diff --git a/bin/deploy-production b/bin/deploy-production
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# change to the project's root directory
+cd "${0%/*}/.."
+
+# put our scripts on the path
+export PATH="$(pwd)/bin:$PATH"
+
+# build the image
+docker-compose-production build --pull
+
+# run the image
+docker-compose-production up -d
+
+sleep 3
+
+docker-compose-production ps
+
+echo "$(pwd)/bin/docker-compose-production logs -f"
diff --git a/bin/docker-compose-production b/bin/docker-compose-production
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# change to the project's root directory
+cd "${0%/*}/.."
+
+exec docker-compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml "$@"