diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 629ab6a..bdf5c1e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ gem 'sqlite3'
 gem 'omniauth-twitter'
 gem 'twitter'
 gem 'twitter-text'
+gem 'foreman'
 
 # Gems used only for assets and not required
 # in production environments by default.
@@ -65,4 +66,5 @@ end
 
 group :production do
   gem "mysql2"
+  gem "unicorn"
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ef76268..da5ae17 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ GEM
     faraday (0.8.1)
       multipart-post (~> 1.1)
     ffi (1.1.0)
+    foreman (0.47.0)
+      thor (>= 0.13.6)
     git-deploy (0.5.4)
       net-scp
       net-ssh
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 3.2.0, < 5.0)
       thor (~> 0.14)
     json (1.7.4)
+    kgio (2.7.4)
     less (2.2.1)
       commonjs (~> 0.2.6)
     less-rails (2.2.3)
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       rdoc (~> 3.4)
       thor (~> 0.14.6)
+    raindrops (0.10.0)
     rake (0.9.2.2)
     rb-fchange (0.0.5)
       ffi
@@ -200,6 +204,10 @@ GEM
     uglifier (1.2.6)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.3)
+    unicorn (4.3.1)
+      kgio (~> 2.6)
+      rack
+      raindrops (~> 0.7)
     xpath (0.1.4)
       nokogiri (~> 1.3)
 
@@ -211,6 +219,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   coffee-rails (~> 3.2.1)
   database_cleaner
   factory_girl_rails
+  foreman
   git-deploy
   growl
   guard-rspec
@@ -228,3 +237,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   twitter-bootstrap-rails
   twitter-text
   uglifier (>= 1.0.3)
+  unicorn
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c82374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: bundle exec unicorn -p $PORT -c ./config/unicorn.rb
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 838e9b9..af6fe2b 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   config.serve_static_assets = false
 
   # Compress JavaScripts and CSS
-  config.assets.compress = true
+  config.assets.compress = false
 
   # Don't fallback to assets pipeline if a precompiled asset is missed
   config.assets.compile = false
diff --git a/config/unicorn.rb b/config/unicorn.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6092553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/unicorn.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+worker_processes 3
+timeout 30
+preload_app true
+
+before_fork do |server, worker|
+  if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.disconnect!
+    Rails.logger.info("Disconnected from ActiveRecord")
+  end
+
+  sleep 1
+end
+
+after_fork do |server, worker|
+  if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
+    Rails.logger.info("Connected to ActiveRecord")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/deploy/before_restart b/deploy/before_restart
index 223ae53..eb176b5 100755
--- a/deploy/before_restart
+++ b/deploy/before_restart
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ if File.file? 'Rakefile'
   run "#{rake_cmd} #{tasks.join(' ')} RAILS_ENV=#{RAILS_ENV}" if tasks.any?
 end
 
+run 'bundle exec rake assets:precompile'
+
 # clear cached assets (unversioned/ignored files)
 run "git clean -x -f -- public/stylesheets public/javascripts"
 
diff --git a/deploy/restart b/deploy/restart
index 6094ade..941d1b6 100755
--- a/deploy/restart
+++ b/deploy/restart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-touch tmp/restart.txt
-echo "restarting Passenger app"
+sudo /usr/sbin/service lvrug stop
+sudo /usr/sbin/service lvrug start
+echo "restarting app"