diff --git a/.deploy.conf.sample b/.deploy.conf.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f33ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.deploy.conf.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+branch=develop
+app_env=sandbox
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da83347..df8a1a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ application.yml
 # Ignore application configuration
 /config/application.yml
 .container-setup
+.deploy.conf
diff --git a/config/application.yml.sample b/config/application.yml.sample
index 4c8f82f..d42b11b 100644
--- a/config/application.yml.sample
+++ b/config/application.yml.sample
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ test:
 
 production:
   <<: *defaults
+  mysql_db: "database name"
   mysql_usr: "user"
   mysql_pwd: "password!"
   secret_key_base: "super-long-secret-key-base"
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index c20b9ea..9628f7f 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ test:
 #
 production:
   <<: *default
-  database: skill-assessment-app_production
+  database: <%= ENV['mysql_db'] %>
   username: <%= ENV['mysql_usr'] %>
   password: <%= ENV['mysql_pwd'] %>
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..37d3adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+function do_pull(){
+  msg "Reset and pull $branch"
+  git reset --hard
+  git checkout $branch
+  git pull
+}
+
+function do_bundle(){
+  msg "Bundling gems, npm, and bower"
+  bundle install --deployment --without development test
+  npm install --production
+  ./node_modules/bower/bin/bower install --production
+}
+
+function do_assets(){
+  msg "Clean Assets"
+  RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake assets:clean
+
+  msg "Precompiling Assets"
+  RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake assets:precompile
+}
+
+function do_migrate(){
+  if [ $app_env == "sandbox" ]; then
+    msg "SANDBOX: rebuilding db with fixtures"
+    RAILS_ENV=production \
+    DISABLE_DATABASE_ENVIRONMENT_CHECK=1 \
+    bundle exec rake db:drop db:setup db:migrate db:fixtures:load
+  else
+    msg "DB Migrate PRODUCTION"
+    RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate
+  fi
+}
+
+function quick(){
+  do_pull
+  app_restart
+}
+
+function full(){
+  do_pull
+  do_bundle
+  do_migrate
+  do_assets
+  app_restart
+}
+
+function assets(){
+  do_pull
+  do_assets
+  app_restart
+}
+
+function migration(){
+  do_pull
+  do_migrate
+  app_restart
+}
+
+function app_restart(){
+  touch tmp/restart.txt
+  msg "App Restarted"
+}
+
+function msg(){
+  if [ ${#@} != 0 ]; then
+    tput setaf 2
+    echo $*
+    tput sgr0
+  fi
+}
+
+function helps {
+  tput setaf 3
+  echo "SkillApp Deploy-er
+  A simple deploy helper meant to be ran from a server ssh session.
+    -q, --quick          : pull, restart
+    -f, --full           : pull, bundle, migrate (rebuild sandbox db), asset clean/precompile, restart
+    -a, --with-assets    : pull, precompile, restart
+    -m, --with-migration : pull, migrate (rebuild sandbox db), restart
+    --restart            : just restart the app
+
+  "
+  tput sgr0
+}
+
+###########################################
+###########################################
+###########################################
+
+if [ ! -f ".deploy.conf" ]; then
+  msg "Missing .deploy.conf -- check out .deploy.conf.sample"
+else
+  IFS="="
+  while read -r name value; do
+    case $name in
+      'branch') export branch="${value//\"/}" ;;
+      'app_env') export app_env="${value//\"/}" ;;
+    esac
+  done < .deploy.conf
+
+  if [ ! -d ".git" ]; then
+    msg "No git repo found. You must call this script from the application root."
+    helps
+  else
+    if [ ${#@} != 1 ]; then
+      helps
+    else
+      case $1 in
+        '-a' ) assets ;;
+        '--with-assets' ) assets ;;
+        '-q' ) quick ;;
+        '--quick' ) quick ;;
+        '-f') full;;
+        '--full') full;;
+        '-m') migration;;
+        '--with-migration') migration;;
+        '--restart') app_restart;;
+        *) helps ;;
+      esac
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ed4a2a..ed3ef70 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "rails-dev assets",
   "dependencies": {
-    "bower": "^1.7.9",
+    "bower": "^1.7.9"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^3.2.2",
     "eslint-plugin-ignore-erb": "^0.1.0"
   },
-  "devDependencies": {},
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": ""
diff --git a/rebuild-dev-db.sh b/rebuild-dev-db.sh
index fcb014e..a563084 100755
--- a/rebuild-dev-db.sh
+++ b/rebuild-dev-db.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-rails db:drop && \
-rails db:setup && \
-rails db:migrate && \
-rails db:fixtures:load
+RAILS_ENV=development \
+bundle exec rake \
+  db:drop \
+  db:setup \
+  db:migrate \
+  db:fixtures:load