diff --git a/bin/prod b/bin/prod
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fc3f3f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/prod
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source .venv/bin/activate
+export FLASK_APP=wowstash/app.py
+export FLASK_SECRETS=config.py
+export FLASK_DEBUG=0
+export FLASK_ENV=production
+gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:4000 "wowstash.app:app" -D --log-file ./data/app.log
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 040b815..137be50 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ qrcode
 Pillow
 docker
 elasticsearch
+gunicorn
diff --git a/wowstash/app.py b/wowstash/app.py
index e6f5959..30b7f3c 100644
--- a/wowstash/app.py
+++ b/wowstash/app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from wowstash.factory import create_app
 
+app = create_app()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app = create_app()
     app.run()