diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4d3d6d..518be01 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 todo
 env
 __pycache__
+redis-data
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9268a9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+version: '3.9'
+
+services:
+  web:
+    build: 
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./web/Dockerfile
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - 8464:80
+    environment:
+      - CLIENT_ID=${CLIENT_ID}
+      - CLIENT_SECRET=${CLIENT_SECRET}
+      - BASE_URL=http://localhost:8464
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - './redis-data:/data'
+
+  populater:
+    build: 
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./populater/Dockerfile
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      - CLIENT_ID=${CLIENT_ID}
+      - CLIENT_SECRET=${CLIENT_SECRET}
diff --git a/populater/Dockerfile b/populater/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61e7938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/populater/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM python:3
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+COPY populater/requirements.txt ./
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY populater/src .
+ADD common ./common
+
+CMD [ "python", "-u", "app.py" ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/populater/requirements.txt
similarity index 93%
rename from requirements.txt
rename to populater/requirements.txt
index e6c28ff..877cfbf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/populater/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ certifi==2022.12.7
 charset-normalizer==2.1.1
 click==8.1.3
 Flask==2.2.2
+gunicorn==20.1.0
 idna==3.4
 itsdangerous==2.1.2
 Jinja2==3.1.2
diff --git a/populater/src/app.py b/populater/src/app.py
index af773dc..5427486 100755
--- a/populater/src/app.py
+++ b/populater/src/app.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ CLIENT_SECRET = os.environ.get('CLIENT_SECRET', None)
 if CLIENT_SECRET is None:
     raise ValueError("CLIENT_SECRET cannot be None, set using environment variable")
 
-db = Db('localhost', 6379, 0, CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET)
+db = Db('redis', 6379, 0, CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET)
 
 
 def get_args():
diff --git a/populater/src/common b/populater/src/common
deleted file mode 120000
index 248927d..0000000
--- a/populater/src/common
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../common/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/Dockerfile b/web/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e85b033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM python:3
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=value
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+COPY web/requirements.txt ./
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY web/src .
+
+ADD common ./common
+
+CMD [ "gunicorn", "-b 0.0.0.0:80", "app:app" ]
diff --git a/web/requirements.txt b/web/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..877cfbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+async-timeout==4.0.2
+certifi==2022.12.7
+charset-normalizer==2.1.1
+click==8.1.3
+Flask==2.2.2
+gunicorn==20.1.0
+idna==3.4
+itsdangerous==2.1.2
+Jinja2==3.1.2
+MarkupSafe==2.1.1
+redis==4.4.0
+requests==2.28.1
+six==1.16.0
+urllib3==1.26.13
+Werkzeug==2.2.2
diff --git a/web/src/app.py b/web/src/app.py
index db7e698..d60b3ba 100644
--- a/web/src/app.py
+++ b/web/src/app.py
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ CLIENT_SECRET = os.environ.get('CLIENT_SECRET', None)
 if CLIENT_SECRET is None:
     raise ValueError("CLIENT_SECRET cannot be None, set using environment variable")
 
-db = Db('localhost', 6379, 0, CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET)
+BASE_URL = os.environ.get('BASE_URL', None)
+if BASE_URL is None:
+    raise ValueError("BASE_URL cannot be None, set using environtment variable")
+
+db = Db('redis', 6379, 0, CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET)
 
 SPOTIFY_AUTHORIZE_ENDPOINT = os.environ.get('SPOTIFY_AUTHORIZE_ENDPOINT', 'https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?')
 SPOTIFY_TOKEN_ENDPOINT = os.environ.get('SPOTIFY_AUTHORIZE_ENDPOINT', 'https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token')
@@ -60,9 +64,10 @@ def index():
              loginurl = SPOTIFY_AUTHORIZE_ENDPOINT + urllib.parse.urlencode({
                 'client_id': CLIENT_ID,
                 'scope': SCOPES,
-                'redirect_uri': 'http://localhost:5000' + url_for('cb'),
+                'redirect_uri': BASE_URL + url_for('cb'),
                 'response_type': 'code'
-             })
+             }),
+             message = { 'type':'', 'text': ''}
         ))
         resp.set_cookie(
                 'user_secret', 
@@ -130,7 +135,7 @@ def cb():
     data = {
         'code': spotify_code,
         'grant_type': 'authorization_code',
-        'redirect_uri': 'http://localhost:5000' + url_for('cb'),
+        'redirect_uri': BASE_URL+ url_for('cb'),
     }
     headers = {
         'Authorization': f'Basic {authstring}',
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ def cb():
 
     token_rq = rq.post(f"{SPOTIFY_TOKEN_ENDPOINT}", data = data, headers = headers)
     if token_rq.status_code != rq.codes.ok:
+        print(f"getting token failed {token_rq.text=}")
         return render_template("index_authorised.html", message={
             'type': 'error',
             'text': f"unable to authenticate with spotify. please try again later."
@@ -151,6 +157,7 @@ def cb():
 
     me_rq = rq.get(f"{SPOTIFY_API_ENDPOINT}/me", headers = { 'Authorization': f"Bearer {spotify_token}" })
     if me_rq.status_code != 200:
+        print(f"getting user info failed {me_rq.text=}")
         return render_template("index_authorised.html", message={
             'type': 'error',
             'text': f"unable to authenticate with spotify. please try again later."
diff --git a/web/src/common b/web/src/common
deleted file mode 120000
index 248927d..0000000
--- a/web/src/common
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../common/
\ No newline at end of file