diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b7ed7fe..f0aa4ae 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ ENV PATH=/app/bin:$PATH
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 ENV HOME=/app
+ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=pkmntrade_club.django_project.settings
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -94,11 +95,13 @@ COPY --chown=app:app --chmod=700 /manage.py /app/manage.py
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=${CACHE_DIR} \
-    mkdir -p /app/.cursor-server && chown app:app /app /app/.cursor-server
+    mkdir -p /app/.cursor-server && chmod 755 /app/.cursor-server && chown app:app /app /app/.cursor-server
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=${CACHE_DIR} \
+    mkdir -p /flags && chmod 700 /flags && chown app:app /flags
 
 USER app
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-CMD ["granian", "--interface", "wsgi", "pkmntrade_club.django_project.wsgi:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--workers", "1", "--backpressure", "16", "--workers-kill-timeout", "180", "--access-log"] 
-#, "--static-path-mount", "./staticfiles"
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+CMD ["granian", "--interface", "wsgi", "pkmntrade_club.django_project.wsgi:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--workers", "1", "--backpressure", "16", "--workers-kill-timeout", "180", "--access-log"]
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diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 4e97231..5c5393a 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [[ -f /flags/.deployed && "$FORCE_DEPLOY" != "true" ]]; then
+  echo "*** Previously deployed successfully."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 echo "*** Running makemigrations --check to make sure migrations are up to date..."
 django-admin makemigrations --noinput --check 2>&1 || exit 1
 
@@ -12,4 +17,7 @@ django-admin clear_cache 2>&1
 echo "*** Running collectstatic..."
 django-admin collectstatic -c --no-input 2>&1
 
+echo "*** Marking as deployed..."
+touch /flags/.deployed
+
 echo "*** Deployed successfully!"
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diff --git a/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
index 972a189..4f0f565 100755
--- a/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 set -ex
 
 if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
- echo "Startup command not set. Exiting"
- exit;
+  echo "Startup command not set. Exiting"
+  exit;
 fi
 
 if [ "$DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE" == "" ]; then
- echo "Environment variable 'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE' not set. Exiting."
- exit;
+  echo "Environment variable 'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE' not set. Exiting."
+  exit;
 else 
- export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
+  export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
 fi
 
+/deploy.sh
+
 echo "Environment is correct - executing command: '$@'"
 exec "$@" && exit 0
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