diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d3b1a9e8..b670793b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ __pycache__
 tmp/
 *.zip
 inf-covid19-data/
-inf-covid19-similarity-data/
\ No newline at end of file
+inf-covid19-similarity-data/
+app.deploy.yaml
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diff --git a/app.yaml b/app.yaml
index df25e63d..496dcfde 100644
--- a/app.yaml
+++ b/app.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ env: flex
 instance_class: B4
 manual_scaling:
   instances: 1
+env_variables:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: $GITHUB_TOKEN
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4bcd23df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+cat app.yaml | envsubst > app.deploy.yaml
+
+gcloud app deploy app.deploy.yaml --promote --quiet
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