diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
index e69de29..18904af 100644
--- a/.python-version
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Python 3.11.11
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diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index b6ff188..98b847f 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import requests
 import os
 from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
 from config import QUIZ_TYPES
+from config import Config
 # Load environment variables
 load_dotenv()
 API_KEY = os.getenv("API_KEY_ACCESS")
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ API_KEY = os.getenv("API_KEY_ACCESS")
 base_path = os.path.join("data", "config_files")
 QUESTIONS_PATH = os.path.join(base_path, "questions.json")
 THEME_CONTEXT_PATH = os.path.join(base_path, "theme_context.json")
-
+backend_base_url = Config.BACKEND_BASE_URL
 
 
 with open(THEME_CONTEXT_PATH, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ async def chat_endpoint(
                     detail="Invalid resume URL: Unable to fetch document"
                 )
             resume_docs = "\n".join(f"- {doc.page_content}" for doc in docs)
-            print(f"Loaded resume documents: {resume_docs}")  # Debugging print
+            print(f"Loaded resume documents: {resume_docs[:100]}")  # Debugging print
 
         full_history_docs = ""
         if request.full_history_url:
@@ -188,14 +189,14 @@ async def chat_endpoint(
                     detail="Invalid full history URL: Unable to fetch document"
                 )
             full_history_docs = "\n".join(f"- {doc.page_content}" for doc in docs)
-            print(f"Loaded full history documents: {full_history_docs}")  # Debugging print
+            print(f"Loaded full history documents: {full_history_docs[:100]}")  # Debugging print
 
         form_response_docs = ""
         if request.form_id:
             print(f"Fetching form response for form_id: {request.form_id}")  # Debugging print
             try:
                 x_api_key = os.getenv("BACKEND_XAPI_KEY")
-                url = f"{os.getenv('BACKEND_BASE_URL')}/v3/api/custom/theme-document/answer/{request.form_id}?x-project={x_api_key}"
+                url = f"{backend_base_url}/v3/api/custom/theme-document/answer/{request.form_id}?x-project={x_api_key}"
                 result = requests.get(url)
                 result.raise_for_status()  # Ensure we raise an error for bad responses
                 form_response = result.json()["data"]  # Return response in JSON format
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ async def generate_pdf_endpoint(
                     detail="Invalid resume URL: Unable to fetch document"
                 )
             resume_docs = "\n".join(f"- {doc.page_content}" for doc in docs)
-            print(f"Loaded resume documents: {resume_docs}")  # Debugging print
+            print(f"Loaded resume documents: {resume_docs[:100]}")  # Debugging print
 
         full_history_docs = ""
         if request.full_history_url:
@@ -281,14 +282,14 @@ async def generate_pdf_endpoint(
                     detail="Invalid full history URL: Unable to fetch document"
                 )
             full_history_docs = "\n".join(f"- {doc.page_content}" for doc in docs)
-            print(f"Loaded full history documents: {full_history_docs}")  # Debugging print
+            print(f"Loaded full history documents: {full_history_docs[:100]}")  # Debugging print
 
         form_response_docs = ""
         if request.form_id:
             print(f"Fetching form response for form_id: {request.form_id}")  # Debugging print
             try:
                 x_api_key = os.getenv("BACKEND_XAPI_KEY")
-                url = f"{os.getenv('BACKEND_BASE_URL')}/v3/api/custom/theme-document/answer/{request.form_id}?x-project={x_api_key}"
+                url = f"{backend_base_url}/v3/api/custom/theme-document/answer/{request.form_id}?x-project={x_api_key}"
                 result = requests.get(url)
                 result.raise_for_status()  # Ensure we raise an error for bad responses
                 form_response = result.json()["data"]  # Return response in JSON format
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ async def generate_pdf_endpoint(
             file.write(pdf_content)
         
         # Upload the PDF to S3 using the API
-        upload_url = f"{os.getenv('BACKEND_BASE_URL')}/v3/api/custom/theme/doc-upload?x-project={x_api_key}"
+        upload_url = f"{backend_base_url}/v3/api/custom/theme/doc-upload?x-project={x_api_key}"
         with open(file_path, 'rb') as file:
             files = {'file': file}
             upload_response = requests.post(upload_url, files=files)
@@ -411,21 +412,6 @@ async def generate_quiz_endpoint(
         )
         
