diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a25f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clubmanager/settings.py b/clubmanager/settings.py
index af184fd..fb77a37 100644
--- a/clubmanager/settings.py
+++ b/clubmanager/settings.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from decouple import Csv, config
+from dj_database_url import parse as db_url
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
@@ -20,64 +23,63 @@ BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-dp#5%d=#&us!*zt&v(ve48!$wb4$%j$4lk8_jx#k8p!i2w^sut'
+SECRET_KEY = config("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY")
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = config("DJANGO_DEBUG", default=False, cast=bool)
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = config("DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS", cast=Csv(), default="")
+INTERNAL_IPS = config("DJANGO_INTERNAL_IPS", cast=Csv(), default="127.0.0.1")
+
+CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = config("DJANGO_CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS", cast=Csv(), default="")
 
 
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
-    'django.contrib.admin',
-    'django.contrib.auth',
-    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-    'django.contrib.sessions',
-    'django.contrib.messages',
-    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    "django.contrib.admin",
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
-    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
 ]
 
-ROOT_URLCONF = 'clubmanager.urls'
+ROOT_URLCONF = "clubmanager.urls"
 
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [BASE_DIR / 'templates']
-        ,
-        'APP_DIRS': True,
-        'OPTIONS': {
-            'context_processors': [
-                'django.template.context_processors.request',
-                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
-                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
+        "DIRS": [BASE_DIR / "templates"],
+        "APP_DIRS": True,
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "context_processors": [
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
+                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
+                "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
             ],
         },
     },
 ]
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'clubmanager.wsgi.application'
+WSGI_APPLICATION = "clubmanager.wsgi.application"
 
 
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
-    }
+    "default": config("DJANGO_DATABASE_URL", default="sqlite:///db.sqlite3", cast=db_url),
 }
 
 
@@ -86,16 +88,16 @@ DATABASES = {
 
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator",
     },
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator",
     },
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator",
     },
     {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator",
     },
 ]
 
@@ -103,9 +105,9 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/topics/i18n/
 
-LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
 
-TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+TIME_ZONE = config("DJANGO_TIME_ZONE", default="Europe/Brussels", cast=str)
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
@@ -115,4 +117,9 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/howto/static-files/
 
-STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATIC_URL = "static/"
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [BASE_DIR / "static"]
+
+MEDIA_URL = "media/"
+MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "media"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index af2bc8b..f8070a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ name = "clubmanager"
 version = "0.1.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.14"
 dependencies = [
+    "dj-database-url>=3.1.2",
     "django>=6.0.6",
+    "python-decouple>=3.8",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 8a55f2c..a17813d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ name = "clubmanager"
 version = "0.1.0"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
+    { name = "dj-database-url" },
     { name = "django" },
+    { name = "python-decouple" },
 ]
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
@@ -25,11 +27,27 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
-requires-dist = [{ name = "django", specifier = ">=6.0.6" }]
+requires-dist = [
+    { name = "dj-database-url", specifier = ">=3.1.2" },
+    { name = "django", specifier = ">=6.0.6" },
+    { name = "python-decouple", specifier = ">=3.8" },
+]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [{ name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.15.17" }]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dj-database-url"
+version = "3.1.2"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "django" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/03/f6/00b625e9d371b980aa261011d0dc906a16444cb688f94215e0dc86996eb5/dj_database_url-3.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:63c20e4bbaa51690dfd4c8d189521f6bf6bc9da9fcdb23d95d2ee8ee87f9ec62", size = 11490, upload-time = "2026-02-19T15:30:23.638Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cf/a9/57c66006373381f1d3e5bd94216f1d371228a89f443d3030e010f73dd198/dj_database_url-3.1.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:544e015fee3efa5127a1eb1cca465f4ace578265b3671fe61d0ed7dbafb5ec8a", size = 8953, upload-time = "2026-02-19T15:30:39.37Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
 version = "6.0.6"
@@ -44,6 +62,15 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/eb/50/23f9dc45483419a3cc2085b498b25adfbf10642b2941c73e6d2dfaffc9ab/django-6.0.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:25148b1194c47c2e685e5f5e9c5d59c78b075dfd282cb9618861ba6c1708f4d2", size = 8373354, upload-time = "2026-06-03T13:02:41.72Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "python-decouple"
+version = "3.8"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e1/97/373dcd5844ec0ea5893e13c39a2c67e7537987ad8de3842fe078db4582fa/python-decouple-3.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ba6e2657d4f376ecc46f77a3a615e058d93ba5e465c01bbe57289bfb7cce680f", size = 9612, upload-time = "2023-03-01T19:38:38.143Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a2/d4/9193206c4563ec771faf2ccf54815ca7918529fe81f6adb22ee6d0e06622/python_decouple-3.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d0d45340815b25f4de59c974b855bb38d03151d81b037d9e3f463b0c9f8cbd66", size = 9947, upload-time = "2023-03-01T19:38:36.015Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ruff"
 version = "0.15.17"