diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bddeb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+DOMAIN_NAME: 
+SECRET_KEY_BASE:
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8649fb5..964b6b1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ gem 'delayed_job_web'
 gem 'foreman'
 gem 'carrierwave'
 
+gem 'dotenv-rails'
+
 group :development do
   gem 'capistrano', '~> 3.0', require: false
   gem 'capistrano-rails',   '~> 1.1', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 09a0103..87f64b3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ GEM
       warden (~> 1.2.3)
     diff-lcs (1.2.5)
     dotenv (0.7.0)
+    dotenv-rails (0.7.0)
+      dotenv (= 0.7.0)
     em-synchrony (1.0.3)
       eventmachine (>= 1.0.0.beta.1)
     em-websocket (0.5.1)
@@ -429,6 +431,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   delayed_job_active_record
   delayed_job_web
   devise
+  dotenv-rails
   factory_girl_rails
   faker
   foreman
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 1ab9c36..d9d7070 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ set :use_sudo, false
 # set :pty, true
 
 # Default value for :linked_files is []
-set :linked_files, %w{config/database.yml}
+set :linked_files, %w{config/database.yml .env}
 
 # Default value for linked_dirs is []
 set :linked_dirs, %w{bin log tmp/pids tmp/cache tmp/sockets vendor/bundle public/system}
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace :deploy do
   task :restart do
     on roles(:app), in: :sequence, wait: 5 do
       # Your restart mechanism here, for example:
-      # execute :touch, release_path.join('tmp/restart.txt')
+      execute :touch, release_path.join('tmp/restart.txt')
     end
   end
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace :deploy do
     on roles(:web), in: :groups, limit: 3, wait: 10 do
       # Here we can do anything such as:
       # within release_path do
-      #   execute :rake, 'cache:clear'
+        execute :rake, 'cache:clear'
       # end
     end
   end
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