diff --git a/README-deploy.md b/README-deploy.md
index 0d5d470..9c645b0 100644
--- a/README-deploy.md
+++ b/README-deploy.md
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 ### Steps to Deploy
-- move contents of frontend/ to /srv/www-csc-links/
-- create a `.env` file in backend/ with following contents:
+- move contents of static/ to /srv/www-csc-links/
+- create a `.env` file in server/ with following contents:
 ```
 PASSWORD=...
 PORT=...
 ```
-- run the following in backend/:
+- Install the pip dependencies. One possible way to do so is to run the following in server/:
 ```
 python3 -m venv venv
 source venv/bin/activate
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
-- run python app in backend/ (with the virtual env activated)
+- run server.py in server/ (with the pip dependencies installed)
 - edit the `.htaccess` file in /srv/www-csc-links/ to point to the running python application
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index c5f8a10..0c6e377 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ types-Jinja2==0.1.0
 types-MarkupSafe==0.1.3
 types-typing-extensions==3.7.2
 types-Werkzeug==0.1.1
+waitress==2.0.0
 Werkzeug==1.0.1
 wrapt==1.12.1
diff --git a/backend/server.py b/backend/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2aa4932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from waitress import serve
+from main import app, DB_PATH, regen_html, out_path
+from setup_db import migrate_0
+import os
+
+if not os.path.exists(DB_PATH):
+    migrate_0()
+
+with app.app_context():
+    regen_html(out_path)
+
+port = int(os.environ.get("PORT") or 3000)
+serve(app, host='0.0.0.0', port=port)
diff --git a/backend/setup_db.py b/backend/setup_db.py
index 0fb91c5..42c3527 100644
--- a/backend/setup_db.py
+++ b/backend/setup_db.py
@@ -1,36 +1,40 @@
 import sqlite3
 import os
 
-DB_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'links.db')
+def migrate_0():
+    DB_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'links.db')
 
-con = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH)
+    con = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH)
 
-# array of links to store
-links = [
-  ('http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/','CS Club Website',0,0,1),
-  ('https://www.instagram.com/uwcsclub/','Instagram',0,1,1),
-  ('https://www.facebook.com/uw.computerscienceclub','Facebook',0,2,1),
-  ('http://twitch.tv/uwcsclub','Twitch',0,3,1),
-  ('http://bit.ly/uwcsclub-yt','YouTube',0,4,1),
-]
+    # array of links to store
+    links = [
+      ('http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/','CS Club Website',0,0,1),
+      ('https://www.instagram.com/uwcsclub/','Instagram',0,1,1),
+      ('https://www.facebook.com/uw.computerscienceclub','Facebook',0,2,1),
+      ('http://twitch.tv/uwcsclub','Twitch',0,3,1),
+      ('http://bit.ly/uwcsclub-yt','YouTube',0,4,1),
+    ]
 
-# SQLite setup
-cur = con.cursor()
+    # SQLite setup
+    cur = con.cursor()
 
-# test if table already exists
-cur.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='links'")
-if cur.fetchone():
-  raise Exception('Links table already exists.')
-else:
-  cur.execute('''CREATE TABLE links (
-    url text NOT NULL,
-    name text NOT NULL,
-    clicks int NOT NULL,
-    position int NOT NULL UNIQUE,
-    active int NOT NULL,
-    UNIQUE(url, name)
-    )''')
-  cur.executemany('INSERT INTO links VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)', links)
-  con.commit()
+    # test if table already exists
+    cur.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='links'")
+    if cur.fetchone():
+      raise Exception('Links table already exists.')
+    else:
+      cur.execute('''CREATE TABLE links (
+        url text NOT NULL,
+        name text NOT NULL,
+        clicks int NOT NULL,
+        position int NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+        active int NOT NULL,
+        UNIQUE(url, name)
+        )''')
+      cur.executemany('INSERT INTO links VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)', links)
+      con.commit()
 
-con.close()
+    con.close()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    migrate_0()
diff --git a/build.bash b/build.bash
index d9e996d..0eae4dc 100755
--- a/build.bash
+++ b/build.bash
@@ -8,15 +8,11 @@ NODE_ENV=production npx tailwindcss-cli@latest build index.in.css -o index.out.c
 cd ..
 npm run build && npm run export
 cd ..
-mv frontend/out build/frontend
+mv frontend/out build/static
 
 # Backend
-cd backend
-source venv/bin/activate
-if [ ! -f links.db ]; then
-  python3 setup_db.py
-fi
-cd ..
-rsync -ax --exclude venv backend/ build/backend
+rsync -ax --exclude venv --exclude links.db --exclude .env backend/ build/server
 
-cp README-deploy.md build
+cp README-deploy.md build/README.md
+
+tar -cf linklist.tar build