diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6769e21..299e09a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+auth
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6335ccd..ddef416 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,3 +80,28 @@ The easiest way to run ChatGPT Clone is by using docker
 docker-compose up
 ```
 
+### Kubernetes
+
+1. Run `kubectl apply -f kubernetes/`. It will create a deployment and ClusterIP Ingress in the namespace "chatgpt-clone"
+2. Create a secret containing your OPENAI-API-TOKEN with: `kubectl create secret generic openai-api-key --from-literal=openai-api-key=[YOUR_OPENAI_TOKEN] -n chatgpt-clone`
+3. Either change the service to load balancer or ingress (don't forget to password protect it!!), or port-forward it to your local machine: `kubectl port-forward deployment/chatgpt-clone 1338:1338 -n chatgpt-clone`
+
+#### Kubernetes: (optional) Hosting at a domain (ingress)
+
+If you want to host the app at a domain follow these steps:
+
+1. Install - if you haven't already - the nginx ingress 
+```
+helm upgrade --install ingress-nginx ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx
+--namespace ingress-nginx
+--create-namespace
+```
+2. Create a basic auth secret which will password protect the app
+    - `htpasswd -c auth user` (you might need _apt-get install apache2-utils_)
+    - Enter your password
+    - This creates a file "auth"
+3. "Submit" the password as secret to Kubernetes with: 
+    - `kubectl create secret generic basic-auth --from-file=auth -n chatgpt-clone`
+4. Insert your domain in the "kubernetes/nginxingress/chatgpt-clone-ingress.yaml" file.
+5. Point your matching domain to your K8s IP
+6. `kubectl apply -f kubernetes/nginxingress/`
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diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 87580ad..b8a4574 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
     "openai_api_base": "https://api.openai.com",
     "proxy": {
-        "enable": true,
+        "enable": false,
         "http": "127.0.0.1:7890",
         "https": "127.0.0.1:7890"
     }
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6d818eb..1987cee 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ version: '3.5'
 
 services:
   chatgpt-clone:
-    image: chatgpt-clone
+    image: guestros/chatgpt-clone:latest
     container_name: chatgpt-clone
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
     ports:
       - "1338:1338"
+    environment:
+      - OPENAI_API_KEY=akjshdjkhasd
+      - OPENAI_API_BASE=https://api.openai.com
diff --git a/kubernetes/chatgpt-clone-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/chatgpt-clone-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7279e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/chatgpt-clone-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: chatgpt-clone
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: chatgpt-clone
+  name: chatgpt-clone-service
+  namespace: chatgpt-clone
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - name: "1338"
+      port: 1338
+      targetPort: 1338
+  selector:
+    app: chatgpt-clone
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: chatgpt-clone
+  name: chatgpt-clone
+  namespace: chatgpt-clone
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: chatgpt-clone
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: chatgpt-clone
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - image: guestros/chatgpt-clone:latest
+          name: chatgpt-clone
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 1338
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 10m
+              memory: 50Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: "500m"
+              memory: 500Mi
+          env:
+            - name: OPENAI_API_BASE
+              value: "https://api.openai.com"
+            - name: OPENAI_API_KEY
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: openai-api-key
+                  key: openai-api-key
+      restartPolicy: Always
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diff --git a/kubernetes/nginxingress/chatgpt-clone-ingress.yaml b/kubernetes/nginxingress/chatgpt-clone-ingress.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..874674a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/nginxingress/chatgpt-clone-ingress.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: ingress-chatgpt-clone
+  namespace: chatgpt-clone
+  annotations:
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/force-ssl-redirect: "true"
+    # nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/enable-cors: "true"
+    # nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-origin: "*"
+    # nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/configuration-snippet: |
+    #   more_set_headers "X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow";
+    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
+    # # type of authentication
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-type: basic
+    # name of the secret that contains the user/password definitions
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-secret: basic-auth
+    # message to display with an appropriate context why the authentication is required
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-realm: 'Authentication Required'
+spec:
+  ingressClassName: nginx
+  tls:
+  - hosts:
+    - chatgpt.datafortress.cloud
+    secretName: tls-secret
+  rules:
+  - host: chatgpt.datafortress.cloud
+    http:
+      paths:
+      - path: /
+        pathType: Prefix
+        backend:
+          service:
+            name: chatgpt-clone-service
+            port:
+              number: 1338
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diff --git a/server/backend.py b/server/backend.py
index 73bba12..a69c0da 100644
--- a/server/backend.py
+++ b/server/backend.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-from json import dumps
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+from hashlib import sha256
+from json import dumps, loads
 from time import time
+
 from flask import request
-from hashlib import sha256
-from datetime import datetime
-from requests import get
-from requests import post 
-from json     import loads
-import os
+from requests import get, post
 
 from server.config import special_instructions