diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f24f18..73580f8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ venv
 *.iws
 
 stagestatus/settings/local.py
-stagestatus/settings/production.py
 
 # collect static output directory
 stagestatus/assets/
diff --git a/stagestatus/settings/production.py b/stagestatus/settings/production.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b874ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stagestatus/settings/production.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from .base import *  # noqa
+import os
+
+
+DEBUG = False
+TEMPLATES['OPTIONS']['debug'] = DEBUG
+
+SECRET_KEY = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.environ.get('ALLOWED_HOSTS', 'localhost').split(',')
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+        'NAME': os.environ['DB_NAME'],
+        'USER': os.environ['DB_USER'],
+        'PASSWORD': os.environ.get('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
+        'HOST': os.environ.get('DB_HOST', ''),
+        'PORT': '',
+    }
+}