diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.server b/backend/Dockerfile.server
index 4d6794be..2d8194e3 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile.server
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.server
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ COPY --from=builder /app/bin/sac /sac
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/sac" ]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/sac" ]
diff --git a/backend/config/config.go b/backend/config/config.go
index 010b5a55..152c8cbb 100644
--- a/backend/config/config.go
+++ b/backend/config/config.go
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func GetConfiguration(path string) (*Settings, error) {
-	if err := godotenv.Load(path); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load environment variables: %s", err.Error())
+	if path != "" {
+		if err := godotenv.Load(path); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load environment variables: %s", err.Error())
+		}
 	}
 
 	intSettings, err := env.ParseAs[intermediateSettings]()
diff --git a/backend/main.go b/backend/main.go
index 65a6e778..be739406 100644
--- a/backend/main.go
+++ b/backend/main.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/background"
@@ -18,13 +17,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/constants"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/database"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/database/store"
-
-	// TODO: disable for prod with build tag
-	_ "github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/docs"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/integrations"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/integrations/email"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/integrations/file"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/integrations/oauth/soth/sothic"
+	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/search"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/server"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/telemetry"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/utilities"
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ func main() {
 func parseFlags() (onlyMigrate, seedSearch *bool, configPath *string) {
 	onlyMigrate = flag.Bool("only-migrate", false, "Specify if you want to only perform the database migration")
 	seedSearch = flag.Bool("seed-search", true, "Specify if you want to seed the opensearch nodes.")
-	configPath = flag.String("config", filepath.Join("..", "config", ".env.dev"), "Specify the path to the config file (.env)")
+	configPath = flag.String("config", "", "Specify the path to the config file (.env)")
 	flag.Parse()
 	return
 }
@@ -101,14 +98,13 @@ func checkServerRunning(host string, port uint16) error {
 }
 
 func seedSearchData(db *gorm.DB) {
-	slog.Info("to appease linter", "seedSearch", true, "db", db)
-	// if err := search.SeedClubs(db); err != nil {
-	// 	return
-	// }
-
-	// if err := search.SeedEvents(db); err != nil {
-	// 	return
-	// }
+	if err := search.SeedClubs(db); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := search.SeedEvents(db); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 }
 
 func startBackgroundJobs(ctx context.Context, db *gorm.DB) {
diff --git a/backend/redis_entrypoint.sh b/backend/redis_entrypoint.sh
index ffa4913b..37ba71ef 100644
--- a/backend/redis_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/backend/redis_entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # set up redis configuration directory
 mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/redis
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ -n ${REDIS_USERNAME} ] && [ -n ${REDIS_PASSWORD} ]; then
 fi
 
 # disable default user
-if [ $(echo ${REDIS_DISABLE_DEFAULT_USER}) == "true" ]; then
+if [ "$REDIS_DISABLE_DEFAULT_USER" == "true" ]; then
     echo "user default off nopass nocommands" >> /usr/local/etc/redis/custom_aclfile.acl
 fi
 
diff --git a/backend/search/base/controller.go b/backend/search/base/controller.go
index bd8a6b47..02c63700 100644
--- a/backend/search/base/controller.go
+++ b/backend/search/base/controller.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package base
 
 import (
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 
 	search_types "github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/search/types"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/utilities"
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ func NewSearchController(searchService SearchServiceInterface) *SearchController
 // @Failure     500   {object}      error
 // @Router		/search/clubs  [get]
 func (s *SearchController) SearchClubs(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+	log.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
+
 	var searchQuery search_types.ClubSearchRequest
 
 	if err := c.BodyParser(&searchQuery); err != nil {
diff --git a/backend/search/base/transactions.go b/backend/search/base/transactions.go
index a56f64fa..f9730157 100644
--- a/backend/search/base/transactions.go
+++ b/backend/search/base/transactions.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func doSearchGetRequest[T, V any](url string, requestBody T) (*V, error) {
 func Search[T types.Searchable](db *gorm.DB, query types.SearchRequest) (*types.SearchResult[T], error) {
 	result, err := doSearchGetRequest[types.SearchEndpointRequest, types.SearchEndpointResponse](fmt.Sprintf("/%s/_search", query.Index()), query.ToSearchEndpointRequest())
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	ids := make([]string, len(result.Hits.Hits))
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func Search[T types.Searchable](db *gorm.DB, query types.SearchRequest) (*types.
 
