diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build_test.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build_test.yaml
index b959ef6..f71de77 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build_test.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build_test.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - pre-prod
+      - main
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 6f925f9..7939c2d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -31,5 +31,8 @@ jobs:
             echo "Building containers..."
             make prod
 
+            echo "Running Django deploy check"
+            docker compose run --rm web python manage.py check --deploy
+
             echo "Deployment complete."
           EOF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 738f029..7426210 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -175,3 +175,7 @@ cython_debug/
 # PyPI configuration file
 .pypirc
 
+# gunicon webserver
+gunicorn.ctl
+
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e2289a..c61f5ba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ prod:
 
 dev:
 	docker compose down
-	docker compose -f ./compose.yaml -f ./compose.dev.yaml up --build
+	docker compose -f ./compose.yaml -f ./compose.dev.yaml up --build -d
+	docker exec -it quatsh-website-web-1 sh
 
 test:
 	docker compose --env-file .env.template -f ./compose.yaml -f ./compose.test.yaml up --build --abort-on-container-exit --exit-code-from web
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e91f22..abd0593 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Requirements:
 
 ### Install make
-Running this requires the use of "make" and docker.\
+Running this requires the use of "make" and docker.
 
 "make" tends to come pre-installed on linux but not on Windows, to install it on Windows I recommend using Chocolatey as follows: \
 ```
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 36e320f..4c14151 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
   db:
     image: postgres:18
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DBNAME}
       POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
     volumes:
diff --git a/src/polls/__init__.py b/src/polls/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/polls/admin.py b/src/polls/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c38f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/polls/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/src/polls/apps.py b/src/polls/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0f109e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/polls/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class PollsConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'polls'
diff --git a/src/polls/migrations/__init__.py b/src/polls/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/polls/models.py b/src/polls/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71a8362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/polls/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+# Create your models here.
diff --git a/src/polls/tests.py b/src/polls/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ce503c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/polls/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/src/polls/urls.py b/src/polls/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5119061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/polls/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django.urls import path
+
+from . import views
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("", views.index, name="index"),
+]
diff --git a/src/polls/views.py b/src/polls/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..933bf0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/polls/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+
+
+def index(request):
+    return HttpResponse("Hello, world. You're at the polls index.")
+
+
+# Create your views here.
diff --git a/src/website/settings.py b/src/website/settings.py
index 7a4d735..0264fb5 100644
--- a/src/website/settings.py
+++ b/src/website/settings.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = "django-insecure-c$q7wdq+u@ow74wp!&zzkxdylkueu)(+34e%!e0du&bjwoqz9z"
+SECRET_KEY = os.environ["DJANGO_SECRET_KEY"]
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = bool(os.getenv("DEBUG"))
+DEBUG = bool(os.getenv("DEBUG", False))
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv("ALLOWED_HOSTS").split(",")
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = "website.wsgi.application"
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
-        "DBNAME": os.getenv("POSTGRES_DBNAME"),
+        "NAME": os.getenv("POSTGRES_DBNAME"),
         "USER": os.getenv("POSTGRES_USER"),
         "PASSWORD": os.getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD"),
         "HOST": os.getenv("POSTGRES_HOST"),
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
 
-TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
+TIME_ZONE = "Europe/Amsterdam"
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
diff --git a/src/website/urls.py b/src/website/urls.py
index ac9ab57..37f07e2 100644
--- a/src/website/urls.py
+++ b/src/website/urls.py
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ Including another URLconf
     1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
+
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import path
+from django.urls import path, include
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path("polls/", include("polls.urls")),
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
 ]