diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f4796c2..e86a29e 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 .web
-__pycache__/*
\ No newline at end of file
+.git
+__pycache__/*
+Dockerfile
+Caddy.Dockerfile
+compose.yaml
+compose.*.yaml
+uploaded_files
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Caddyfile b/Caddyfile
index 0963b26..49aa4cc 100644
--- a/Caddyfile
+++ b/Caddyfile
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ encode gzip
 
 @backend_routes path /_event/* /ping /_upload /_upload/*
 handle @backend_routes {
-        reverse_proxy app:8000
+	reverse_proxy app:8000
 }
 
 root * /srv
 route {
-        try_files {path} {path}/ /404.html
-        file_server
+	try_files {path} {path}/ /404.html
+	file_server
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index f3eb532..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# Stage 1: init
-FROM python:3.11 as init
-
-# Pass `--build-arg API_URL=http://app.example.com:8000` during build
-ARG API_URL
-
-# Copy local context to `/app` inside container (see .dockerignore)
-WORKDIR /app
-COPY . .
-
-# Create virtualenv which will be copied into final container
-ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/app/.venv
-ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
-RUN python3.11 -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
-
-# Install app requirements and reflex inside virtualenv
-RUN pip install -r env/requirements.txt -r env/reflex_requirements.txt
-
-# Deploy templates and prepare app
-RUN reflex init
-
-# Export static copy of frontend to /app/.web/_static
-RUN reflex export --frontend-only --no-zip
-
-# Copy static files out of /app to save space in backend image
-RUN mv .web/_static /tmp/_static
-RUN rm -rf .web && mkdir .web
-RUN mv /tmp/_static .web/_static
-
-# Stage 2: copy artifacts into slim image
-FROM python:3.11-slim
-ARG API_URL
-WORKDIR /app
-RUN adduser --disabled-password --home /app reflex
-COPY --chown=reflex --from=init /app /app
-USER reflex
-ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH" API_URL=$API_URL
-
-CMD [ -d alembic ] && reflex db migrate; reflex run --env prod
-
diff --git a/compose.prod.yaml b/compose.prod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2255395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.prod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this override file to run the app in prod mode with postgres and redis
+#     docker compose -f compose.yaml -f compose.prod.yaml up -d
+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
+    volumes:
+       - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis
+    restart: always
+
+  app:
+    environment:
+      DB_URL: postgresql+psycopg2://postgres:secret@db/postgres
+      REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+      - redis
+
+volumes:
+  postgres-data:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compose.tools.yaml b/compose.tools.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a48de0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.tools.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Use this override file with `compose.prod.yaml` to run admin tools
+# for production services.
+#     docker compose -f compose.yaml -f compose.prod.yaml -f compose.tools.yaml up -d
+services:
+  adminer:
+    image: adminer
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080
+
+  redis-commander:
+    image: ghcr.io/joeferner/redis-commander:latest
+    environment:
+    - REDIS_HOSTS=local:redis:6379
+    ports:
+    - "8081:8081"
+
+volumes:
+  redis-ui-settings:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 5fea306..8c2f97b 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,29 @@
+# Base compose file production deployment of reflex app with Caddy webserver
+# providing TLS termination and reverse proxying.
+#
+# See `compose.prod.yaml` for more robust and performant deployment option.
+#
 # During build and run, set environment DOMAIN pointing
 # to publicly accessible domain where app will be hosted
 services:
   app:
     image: local/reflex-app
+    environment:
+      DB_URL: sqlite:///data/reflex.db
     build:
       context: .
-      args:
-        API_URL: https://${DOMAIN:-localhost}
+      dockerfile: prod.Dockerfile
+    volumes:
+       - db-data:/app/data
+       - upload-data:/app/uploaded_files
+    restart: always
 
   webserver:
     environment:
       DOMAIN: ${DOMAIN:-localhost}
     ports:
       - 443:443
-      - 80:80  # for acme-challenge via HTTP
+      - 80:80  # For acme-challenge via HTTP.
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Caddy.Dockerfile
@@ -22,3 +32,11 @@ services:
     restart: always
     depends_on:
       - app
+
+volumes:
+  # SQLite data
+  db-data:
+  # Uploaded files
+  upload-data:
+  # TLS keys and certificates
+  caddy-data:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/prod.Dockerfile b/prod.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a526d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prod.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# This docker file is intended to be used with docker compose to deploy a production
+# instance of a Reflex app.
+
+# Stage 1: init
+FROM python:3.11 as init
+
+ARG uv=/root/.cargo/bin/uv
+
+# Install `uv` for faster package boostrapping
+ADD --chmod=755 https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh /install.sh
+RUN /install.sh && rm /install.sh
+
+# Copy local context to `/app` inside container (see .dockerignore)
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . .
+RUN mkdir -p /app/data /app/uploaded_files
+
+# Create virtualenv which will be copied into final container
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/app/.venv
+ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+RUN $uv venv
+
+# Install app requirements and reflex inside virtualenv
+RUN $uv pip install -r env/requirements.txt -r env/reflex_requirements.txt
+
+# Deploy templates and prepare app
+RUN reflex init
+
+# Export static copy of frontend to /app/.web/_static
+RUN reflex export --frontend-only --no-zip
+
+# Copy static files out of /app to save space in backend image
+RUN mv .web/_static /tmp/_static
+RUN rm -rf .web && mkdir .web
+RUN mv /tmp/_static .web/_static
+
+# Stage 2: copy artifacts into slim image 
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+WORKDIR /app
+RUN adduser --disabled-password --home /app reflex
+COPY --chown=reflex --from=init /app /app
+# Install libpq-dev for psycopg2 (skip if not using postgres).
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y libpq-dev && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+USER reflex
+ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Needed until Reflex properly passes SIGTERM on backend.
+STOPSIGNAL SIGKILL
+
+# Always apply migrations before starting the backend.
+CMD reflex db migrate && reflex run --env prod --backend-only
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..640718d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+reflex==0.5.4