 	var results []T
 	if err = query.Preload(db).Where("id IN ?", ids).Find(&results).Error; err != nil {
-		return nil, nil
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return &types.SearchResult[T]{
diff --git a/config/.env.template b/config/.env.template
index 542b2a0d..29867efd 100644
--- a/config/.env.template
+++ b/config/.env.template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 SAC_APPLICATION_PORT="8080"
 SAC_APPLICATION_HOST="127.0.0.1"
 SAC_APPLICATION_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1"
+SAC_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL="http://127.0.0.1"
 
 SAC_DB_USERNAME="postgres"
 SAC_DB_PASSWORD="password"
@@ -36,11 +37,6 @@ SAC_AWS_REGION="SAC_AWS_REGION"
 
 SAC_SUDO_PASSWORD="Password#!1"
 
-SAC_AWS_BUCKET_NAME="SAC_AWS_BUCKET_NAME"
-SAC_AWS_ID="SAC_AWS_ID"
-SAC_AWS_SECRET="SAC_AWS_SECRET"
-SAC_AWS_REGION="SAC_AWS_REGION"
-
 SAC_RESEND_API_KEY="SAC_RESEND_API_KEY"
 
 SAC_CALENDAR_MAX_TERMINATION_DATE="12-31-2024"
diff --git a/deployment/Caddyfile b/deployment/Caddyfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..062cdc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/Caddyfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+studentactivitycalendar.xyz {
+    reverse_proxy sac_webserver:8080
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/compose.yml b/deployment/compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fda9ec29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+services:
+  # WEBSERVER
+  caddy: 
+    image: caddy:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    cap_add:
+      - NET_ADMIN
+    ports:
+      - 80:80
+      - 443:443
+      - 443:443/udp
+      - 8443:8443
+      - 8443:8443/udp
+    volumes:
+      - $PWD/Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
+      - caddy_data:/data
+      - caddy_config:/config
+  webserver:
+    container_name: sac_webserver
+    build:
+      context: ../backend
+      dockerfile: ../backend/Dockerfile.server
+    env_file:
+      - .env.prod
+
+  # REDIS
+  redis-db-cache:
+    build:
+      context: ../backend
+      dockerfile: ../backend/Dockerfile.redis
+    container_name: redis_db_cache
+    ports:
+      - "6379"
+    environment:
+      - REDIS_USERNAME=redis_db_cache
+      - REDIS_PASSWORD=redis_db_cache!#1
+      - REDIS_DISABLE_DEFAULT_USER="true"
+    volumes:
+      - redis-db-cache-data:/data
+  redis-session:
+    build:
+      context: ../backend
+      dockerfile: ../backend/Dockerfile.redis
+    container_name: redis_session
+    ports:
+      - "6379"
+    environment:
+      - REDIS_USERNAME=${SAC_REDIS_SESSION_USERNAME}
+      - REDIS_PASSWORD=${SAC_REDIS_SESSION_PASSWORD}
+      - REDIS_DISABLE_DEFAULT_USER="true"
+    volumes:
+      - redis-session-data:/data
+  redis-limiter:
+    build:
+      context: ../backend
+      dockerfile: ../backend/Dockerfile.redis
+    container_name: redis_limiter
+    expose:
+      - "6379"
+    environment:
+      - REDIS_USERNAME=${SAC_REDIS_LIMITER_USERNAME}
+      - REDIS_PASSWORD=${SAC_REDIS_LIMITER_PASSWORD}
+      - REDIS_DISABLE_DEFAULT_USER="true"
+    volumes:
+      - redis-limiter-data:/data
+
+volumes:
+  redis-session-data:
+  redis-limiter-data:
+  redis-db-cache-data:
+  opensearch-data1:
+  caddy_data:
+    external: true
+  caddy_config:
diff --git a/deployment/init-db.sh b/deployment/init-db.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..486b8605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/init-db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+go install -tags 'postgres' github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/cmd/migrate@latest
+~/go/bin/migrate -path ../backend/migrations/ -database postgres://${SAC_DB_USERNAME}:${SAC_DB_PASSWORD}@${SAC_DB_HOST}:${SAC_DB_PORT}/${SAC_DB_NAME}?sslmode=require -verbose up
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/setup.sh b/deployment/setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ea1eaf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+sudo yum update -y
+sudo yum install -y docker git golang
+sudo systemctl enable --now docker
+sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user
+
+# Install the docker compose plugin for all users
+sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins
+
+sudo curl -sL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-linux-"$(uname -m)" \
+  -o /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+
+# Set ownership to root and make executable
+test -f /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose \
+  && sudo chown root:root /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+test -f /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose \
+  && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+
+git clone -b prod-business https://github.com/GenerateNU/sac