diff --git a/gunicorn.conf.py b/gunicorn.conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6fc8f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gunicorn.conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+for env_file in ('.env', '.flaskenv'):
+	# make a .env path
+	env = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), env_file)
+	# if .env path exists, load .env file
+	if os.path.exists(env):
+		load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..371541e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+commit="git rev-parse --short HEAD"
+bold=$(tput bold)
+normal=$(tput sgr0)
+
+echo "--------------------------"
+echo "${bold}Installing CatAsk (commit ${commit})...${normal}"
+echo "--------------------------"
+echo 'Creating & activating virtual environment...'
+python3 -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate
+echo 'Installing required packages...'
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+cp .env.example .env; cp config.example.json config.json
+read -n 1 -s -r -p "Press any key to open main config file"
+nano config.json
+read -n 1 -s -r -p "Press any key to open .env config file"
+nano .env
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7ee9a39..dc2224d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ mistune
 bleach
 pathlib
 Flask-Compress
+gunicorn