True
+SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = True
+SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c17ffa0..370b0f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,42 @@
 # Menta
 A Mentor/ Mentee Matchmaking App
 
+# Development
+
+## Running Locally
+
+### API
+
+Clone the repo
+
+Configure and setup the venv
+```shell
+cd Menta/api
+python -m venv mentavenv
+source mentavenv/bin/activate
+# OR: source mentavenv/Scripts/activate
+pip install -r reaquirements.txt 
+```
+
+Start the server
+```shell
+python menta.py
+```
+
+Check it out on your browser.
+
+http://127.0.0.1:5000/
+
+To get out of venv
+```shell
+deactivate
+```
+
 # Deployment
 
 ## Frontend
 
-IP: 34.122.108.133
-URL: https://www.menta.dev
+**URL:** https://www.menta.dev
 
 To Deploy:
 
@@ -32,4 +62,104 @@ Ask @Jooms to do the following
 
 ## Backend
 
-TODO(Jooms): Fix backend deployment and record instructions here.
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+### One-Time
+
+Start with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
+
+#### Prep Machine
+```shell
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install python3-pip python3-dev build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-setuptools
+sudo apt install python3-venv
+```
+
+#### Prep Project
+```shell
+cd ~
+git clone [menta https url]
+cd ~/Menta/api
+python3 -m venv mentavenv
+source mentavenv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+deactivate
+```
+
+#### Create and Start Gunicorn Service
+```shell
+sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/menta.service
+```
+Add the following contents:
+```text
+[Unit]
+Description=Gunicorn instance to serve menta
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=jameskrepelka
+Group=www-data
+WorkingDirectory=/home/jameskrepelka/menta
+Environment="PATH=/home/jameskrepelka/menta/mentavenv/bin"
+ExecStart=/home/jameskrepelka/menta/mentavenv/bin/gunicorn --workers 3 --bind unix:menta.sock -m 007 wsgi:app
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+Then:
+```shell
+sudo systemctl start myproject
+sudo systemctl enable myproject
+```
+And confirm it works with
+```shell
+sudo systemctl status
+```
+
+#### Configure Nginx
+
+```shell
+sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/menta
+```
+Add the following contents:
+```text
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name api.menta.dev;
+
+    location / {
+        include proxy_params;
+        proxy_pass http://unix:/home/jameskrepelka/menta/menta.sock;
+    }
+}
+```
+Then enable the site.
+```shell
+sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/menta /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
+```
+Ensure there aren't any other `default` sites enabled.
+```shell
+ls /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
+```
+Ensure nginx is happy with the config.
+```shell
+sudo nginx -t
+```
+Restart nginx.
+```shell
+sudo systemctl restart nginx
+```
+Open the Firewall
+```shell
+sudo ufw allow 'Nginx Full'
+```
+Share the home dir with nginx
+```shell
+sudo chmod 755 /home/jameskrepelka
+```
+
+### Every-Time
+
+```shell
+cd ~/Menta/api
+git pull
+sudo systemctl restart menta
+```
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diff --git a/api/admin/__init__.py b/api/admin/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/api/admin/admin.py b/api/admin/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c76053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/admin/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def admin_hello():
+    return "<h1 style='color:blue'>Hello Admin!</h1>"
diff --git a/api/menta.py b/api/menta.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1937465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/menta.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from flask import Flask
+from user import user
+
+def hello():
+    return "<h1 style='color:blue'>Hello There!</h1>"
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app = Flask(__name__)
+    app.route("/")(hello)
+    app.route("/user_hello")(user.user_hello)
+
+    app.run(host='0.0.0.0')
diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..900a979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+wheel
+gunicorn
+flask
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diff --git a/api/user/__init__.py b/api/user/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/api/user/user.py b/api/user/user.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abb211c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/user/user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def user_hello():
+    return "<h1 style='color:blue'>Hello User!</h1>"
diff --git a/api/wsgi.py b/api/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc52e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from api import app
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app.run()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6f1c1f3..ba094ee 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 djangorestframework
+django-cors-headers
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