diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93d8582c..7e2f9dde 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ and [Bootstrap](http://getbootstrap.com/).
 
 An example application is running:
 
-:tv: https://simple-form-bootstrap.herokuapp.com/
+:tv: https://simple-form-bootstrap.onrender.com/
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/bin/render-build.sh b/bin/render-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..24b31ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/render-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# exit on error
+set -o errexit
+
+bundle install
+bundle exec rake assets:precompile
+bundle exec rake assets:clean
+bundle exec rake db:migrate
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diff --git a/config/credentials.yml.enc b/config/credentials.yml.enc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb765641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/credentials.yml.enc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+slDq+IfLVH7AZkZQV7Gl1cQZ3aBz2OTxvEMs1qelgfX4qEoMbaF/giZqAxGj8qAM7U/tHUlz+3ZIBr9gdBDHiOl+pxsrhjVNsUyWvsVjuhMioGqq+RFxdvnW1aEyhHKAW3q1aGd2DYo812QnA3k85K4umI5ilDhxWReNtj775WGmN+Kjef5IMLExxWsZYFXOOstE3RU5Rq61EXwM+x3E0zW2sQDNb1edZyynLbvo7zR4s8ynfMN2Nm7FMnv3ptczWlO1ZgGtFljDtt8TKchy+cYktesgDFSDBuNKF7JM0sexpMWFCMiD/+wcKCC2NPhs+g34twJrWDIpNolZzGOn7nb91/p0MDpplryMnwb9jPAqMgh++AUQwTcmPhdubGiYjulOvBNvfLyDzJ7uNS5LGahsji5jr4Httyac--r//UmqBLvgwwY5rK--taIs1zNkpkVdUmB7cGz2yQ==
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diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index a606c487..cd2a2dee 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ development:
 test:
   <<: *default
   database: db/test.sqlite3
+
+production:
+  <<: *default
+  url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
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diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 132ee871..5d7c22d6 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
   # Disable serving static files from the `/public` folder by default since
   # Apache or NGINX already handles this.
-  config.public_file_server.enabled = ENV["RAILS_SERVE_STATIC_FILES"].present?
+  config.public_file_server.enabled = ENV['RAILS_SERVE_STATIC_FILES'].present? || ENV['RENDER'].present?
 
   # Compress CSS using a preprocessor.
   # config.assets.css_compressor = :sass
diff --git a/config/puma.rb b/config/puma.rb
index daaf0369..81dae67c 100644
--- a/config/puma.rb
+++ b/config/puma.rb
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
 # Workers do not work on JRuby or Windows (both of which do not support
 # processes).
 #
-# workers ENV.fetch("WEB_CONCURRENCY") { 2 }
+workers ENV.fetch("WEB_CONCURRENCY") { 4 }
 
 # Use the `preload_app!` method when specifying a `workers` number.
 # This directive tells Puma to first boot the application and load code
 # before forking the application. This takes advantage of Copy On Write
 # process behavior so workers use less memory.
 #
-# preload_app!
+preload_app!
 
 # Allow puma to be restarted by `bin/rails restart` command.
 plugin :tmp_restart
diff --git a/render.yaml b/render.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc2b79f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/render.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+databases:
+  - name: simple_form_bootstrap
+    databaseName: simple_form_bootstrap
+    user: simple_form_bootstrap
+
+services:
+  - type: web
+    name: simple_form_bootstrap
+    runtime: ruby
+    buildCommand: "./bin/render-build.sh"
+    startCommand: "bundle exec puma -C config/puma.rb"
+    envVars:
+      - key: DATABASE_URL
+        fromDatabase:
+          name: simple_form_bootstrap
+          property: connectionString
+      - key: RAILS_MASTER_KEY
+        sync: false
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