diff --git a/week5/Makefile b/week5/Makefile
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+++ b/week5/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+include .env
+export
+
+default: local
+
+local:
+	@flask run --debug
+
+breadcube:
+	@SCRIPT_NAME=${OVERLAP_APPLICATION_ROOT} gunicorn -b localhost:${OVERLAP_PORTNUMBER} --reload app:app
diff --git a/week5/__pycache__/app.cpython-310.pyc b/week5/__pycache__/app.cpython-310.pyc
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diff --git a/week5/app.py b/week5/app.py
index a5ea79a..41ac33c 100644
--- a/week5/app.py
+++ b/week5/app.py
@@ -12,33 +12,16 @@ def allowed_file(filename):
     return '.' in filename and \
            filename.rsplit('.', 1)[1].lower() in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS
 
-# Kamo's prefix to add /soupboat/padliography to all the routes
-class PrefixMiddleware(object):
-    def __init__(self, app, prefix=""):
-        self.app = app
-        self.prefix = prefix
-
-    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
-
-        if environ["PATH_INFO"].startswith(self.prefix):
-            environ["PATH_INFO"] = environ["PATH_INFO"][len(self.prefix):]
-            environ["SCRIPT_NAME"] = self.prefix
-            return self.app(environ, start_response)
-        else:
-            start_response("404", [("Content-Type", "text/plain")])
-            return ["This url does not belong to the app.".encode()]
-
 # create flask application
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
-# Get the URL prefix for the soupboat
-# register the middleware to use our base_url as prefix on all the requests
-base_url = os.environ.get('BASE_URL', '')
-app.wsgi_app = PrefixMiddleware(app.wsgi_app, prefix=base_url)
-
 # configure the upload folder
 app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = UPLOAD_FOLDER
 
+# load the settings of the applicaiton
+# (to handle the routing correctly)
+app.config.from_pyfile('settings.py')
+
 @app.route("/")
 def overlap():
     images = glob.glob('./static/img/*.png')
diff --git a/week5/requirements.txt b/week5/requirements.txt
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+++ b/week5/requirements.txt
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+Flask==2.3.2
+gunicorn==20.1.0
+Jinja2==3.1.2
+python-dotenv==1.0.0
diff --git a/week5/settings.py b/week5/settings.py
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+++ b/week5/settings.py
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+import os
+from dotenv import main
+
+# Load environment variables from the .env file
+main.load_dotenv()
+
+# Bind them to Python variables
+APPLICATION_ROOT = os.environ.get('OVERLAP_APPLICATION_ROOT', '/')
+PORTNUMBER = int(os.environ.get('OVERLAP_PORTNUMBER', 5001))
+