diff --git a/.github/workflows/django.yml b/.github/workflows/django.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2150c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/django.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Django CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main, develop, specify-site-id, github-actions-test ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main, develop, specify-site-id, github-actions-test ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 4
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.10']
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install Dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - name: Run Tests
+      run: |
+        python manage.py migrate
+        python manage.py test
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3eae80e..150baf8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /db.sqlite3
+.env
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index a48e183..4abcd6c 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-release: python manage.py migrate
-web: gunicorn A07WordOfMouth.wsgi
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+release: python manage.py migrate && python manage.py make_social_app
+web: gunicorn word_of_mouth.wsgi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11752ed..bff8cf9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@
    3. (side note: if you are running into errors, keep in mind that `localhost` and `127.0.0.1` are two different domain names, even though they resolve to the same place)
 5. Run migrations: `python manage.py migrate`
 6. Create superuser: `python manage.py createsuperuser`
-7. Go to `localhost:8000/admin`, go to "Social Applications", and add the application with the "Client ID" and "Secret Key" that we got from our GCP console.
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+7. Go to `localhost:8000/admin`, go to "Social Applications", and add the application with the "Client ID" and "Secret Key" that we got from our GCP console.
+8. In Django Admin, edit `example.com` to be `localhost` (as opposed to editing SITE_ID in settings.py)
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a7aebd3..2f423fb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ gunicorn
 
 django-bootstrap-v5
 
-django-heroku
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+django-heroku
+
+python-dotenv
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diff --git a/word_of_mouth/management/commands/make_social_app.py b/word_of_mouth/management/commands/make_social_app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed271e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/word_of_mouth/management/commands/make_social_app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from allauth.socialaccount.models import SocialApp
+from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+import os
+load_dotenv()
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = 'Makes a new social app using environment variables.'
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        try:
+
+            our_client_id = os.getenv('CLIENT_ID')
+            secret_key = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
+
+            SocialApp.objects.get(secret=secret_key, client_id=our_client_id)
+            print('Social App already exists')
+        except SocialApp.DoesNotExist:
+            sapp = SocialApp(provider='google', name='any',
+                             client_id=our_client_id,
+                             secret=secret_key)
+
+            sapp.save()
+            s = Site.objects.get(id=1)
+            s.domain = 'localhost'
+            s.save()
+            sapp.sites.add(1)
+            sapp.save()
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS('Successfully made new Social App'))
+
diff --git a/word_of_mouth/settings.py b/word_of_mouth/settings.py
index 235fc73..0b146e1 100644
--- a/word_of_mouth/settings.py
+++ b/word_of_mouth/settings.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/
 """
+import os
 
 SITE_ID = 1
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "/"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
     "allauth.socialaccount",  # <--
     "allauth.socialaccount.providers.google",
     "main",
+    "word_of_mouth",
 ]
 
 SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS = {
@@ -141,7 +143,14 @@
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 
-django_heroku.settings(locals())
+# django heroku will assume that we're running tests on Heroku CI if the 'CI' variable
+# is set... so check to see if we are running in Github Actions vs Heroku
+if 'GITHUB_ACTIONS' not in os.environ and 'DEV' not in os.environ:
+    DATABASES['default'] = {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+        'NAME': 'word_of_mouth',
+    }
+    django_heroku.settings(locals())
 
 #add this in the end of file
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
diff --git a/word_of_mouth/test.py b/word_of_mouth/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd168b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/word_of_mouth/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+
+class DummyTestCase(TestCase):
+    def test_dummy(self):
+        x = 1
+        self.assertEqual(x, 1)