diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..911f982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:1-3.11-bullseye
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# [Optional] If your requirements rarely change, uncomment this section to add them to the image.
+# COPY requirements.txt /tmp/pip-tmp/
+# RUN pip3 --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir install -r /tmp/pip-tmp/requirements.txt \
+#    && rm -rf /tmp/pip-tmp
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
+# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.env b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d60528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.env
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+DEBUG=0
+SECRET_KEY=dev
+DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=0.0.0.0 localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1]
+DB_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql
+DB_NAME=tally
+DB_USER=postgres
+DB_PASSWORD=postgres
+DB_HOST=db
+DB_PORT=5432
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eb8129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/postgres
+{
+	"name": "Python 3 & PostgreSQL",
+	"dockerComposeFile": "docker-compose.yml",
+	"service": "app",
+	"workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}",
+
+	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
+	// "features": {},
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	// This can be used to network with other containers or the host.
+	"forwardPorts": [8000, 5432, 8080],
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	"postCreateCommand": "./.devcontainer/postCreate.sh"
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	// "customizations": {},
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "root"
+}
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea1313a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  app:
+    env_file: devcontainer.env
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: .devcontainer/Dockerfile
+
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/workspaces:cached
+
+    # Overrides default command so things don't shut down after the process ends.
+    command: sleep infinity
+
+    # Runs app on the same network as the database container, allows "forwardPorts" in devcontainer.json function.
+    network_mode: service:db
+
+    # Use "forwardPorts" in **devcontainer.json** to forward an app port locally.
+    # (Adding the "ports" property to this file will not forward from a Codespace.)
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_DB: tally
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+
+    # Add "forwardPorts": ["5432"] to **devcontainer.json** to forward PostgreSQL locally.
+    # (Adding the "ports" property to this file will not forward from a Codespace.)
+  
+  adminer:
+    image: adminer
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    network_mode: service:db
+
+volumes:
+  postgres-data:
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18e1a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+pip install --user -r requirements.txt
+cd tally
+python manage.py migrate
diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d4e845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.md
+.venv
+.vscode
+.github
+.devcontainer
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 43298c2..caf336f 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             "name": "Python: Django",
             "type": "python",
             "request": "launch",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\tally\\manage.py",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/tally/manage.py",
             "args": [
                 "runserver"
             ],
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..269b724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# pull official base image
+FROM python:3.11.4-slim-buster as builder
+
+# set work directory
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc
+
+# # lint
+# RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+# RUN pip install flake8==6.0.0
+# COPY . /usr/src/app/
+# RUN flake8 --ignore=E501,F401 .
+
+# install python dependencies
+COPY ./requirements.txt .
+RUN pip wheel --no-cache-dir --no-deps --wheel-dir /usr/src/app/wheels -r requirements.txt
+
+
+
+
+# pull official base image
+FROM python:3.11.4-slim-buster
+
+# create directory for the app user
+RUN mkdir -p /home/app
+
+# create the app user
+RUN addgroup --system app && adduser --system --group app
+
+# create the appropriate directories
+ENV HOME=/home/app
+ENV APP_HOME=/home/app/web
+RUN mkdir $APP_HOME
+WORKDIR $APP_HOME
+
+# install dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends netcat
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/wheels /wheels
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install --no-cache /wheels/*
+
+
+# copy docker-entrypoint.sh
+COPY ./docker-entrypoint.sh .
+RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g'  $APP_HOME/docker-entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x  $APP_HOME/docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+# copy project
+COPY ./tally/ $APP_HOME
+COPY ./prod.env ./prod.env
+
+RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --no-post-process
+
+
+# chown all the files to the app user
+RUN chown -R app:app $APP_HOME
+
+# change to the app user
+USER app
+
+# run docker-entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/home/app/web/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD ["gunicorn", "-b=0.0.0.0:8000", "tally.wsgi:application"]
+EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8710cb3..a59dbdf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ If the backend is finished, these are the features that the server has.
