diff --git a/src/app/package.json b/src/app/package.json
index 6bc6897..cbb65ed 100644
--- a/src/app/package.json
+++ b/src/app/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite --host --port 4321",
     "build": "tsc && vite build",
+    "prod": "npm run build && rm -rf ../django/dist && mv -f dist ../django/static",
     "preview": "vite preview"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/django/requirements.txt b/src/django/requirements.txt
index d0a0698..da2d3d5 100644
--- a/src/django/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/django/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 django==4.2
 djangorestframework==3.14.0
 djangorestframework-gis==1.0
-psycopg2==2.9.6
\ No newline at end of file
+psycopg2==2.9.6
+whitenoise==6.4.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/django/thirdplaces/settings.py b/src/django/thirdplaces/settings.py
index 4ffc04b..4817350 100644
--- a/src/django/thirdplaces/settings.py
+++ b/src/django/thirdplaces/settings.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
diff --git a/src/django/thirdplaces/urls.py b/src/django/thirdplaces/urls.py
index 4fe9dc1..4a8a88b 100644
--- a/src/django/thirdplaces/urls.py
+++ b/src/django/thirdplaces/urls.py
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import include, path
+from django.urls import include, path, re_path
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+def render_react(request):
+    return render(request, "index.html")
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("api/", include("api.urls")),
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+    re_path(r"^$", render_react),
+    re_path(r"^(?:.*)/?$", render_react),
 ]