diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 77efc84..ef62306 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . .
 
+RUN mkdir -p /app/data
+
 RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput 2>/dev/null || true
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
+COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", "eng_bot_metrics.wsgi:application"]
diff --git a/eng_bot_metrics/settings.py b/eng_bot_metrics/settings.py
index b5dacb5..ca7f100 100644
--- a/eng_bot_metrics/settings.py
+++ b/eng_bot_metrics/settings.py
@@ -37,12 +37,15 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'corsheaders',
     'metrics',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
@@ -73,10 +76,14 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'eng_bot_metrics.wsgi.application'
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/#databases
 
+import os
+
+DATA_DIR = Path(os.environ.get('DATA_DIR', BASE_DIR))
+
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': DATA_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
     }
 }
 
@@ -116,3 +123,23 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles'
+STORAGES = {
+    "staticfiles": {
+        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",
+    },
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage",
+    },
+}
+
+# Default primary key field type
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+# CORS settings
+CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = [
+    'http://localhost:3000',
+    'http://localhost:3001',
+    'http://frontend:3000',
+]
+CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS = True
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b550c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+python manage.py migrate --noinput
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e4dec2d..01721ce 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ Django==6.0
 asgiref==3.11.0
 sqlparse==0.5.4
 gunicorn==23.0.0
+django-cors-headers==4.6.0
+whitenoise==6.7.0