diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2804430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: gunicorn quaac.wsgi --log-file - --capture-output
diff --git a/nasaspaceapp2024/settings.py b/nasaspaceapp2024/settings.py
index 735e229..4d0cb83 100644
--- a/nasaspaceapp2024/settings.py
+++ b/nasaspaceapp2024/settings.py
@@ -1,34 +1,42 @@
-"""
-Django settings for nasaspaceapp2024 project.
-
-Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.1.1.
-
-For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/settings/
-
-For the full list of settings and their values, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/
-"""
-
-from pathlib import Path
-from decouple import config
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from decouple import config, Csv
+import dj_database_url
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
-
-
-# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
-# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
-
-# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-
-SECRET_KEY='django-insecure-@cuio-1^0)p+5bu+z&hw%*y+9w_97t(k_zdh3q^a0wxcmvp4o!'
-# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
-
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
-
+IS_HEROKU_APP = "DYNO" in os.environ and not "CI" in os.environ
+
+if not IS_HEROKU_APP:
+    SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-xyz1234567890'
+    DEBUG = True
+
+if IS_HEROKU_APP:
+    SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY')
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS = config('ALLOWED_HOSTS', default =[''], cast=Csv())
+    SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER = True
+    SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = True
+    SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
+    SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 86400
+    SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD = True
+    SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = True
+    SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+    CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+    DATABASE_URL = config('DATABASE_URL')    
+else:
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1']
+    
+if IS_HEROKU_APP:
+    CACHES = {
+    'default': {
+        'BACKEND': 'django_bmemcached.memcached.BMemcached',
+        'LOCATION': os.environ.get('MEMCACHEDCLOUD_SERVERS').split(','),
+        'OPTIONS': {
+                    'username': os.environ.get('MEMCACHEDCLOUD_USERNAME'),
+                    'password': os.environ.get('MEMCACHEDCLOUD_PASSWORD')
+            }
+    }
+}
 
 # Application definition
 
@@ -42,15 +50,12 @@
     'mapas',
 ]
 
-MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
-MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
-
-
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',    
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
@@ -76,20 +81,27 @@
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'nasaspaceapp2024.wsgi.application'
 
-
 # Database
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#databases
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#databases
 
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
-    }
-}
+import psycopg2
 
 
+if IS_HEROKU_APP:    
+    conn = psycopg2.connect(DATABASE_URL, sslmode='require')
+    DATABASES = {
+        'default': dj_database_url.config(conn_max_age=600, ssl_require=True)
+    }
+else:    
+    DATABASES = {
+        "default": {
+            "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+            "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
+        }
+    }
+
 # Password validation
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     {
@@ -106,9 +118,8 @@
     },
 ]
 
-
 # Internationalization
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/i18n/
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/i18n/
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
@@ -118,14 +129,34 @@
 
 USE_TZ = True
 
-
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/static-files/
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/static-files/
+
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [
+        os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
+   ]
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
+STATIC_URL = "static/"
 
-STATIC_URL = 'static/'
-STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")]
 
-# Default primary key field type
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+STORAGES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage",  # Sempre usa armazenamento local
+    },
+    "staticfiles": {
+        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",  # Para arquivos estáticos
+    },
+}
+# Don't store the original (un-hashed filename) version of static files, to reduce slug size:
+# https://whitenoise.readthedocs.io/en/latest/django.html#WHITENOISE_KEEP_ONLY_HASHED_FILES
+WHITENOISE_KEEP_ONLY_HASHED_FILES = True
+
+# STATICFILES_STORAGE = '.storage.WhiteNoiseStaticFilesStorage'
+
+MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
+MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR /'media'
+WHITENOISE_MEDIA_ROOT = MEDIA_ROOT
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+X_FRAME_OPTIONS = 'SAMEORIGIN'
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