diff --git a/backend/index.js b/backend/index.js
index 839f83d..5145c60 100644
--- a/backend/index.js
+++ b/backend/index.js
@@ -184,4 +184,12 @@ app.get('/options', async (req, res) => {
   }
 })
 
-app.listen(process.env.PORT)
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+if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+  https.createServer({
+      key: fs.readFileSync(process.env.SSL+'/privkey.pem'),
+      cert: fs.readFileSync(process.env.SSL+'/cert.pem')
+  }, app)
+  .listen(process.env.PORT, () => console.log('Prod server started on ' + process.env.PORT));
+} else {
+  app.listen(process.env.PORT, () => console.log('Dev server started on ' + process.env.PORT));
+}
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