         
-        
-async def get_conversation_data(conversation_id: str) -> dict:
-    """
-    Fetch conversation data using the conversation ID.
-    Replace this with your actual implementation to fetch conversation data.
-    """
-    try:
-        storage_path = "conversations.json"
-        with open(storage_path, 'r') as f:
-                convs =  json.load(f)
-        convs_id = convs[conversation_id]
-        return convs_id
-    except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Error fetching conversation data: {e}")
-        return None
     
     
 @app.on_event("startup")
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 3825883..fb72445 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 QUIZ_TYPES = {
     1: {
         "name": "Single Line Text Inputs",
@@ -20,4 +21,13 @@ QUIZ_TYPES = {
 }
 
 MODEL = "gpt-4o-mini"
-TEMPERATURE = 0.7
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+TEMPERATURE = 0.7
+
+
+class Config:
+    API_KEY_ACCESS = os.getenv("API_KEY_ACCESS")
+    OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+    BACKEND_XAPI_KEY = os.getenv("BACKEND_XAPI_KEY")
+    BACKEND_BASE_URL = os.getenv("BACKEND_BASE_URL_")
+
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cceadfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Configuration
+SERVER_USER="your_username"
+SERVER_IP="your_server_ip"
+APP_DIR="/path/to/your/app"
+PORT=5042
+PYTHON_VERSION="3.11"
+WORKERS=4
+THREADS=2
+TIMEOUT=120
+MAX_REQUESTS=1000
+MAX_REQUESTS_JITTER=50
+DEBUG_MODE=false  # Set to true for verbose output
+
+# Colors for output
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+# Logging function
+log() {
+    local level=$1
+    local message=$2
+    local timestamp=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+    
+    case $level in
+        "INFO")
+            echo -e "${BLUE}[$timestamp] INFO: $message${NC}"
+            ;;
+        "SUCCESS")
+            echo -e "${GREEN}[$timestamp] SUCCESS: $message${NC}"
+            ;;
+        "WARNING")
+            echo -e "${YELLOW}[$timestamp] WARNING: $message${NC}"
+            ;;
+        "ERROR")
+            echo -e "${RED}[$timestamp] ERROR: $message${NC}"
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+# Debug logging function
+debug_log() {
+    if [ "$DEBUG_MODE" = true ]; then
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}[DEBUG] $1${NC}"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Error handling
+set -e
+trap 'last_command=$current_command; current_command=$BASH_COMMAND' DEBUG
+trap 'if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then log "ERROR" "Command failed: $last_command"; exit 1; fi' EXIT
+
+log "INFO" "Starting deployment process..."
+
+# Check if required packages are installed
+log "INFO" "Checking required packages..."
+if ! command -v ssh &> /dev/null; then
+    log "ERROR" "SSH is not installed. Please install it first."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Create requirements.txt if it doesn't exist
+if [ ! -f "requirements.txt" ]; then
+    log "INFO" "Creating requirements.txt..."
+    echo "fastapi==0.109.2
+uvicorn==0.27.1
+gunicorn==21.2.0
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+langchain-openai==0.0.5
+requests==2.31.0
+PyPDF2==3.0.1" > requirements.txt
+    debug_log "Created requirements.txt with specific versions"
+fi
+
+# Create gunicorn config file
+log "INFO" "Creating Gunicorn configuration..."
+cat > gunicorn_config.py << EOL
+import multiprocessing
+import os
+
+# Server socket
+bind = "0.0.0.0:${PORT}"
+backlog = 2048
+
+# Worker processes
+workers = ${WORKERS}
+worker_class = "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker"
+worker_connections = 1000
+timeout = ${TIMEOUT}
+keepalive = 2
+
+# Process naming
+proc_name = "firefighter"
+pythonpath = "."
+
+# Logging
+accesslog = "logs/access.log"
+errorlog = "logs/error.log"
+loglevel = "info"
+
+# Server mechanics
+daemon = False
+pidfile = "gunicorn.pid"
+umask = 0
+user = None
+group = None
+tmp_upload_dir = None
+
+# SSL
+keyfile = None
+certfile = None
+
+# Server hooks