 
 ## Run Locally
 
+There is also a docker devcontainer for this project. See [devcontainer](#devcontainer).
+
 Clone the project
 
 ```bash
@@ -78,6 +80,16 @@ Superuser created successfully.
 
 You can now log in into the admin panel.
 
+## Devcontainer
+
+This repository has a devcontainer that has been tested in VS Code. The devcontainer will automatically install all dependencies, start a postgres container and an adminer container. On the first build of the container it will also run the migrations.
+
+To be able to run the devcontainer you need to have VS Code installed with the [dev containers extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers). 
+
+First clone the repository and open it with VS Code. Now run the following command in the VS Code command palette: `Dev Containers: Reopen in Container`. (You can open the command palette with `Ctrl+Shift+P`).
+
+Once everything has started succesfully you should be able to access adminer on `localhost:8080`. To be able to run and acces tally itself, you might still need to [create an admin user](#creating-an-admin-user) (first do `cd tally`). Then you can run tally by pressing `Start Debugging (F5)` or by running the command `python manage.py runserver`. You should now be able to access tally on `localhost:8000`. If you want to run the migrations, use the command `python manage.py migrate`.
+
 ## Environment Variables (Dummy text)
 <i>Dummy text</i>
 To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d7fecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+version: "3.9"
+   
+services:
+  web:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    env_file:
+      - prod.env
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+  
+  db:
+    image: postgres
+    volumes:
+      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_DB=tally
+      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
+
+
+volumes:
+  postgres-data:
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diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2c5ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$1" = "gunicorn" ]
+then
+    echo "Waiting for postgres..."
+
+    while ! nc -z $DB_HOST $DB_PORT; do
+      sleep 0.1
+    done
+
+    echo "PostgreSQL started"
+    python ./manage.py migrate --noinput
+fi
+
+exec "$@" 
diff --git a/prod.env b/prod.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2f6e75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prod.env
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+DEBUG=0
+SECRET_KEY=change_me
+DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=0.0.0.0 localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1]
+DB_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql
+DB_NAME=tally
+DB_USER=postgres
+DB_PASSWORD=postgres
+DB_HOST=db
+DB_PORT=5432
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8f82186..d174536 100644
Binary files a/requirements.txt and b/requirements.txt differ
diff --git a/tally/tally/settings.py b/tally/tally/settings.py
index 3c3ae65..655a12a 100644
--- a/tally/tally/settings.py
+++ b/tally/tally/settings.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-q7jl@rw2!95&&oe=5!3^ygji+8x0&%9e^s^nr9@-0^5a@)gs=r'
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', True)
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 
@@ -82,10 +82,14 @@
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+        'ENGINE': os.getenv('DB_ENGINE', 'django.db.backends.postgresql'),
+        'NAME': os.getenv('DB_NAME', 'tally'),
+        'USER': os.getenv('DB_USER', 'postgres'),
+        'PASSWORD': os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD', 'postgres'),
+        'HOST': os.getenv('DB_HOST', 'db'),
+        'PORT': int(os.getenv('DB_PORT', 5432))
+        }
     }
-}
 
 
 # Password validation
@@ -124,6 +128,12 @@
 
 STATIC_URL = 'static/'
 
+# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
+# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
+# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
+# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../static/")
+
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
diff --git a/tally/tally/urls.py b/tally/tally/urls.py
index 92e5704..8dac1dd 100644
--- a/tally/tally/urls.py
+++ b/tally/tally/urls.py
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import include, path
+from django.conf.urls.static import static
 
 import products.urls as products_urls
 import transactions.urls as transactions_urls
+import tally.settings as settings
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
     path("settings/", include("dbsettings.urls")),
     path("products/", include((products_urls.router.urls, "products"))),
     path("transactions/", include((transactions_urls.router.urls, "transactions"))),
-]
+] + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
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