diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5b06cf0..356fe67 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ COPY pyproject.toml /app
 COPY . /app
 RUN poetry install
 
-CMD ["./start_app.sh"]
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+CMD ["./start_app_production.sh"]
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diff --git a/start_app_production.sh b/start_app_production.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a1ad95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start_app_production.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eu
+
+host=0.0.0.0
+port=8000
+
+get_absolute_path() {
+  cd "$(dirname "$1")" && pwd -P
+}
+
+cd "$(get_absolute_path "$0")" || exit 1
+
+[[ "${HOST:-}" ]] && host="${HOST}"
+[[ "${PORT:-}" ]] && port="${PORT}"
+poetry run alembic upgrade head
+poetry run gunicorn ifsguid.main:app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker --bind "${host}:${port}" --workers 9
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