diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index fe9b412..68e6f5a 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ db.sqlite3
 static
 .env
 .venv/
-.coverage
\ No newline at end of file
+.coverage
+fly.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fly-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/fly-deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0c246e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fly-deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# See https://fly.io/docs/app-guides/continuous-deployment-with-github-actions/
+
+name: Fly Deploy
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    name: Deploy app
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    concurrency: deploy-group    # optional: ensure only one action runs at a time
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: superfly/flyctl-actions/setup-flyctl@master
+      - run: flyctl deploy --remote-only
+        env:
+          FLY_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FLY_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 382c1fb..9e3a6ed 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,34 @@
-FROM python:3.11.4-slim-buster
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.11-slim
+
+FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}
 
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
-WORKDIR /app
+# install psycopg2 dependencies.
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    libpq-dev \
+    gcc \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN mkdir -p /code
+
+WORKDIR /code
+
+COPY requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+
+# install psycopg2 dependencies.
+RUN set -ex && \
+    pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt && \
+    rm -rf /root/.cache/
+COPY . /code
 
-COPY . .
+# env var for building purposes
+ENV SECRET_KEY "aGkCk2XY3qk7kOZ0HDXoGq5DXlshIhfpspT2bgrV13CzJWCsQa"
 
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-CMD ["gunicorn", "--reload", "--bind", ":8000", "--workers", "2", "minesweeper.wsgi"]
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD ["gunicorn","--bind",":8000","--workers","2","minesweeper.wsgi"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbabbc0..aea595a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ This repo contains the backend code built using Python/Django for the Minesweepe
 The Frontend is built with React and the code is available at [Minesweeper API](https://github.com/fnscoder/minesweeper-web)
 
 You can check the live game here: [Minesweeper](https://minesweeper-web-eight.vercel.app/)
+API is available here: [Minesweeper API](https://minesweeper-api.fly.dev/api/)
 
 ## How to run the project with docker
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ You can check the live game here: [Minesweeper](https://minesweeper-web-eight.ve
 * Docker Compose
 * RUFF
 * Gunicorn
-* Running on Render
+* Running on fly.io
 
 ## API Endpoints
 * GET `/api/games/`: List all games
diff --git a/fly.toml b/fly.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1904a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fly.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# fly.toml app configuration file generated for minesweeper-api on 2024-11-22T09:15:04-03:00
+#
+# See https://fly.io/docs/reference/configuration/ for information about how to use this file.
+#
+
+app = 'minesweeper-api'
+primary_region = 'yyz'
+console_command = '/code/manage.py shell'
+
+[build]
+
+[deploy]
+  release_command = 'python manage.py migrate --noinput'
+
+[env]
+  PORT = '8000'
+
+[http_service]
+  internal_port = 8000
+  force_https = true
+  auto_stop_machines = 'stop'
+  auto_start_machines = true
+  min_machines_running = 0
+  processes = ['app']
+
+[[vm]]
+  memory = '1gb'
+  cpu_kind = 'shared'
+  cpus = 1
+
+[[statics]]
+  guest_path = '/code/static'
+  url_prefix = '/static/'