+def on_starting(server):
+    pass
+
+def on_reload(server):
+    pass
+
+def on_exit(server):
+    pass
+
+# Worker lifecycle
+max_requests = ${MAX_REQUESTS}
+max_requests_jitter = ${MAX_REQUESTS_JITTER}
+graceful_timeout = 30
+preload_app = True
+
+# Debug
+reload = False
+reload_engine = "auto"
+spew = False
+
+# Server mechanics
+check_config = False
+preload_app = True
+EOL
+debug_log "Created gunicorn_config.py with specified settings"
+
+# Copy files to server
+log "INFO" "Copying files to server..."
+debug_log "Using SCP to copy files to $SERVER_USER@$SERVER_IP:$APP_DIR/"
+scp -r ./* $SERVER_USER@$SERVER_IP:$APP_DIR/
+
+# SSH into server and set up environment
+log "INFO" "Setting up environment on server..."
+ssh $SERVER_USER@$SERVER_IP << EOF
+    set -e
+    cd $APP_DIR
+    
+    # Install Python 3.11 if not present
+    if ! command -v python${PYTHON_VERSION} &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Installing Python ${PYTHON_VERSION}..."
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+        sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y python${PYTHON_VERSION} python${PYTHON_VERSION}-venv python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev
+    fi
+    
+    # Create virtual environment if it doesn't exist
+    if [ ! -d "venv" ]; then
+        python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m venv venv
+    fi
+    
+    # Activate virtual environment and install dependencies
+    source venv/bin/activate
+    pip install --upgrade pip
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+    
+    # Create systemd service file
+    sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/firefighter.service << 'EOL'
+[Unit]
+Description=Fire Fighter Interview API
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=$SERVER_USER
+WorkingDirectory=$APP_DIR
+Environment="PATH=$APP_DIR/venv/bin"
+Environment="PYTHONPATH=$APP_DIR"
+ExecStart=$APP_DIR/venv/bin/gunicorn -c gunicorn_config.py app:app
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+StartLimitInterval=0
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOL
+
+    # Create log directory
+    mkdir -p logs
+    
+    # Reload systemd and start service
+    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+    sudo systemctl enable firefighter
+    sudo systemctl restart firefighter
+    
+    # Check service status
+    sudo systemctl status firefighter
+EOF
+
+log "SUCCESS" "Deployment completed!"
+log "INFO" "Your application should now be running at http://$SERVER_IP:$PORT"
+log "INFO" "Check logs at $APP_DIR/logs/"
+
+# Print helpful commands
+echo -e "\n${BLUE}Useful commands:${NC}"
+echo "View service status: sudo systemctl status firefighter"
+echo "View logs: sudo journalctl -u firefighter -f"
+echo "Restart service: sudo systemctl restart firefighter"
+echo "Stop service: sudo systemctl stop firefighter" 
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8e9e10f..e990346 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ PyPDF2==3.0.1
 reportlab==4.3.1
 python-docx==1.1.2
 unstructured==0.17.2
-
+pypdf==5.4.0
diff --git a/src/llm.py b/src/llm.py
index 736b66b..17834a7 100644
--- a/src/llm.py
+++ b/src/llm.py
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ QUESTIONS_PATH = "./data/config_files/questions.json"
 with open(QUESTIONS_PATH, "r") as f:
     questions = json.load(f)
 
+from config import Config
+
 
 prompt_template = None
 MODEL = "gpt-4o-mini"
+
+
 def initialize_workflow(model) -> StateGraph:
     """Initialize LangGraph workflow"""
     workflow = StateGraph(state_schema=MessagesState)
@@ -62,8 +66,8 @@ def fetch_conversation_history(conversation_id: str) -> List[Message]:
     """
     Fetch conversation history from the API using the conversation ID.
     """
-    x_api_key = os.getenv("BACKEND_XAPI_KEY")
-    base_url = os.getenv("BACKEND_BASE_URL")
+    x_api_key = Config.BACKEND_XAPI_KEY
+    base_url = Config.BACKEND_BASE_URL
     url = f"{base_url}/v3/api/custom/jordan/ai-chat/get-messages/{conversation_id}?x-project={x_api_key}"
     
     try: