diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 8d29760..1535089 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=${{ secrets.DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS }}" >> docker.env
           cat docker.env
 
+      - name: Save SSL Certificates
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ secrets.SSL_CERTIFICATE }}" > cert.pem
+          echo "${{ secrets.SSL_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > key.pem
+
       - name: Build and Run with Docker Compose
         run: |
           docker compose --env-file docker.env -f docker-compose-build.yml up -d --build
@@ -43,7 +48,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Health Check
         run: |
           sleep 10  # Give the containers some time to start
-          curl --fail http://localhost:8000/ || (docker compose -f docker-compose-build.yml logs web && docker compose -f docker-compose-build.yml exec web cat /app/vis_phewas/debug.log && exit 1)
+          curl --fail https://localhost || (docker compose -f docker-compose-build.yml logs nginx && \
+          docker compose -f docker-compose-build.yml exec web cat /app/vis_phewas/debug.log && exit 1)
 
       - name: Run Integration Tests
         run: |
diff --git a/Dockerfile.django b/Dockerfile.django
index 7cee399..223f5b4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.django
+++ b/Dockerfile.django
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 # Copy only necessary files
 COPY ./vis_phewas /app/vis_phewas
 COPY ./LICENSE /app/LICENSE
+COPY ./cert.pem /app/cert.pem
+COPY ./key.pem /app/key.pem
 
 # Change directory to where manage.py is located
 WORKDIR /app/vis_phewas
@@ -52,4 +54,5 @@ RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --verbosity 3
 ENV STATIC_ROOT /app/vis_phewas/staticfiles
 
 # Gunicorn setup
-CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", "vis_phewas.wsgi:application"]
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--certfile=/app/cert.pem", "--keyfile=/app/key.pem", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:443", "vis_phewas.wsgi:application"]
+
diff --git a/docker-compose-build.yml b/docker-compose-build.yml
index b369c91..c88a020 100644
--- a/docker-compose-build.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-build.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# docker-compose-build.yml
 services:
   db:
     build:
@@ -32,5 +31,17 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - db
 
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx:latest
+    ports:
+      - "443:443"
+      - "80:80"
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+      - ./cert.pem:/etc/nginx/ssl/cert.pem
+      - ./key.pem:/etc/nginx/ssl/key.pem
+    depends_on:
+      - web
+
 volumes:
   postgres_data:
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4ee5e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+server {
+    listen 443 ssl;
+    server_name _;  # Replace with your domain name or IP address
+
+    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/cert.pem;
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/key.pem;
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://web:8000;  # Proxy to the Django service
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+
+    location /static/ {
+        alias /app/vis-phewas/staticfiles/;  # Adjust the path to your static files
+    }
+
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name _; # Replace with your domain name or IP address
+
+    location / {
+        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vis_phewas/vis_phewas/settings.py b/vis_phewas/vis_phewas/settings.py
index 6e51361..2d833ba 100644
--- a/vis_phewas/vis_phewas/settings.py
+++ b/vis_phewas/vis_phewas/settings.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
-    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',  # WhiteNoise Middleware for serving static files
+    # 'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',  # WhiteNoise Middleware for serving static files
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles'
 
 # WhiteNoise configuration for compressing static files
-STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+# STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field