diff --git a/backend/backend/settings.py b/backend/backend/settings.py
index 8d4857a8..996a71cc 100644
--- a/backend/backend/settings.py
+++ b/backend/backend/settings.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/
 """
 
 from pathlib import Path
+import os
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -50,16 +51,20 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware', 
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE.insert(0, 'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware')
 
 CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = [
-    "http://localhost:3000",
+    "volucy-gateway-e3d2bzbxdeaaayhz.westeurope-01.azurewebsites.net",
 ]
 
 CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS = True
 
+STATIC_URL = "/static/"
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "staticfiles")
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'backend.urls'
 
diff --git a/frontend/frontend/.env b/frontend/frontend/.env
index 49ffa038..294190f6 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend/.env
+++ b/frontend/frontend/.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-REACT_APP_API_URL=http://localhost:8000
+REACT_APP_API_URL=https://volucy-gateway-e3d2bzbxdeaaayhz.westeurope-01.azurewebsites.net
diff --git a/frontend/frontend/src/api.js b/frontend/frontend/src/api.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a6bc198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/frontend/src/api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+const API_URL = process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL;
+
+export const fetchData = async () => {
+  const response = await fetch(`${API_URL}/data/`);
+  return response.json();
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6e81c803..bfcd3f62 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-Flask
-requests
+Django
+gunicorn
+django-cors-headers
+whitenoise
 openai
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9b7dbc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Installiere Abhängigkeiten
+cd backend
+python -m venv venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# Migration durchführen
+python manage.py migrate
+python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+
+# React bauen
+cd ../frontend
+npm install
+npm run build
+
+# React-Frontend nach Django-Statisches-Verzeichnis verschieben
+cp -r build/* ../backend/staticfiles/
+
+# Starte Gunicorn (Django-Server)
+cd ../backend
+gunicorn backend.wsgi --bind 0.0.0.0:$PORT