diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 66cfdc5..1c1ea30 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ version: "2"
 services:
   app:
     image: pathogen/neptune
-    build: ./docker
+    build: ./docker/prod
     volumes:
       - ${PORTAINER_GIT_DIR}:/code
+      - ${PORTAINER_GIT_DIR}/docker/prod/uwsgi.ini:/conf/uwsgi.ini
       - ${NEPTUNE_LOCAL_SETTINGS}:/code/app/local_settings.py
       - ${NEPTUNE_DATABASE_FILE}:/code/db.sqlite3
     ports:
-      - "${NEPTUNE_PORT}:8000"
+      - "${NEPTUNE_PORT}:8000" # uwsgi socket
     env_file:
       - ../stack.env
 
diff --git a/docker/prod/Dockerfile b/docker/prod/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8386d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/prod/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+FROM python:3
+
+RUN useradd -d /code pathogen
+RUN mkdir /code
+RUN chown pathogen:pathogen /code
+
+RUN mkdir /conf
+RUN chown pathogen:pathogen /conf
+
+RUN mkdir /venv
+RUN chown pathogen:pathogen /venv
+
+USER pathogen
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+WORKDIR /code
+COPY requirements.prod.txt /code/
+RUN python -m venv /venv
+RUN . /venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.prod.txt
+CMD . /venv/bin/activate && uwsgi --ini /conf/uwsgi.ini
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/requirements.prod.txt b/docker/prod/requirements.prod.txt
similarity index 94%
rename from docker/requirements.prod.txt
rename to docker/prod/requirements.prod.txt
index 9ea9856..e48344f 100644
--- a/docker/requirements.prod.txt
+++ b/docker/prod/requirements.prod.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ opensearch-py
 stripe
 django-rest-framework
 numpy
+uwsgi
diff --git a/docker/prod/uwsgi.ini b/docker/prod/uwsgi.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d70a784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/prod/uwsgi.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[uwsgi]
+chdir=/code
+module=app.wsgi:application
+env=DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=app.settings
+master=1
+pidfile=/tmp/project-master.pid
+socket=0.0.0.0:8000
+processes=5
+harakiri=20
+max-requests=5000
+vacuum=1
+home=/venv
+