diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c7b1c05..3d891e2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ gem 'rubocop', '>= 1.0', '< 2.0'
 
 ruby '3.1.2'
 
+gem 'sass-rails', '>= 5.0.3'
+
 gem 'cancancan'
 
 gem 'jwt'
@@ -92,3 +94,5 @@ end
 gem 'sassc-rails'
 
 gem 'active_model_serializers', '~> 0.10.13'
+
+gem 'psych', '~> 3.3', '>= 3.3.0'
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diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 70e999c..18c112d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ GEM
       parser (>= 3.2.1.0)
     ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
     rubyzip (2.3.2)
+    sass-rails (6.0.0)
+      sassc-rails (~> 2.1, >= 2.1.1)
     sassc (2.4.0)
       ffi (~> 1.9)
     sassc-rails (2.1.2)
@@ -286,7 +288,6 @@ GEM
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     tzinfo-data (1.2023.4)
-      tzinfo (>= 1.0.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
     uniform_notifier (1.16.0)
     warden (1.2.9)
@@ -327,12 +328,13 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jwt
   letter_opener
   pg (~> 1.1)
+  psych (~> 3.3, >= 3.3.0)
   puma (~> 5.0)
   rails (~> 7.0.4)
   rails-controller-testing
   rspec-rails (>= 3.9.0)
   rubocop (>= 1.0, < 2.0)
-  sassc-rails
+  sass-rails (>= 5.0.3)
   selenium-webdriver
   shoulda-matchers (~> 5.0)
   sprockets-rails
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 9be66d3..84b4255 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
   # :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable, :trackable and :omniauthable
   devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
-         :recoverable, :rememberable, :validatable,
-         :confirmable
+         :recoverable, :rememberable, :validatable
   has_many :posts, foreign_key: 'author_id'
   has_many :comments, foreign_key: 'author_id'
   has_many :likes, foreign_key: 'author_id'
diff --git a/bin/render-build.sh b/bin/render-build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8834c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/render-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# exit on error
+set -o errexit
+
+bundle install
+./bin/rails assets:precompile
+./bin/rails assets:clean
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diff --git a/config/credentials.yml.enc b/config/credentials.yml.enc
index 68b3d24..ed6c272 100644
--- a/config/credentials.yml.enc
+++ b/config/credentials.yml.enc
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+fZJBl7a528fR1BWykT8AM3LD18ZKA1FtrIg9KuYw/KcDFKAjmff3dsorD+vfVVtUY+cNyl3Sl0XJJC0duImB8O6apOTCPnsuDiXPQXL/aeHMCrsKdZ02DVJj1TvCCNMAHN+O0awJWyjzM6mRrcMtnrWY+dUmwm1qp1Zu6S84NjSTtdAQoYeTCTjt6kTiLx2S5xIfAdXUU8tU27LlGPxzSvb0iOCh5Ha9tj7qVUGYlyZ3cdYBIyNKmKn1aUKY0ja3J7rAE6GpNrjHPuo0wxcGWFJI18pgAZ8ZJjUU+3pS406oxz2FFLmuxOhCjpK09DvfxHHM8du6rOZdGLJkHf9fHc48ebkkhNKrz60+RnQoEjvgBoZJ8QqyMTOgzTMCajmZwy7t2KvDbnhRunK6/qj1eHWtO0Sm1W0cUxHS--zL1yMu6ZxRNxnpWq--1mQb7olLAvAxI7nqcs0X+g==
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diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index cf2f862..84d8691 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ default: &default
 development:
   <<: *default
   database: blog_app_development
-  host: localhost
   username: postgres
   password: hamid
 
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ development:
 test:
   <<: *default
   database: blog_app_test
-  host: localhost
   username: postgres
   password: hamid
 
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index a5e563c..3568ef4 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 
   # Force all access to the app over SSL, use Strict-Transport-Security, and use secure cookies.
   # config.force_ssl = true
+  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: 'https://blog-app-8pi0.onrender.com/' }
 
   # Include generic and useful information about system operation, but avoid logging too much
   # information to avoid inadvertent exposure of personally identifiable information (PII).
diff --git a/db/migrate/20221007101943_add_devise_to_users.rb b/db/migrate/20221007101943_add_devise_to_users.rb
index b24d910..efc4689 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20221007101943_add_devise_to_users.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20221007101943_add_devise_to_users.rb
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ def self.up
       # t.string   :last_sign_in_ip
 
       ## Confirmable
-      t.string   :confirmation_token
-      t.datetime :confirmed_at
-      t.datetime :confirmation_sent_at
-      t.string   :unconfirmed_email # Only if using reconfirmable
+      # t.string   :confirmation_token
+      # t.datetime :confirmed_at
+      # t.datetime :confirmation_sent_at
+      # t.string   :unconfirmed_email # Only if using reconfirmable
 
       ## Lockable
       # t.integer  :failed_attempts, default: 0, null: false # Only if lock strategy is :failed_attempts
diff --git a/render.yaml b/render.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edf80a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/render.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+databases:
+  - name: mysite
+    databaseName: mysite
+    user: mysite
+    plan: free
+
+services:
+  - type: web
+    name: mysite
+    runtime: ruby
+    plan: free
+    buildCommand: "./bin/render-build.sh"
+    # preDeployCommand: "./bin/rails db:migrate" # preDeployCommand only available on paid instance types
+    startCommand: "./bin/rails server"
+    envVars:
+      - key: DATABASE_URL
+        fromDatabase:
+          name: mysite
+          property: connectionString
+      - key: RAILS_MASTER_KEY
+        sync: false
+      - key: WEB_CONCURRENCY
+        value: 2 # sensible default
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