diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7144a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: python manage.py makemigrations && python manage.py migrate && gunicorn hc.wsgi --log-file -
diff --git a/hc/settings.py b/hc/settings.py
index adecc23..d8f8128 100644
--- a/hc/settings.py
+++ b/hc/settings.py
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@
 
 import os
 import warnings
+import dj_database_url
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 HOST = "localhost"
-SECRET_KEY = "---"
+SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
 DEBUG = True
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'healthchecks@example.org'
 USE_PAYMENTS = False
 
@@ -110,6 +111,10 @@
         }
     }
 
+# Update database configuration with $DATABASE_URL.
+if os.environ.get("HOST") == "HEROKU":
+    DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config()
+
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
 TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
diff --git a/hc/wsgi.py b/hc/wsgi.py
index 4a9bf89..3be431c 100644
--- a/hc/wsgi.py
+++ b/hc/wsgi.py
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 import os
 
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+from whitenoise.django import DjangoWhiteNoise
 
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "hc.settings")
 
 application = get_wsgi_application()
+application = DjangoWhiteNoise(application)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c21bee1..9e98e17 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+dj-database-url==0.4.2
 django-appconf==1.0.1
-django-ses-backend==0.1.1
 Django==1.10
-django_compressor==2.1
+django-compressor==2.1
+django-ses-backend==0.1.1
 djmail==0.11.0
 futures==3.0.3
+gunicorn==19.7.1
 premailer==2.9.6
 psycopg2==2.6.1
 requests==2.9.1
+whitenoise==3.3.0