diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a51b880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# flyctl launch added from .gitignore
+# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files for more about ignoring files.
+#
+# If you find yourself ignoring temporary files generated by your text editor
+# or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
+#   git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore_global'
+
+# Ignore bundler config.
+.bundle
+
+# Ignore the default SQLite database.
+# /db/*.sqlite3
+# /db/*.sqlite3-journal
+db/*.sqlite3-*
+
+# Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
+log/*
+tmp/*
+!log/.keep
+!tmp/.keep
+
+# Ignore uploaded files in development.
+storage/*
+!storage/.keep
+
+public/assets
+**/.byebug_history
+
+# Ignore master key for decrypting credentials and more.
+config/master.key
+
+# Ignore dotenv files
+.env*
+
+**/.rbenv-gemsets
+**/examples.txt
+**/whitelist.yml
+**/grades.yml
+**/cloud9_plugins.sh
+**/appdev
+**/node_modules
+**/package-lock.json
+**/core.chrome*
+**/.theia/.ltici_apitoken.yml
+**/.vscode/.ltici_apitoken.yml
+fly.toml
+
+# ignore your local database
+db/development.sqlite3
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..562ef1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+ARG RUBY_VERSION=3.2.1
+FROM ruby:$RUBY_VERSION-slim as base
+
+# Rack app lives here
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Update gems and bundler
+RUN gem update --system --no-document && \
+    gem install -N bundler
+
+
+# Throw-away build stage to reduce size of final image
+FROM base as build
+
+# Install packages needed to build gems
+RUN apt-get update -qq && \
+    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y build-essential
+
+# Install application gems
+COPY Gemfile* .
+RUN bundle install
+
+
+# Final stage for app image
+FROM base
+
+# Run and own the application files as a non-root user for security
+RUN useradd ruby --home /app --shell /bin/bash
+USER ruby:ruby
+
+# Copy built artifacts: gems, application
+COPY --from=build /usr/local/bundle /usr/local/bundle
+COPY --from=build --chown=ruby:ruby /app /app
+
+# Copy application code
+COPY --chown=ruby:ruby . .
+
+# Start the server
+EXPOSE 8080
+CMD ["bundle", "exec", "rackup", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8080"]
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ed72702..300de59 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ gem 'puma', '~> 5.0'
 
 # use active record
 gem 'sinatra-activerecord'
-# use rake
-gem "rake"
 
 group :development do
   gem 'better_errors'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 54e8de6..8b9a2eb 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   i18n
   pry
   puma (~> 5.0)
-  rake
   rspec
   rspec-html-matchers
   sinatra
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
deleted file mode 100644
index df0e18c..0000000
--- a/Rakefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-require "sinatra/activerecord/rake"
-
-namespace :db do
-  task :load_config do
-    require "./config/environment.rb"
-  end
-end
diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index fd78f1c..a7e40b9 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
   # we can set the default layout name to use and sinatra 
   # will look for that file
   set(:erb, :layout => :application_layout)
-
-  # setup a database connection
-  set(:database, {adapter: "sqlite3", database: "db/development.sqlite3"})
 end
 
 configure :development do
@@ -34,4 +31,7 @@
     config.pryrc = :full;
     end
   AppdevSupport.init
+
+  # setup a database connection
+  set(:database, {adapter: "sqlite3", database: "db/development.sqlite3"})
 end
diff --git a/db/development.sqlite3 b/db/development.sqlite3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdfce7e
Binary files /dev/null and b/db/development.sqlite3 differ
diff --git a/db/migrate/create_tasks.rb b/db/migrate/create_tasks.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c5a048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/create_tasks.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require 'sinatra/activerecord'
+require './config/environment'
+
+ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table :tasks do |t|
+  t.string :name
+  t.text :description
+  t.timestamps
+end
diff --git a/fly.toml b/fly.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..020e40d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fly.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# fly.toml app configuration file generated for sinatra-task-list on 2023-06-09T21:40:50Z
+#
+# See https://fly.io/docs/reference/configuration/ for information about how to use this file.
+#
+
+app = "sinatra-task-list"
+primary_region = "sea"
+
+[http_service]
+  internal_port = 8080
+  force_https = true
+  auto_stop_machines = true
+  auto_start_machines = true
+  min_machines_running = 0