diff --git a/booking_system/settings.py b/booking_system/settings.py
index d01af99..6e0e81b 100644
--- a/booking_system/settings.py
+++ b/booking_system/settings.py
@@ -10,18 +10,17 @@ BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
 SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('JWT_SECRET', 'django-insecure-fallback-secret-key')
 
-DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG')
+DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', 'False').lower() == 'true'
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv(
-    'ALLOWED_HOSTS', 
-    '*'
-).split(',')
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS', '*').split(',')
 
-CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = os.getenv(
-    'CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS', 
-    'http://localhost:3000,http://127.0.0.1:3000,https://attunehearttherapy.com'
-).split(',')
+CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = [
+    'http://localhost:3000',
+    'http://127.0.0.1:3000',
+    'https://attunehearttherapy.com'
+]
 
+CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS = True
 
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ else:
 ENCRYPTION_KEY = os.getenv('ENCRYPTION_KEY')
 
 
-
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     {
         'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
@@ -125,23 +124,20 @@ SIMPLE_JWT = {
     'AUTH_HEADER_TYPES': ('Bearer',),
 }
 
-
-# Stripe Configuration
 STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY = os.getenv('STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY')
 STRIPE_SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('STRIPE_SECRET_KEY')
 STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET = os.getenv('STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET')
 
 
-# Jitsi Configuration
 JITSI_BASE_URL = os.getenv('JITSI_BASE_URL', 'https://meet.jit.si')
 
-# Email Configuration
+
 EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
 EMAIL_HOST = os.getenv('SMTP_HOST', 'smtp.hostinger.com')
 EMAIL_PORT = int(os.getenv('SMTP_PORT', 465))
 EMAIL_USE_SSL = True 
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.getenv('SMTP_USERNAME', 'hello@attunehearttherapy.com')
-EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('SMTP_PASSWORD', 'G&n2S;ffTc8f')
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('SMTP_PASSWORD')
 DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = os.getenv('SMTP_FROM', 'hello@attunehearttherapy.com')
 
 
@@ -158,26 +154,14 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     ),
 }
 
-# Configure Spectacular settings
+
 SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {
-    'TITLE': 'Blog API',
-    'DESCRIPTION': 'API for managing users, meetings, and more.',
+    'TITLE': 'Attune Heart Therapy API',
+    'DESCRIPTION': 'API for managing appointments, meetings, and user authentication.',
     'VERSION': '1.0.0',
     'SERVE_INCLUDE_SCHEMA': False,
 }
 
-CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = [
-    "http://localhost:3000",
-    "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
-    "http://localhost:8080",
-    "http://127.0.0.1:8080",
-]
-
-CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS = True
-
-
-
-ROOT_URLCONF = 'booking_system.urls'
 
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'users.CustomUser'
 
@@ -186,22 +170,26 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
     'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
 ]
 
-
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
 USE_I18N = True
 USE_TZ = True
 
+
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 
-CELERY_BROKER_URL = 'redis://localhost:6379/0'
-CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = 'redis://localhost:6379/0'
+
+CELERY_BROKER_URL = os.getenv('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379/0')
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = os.getenv('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379/0')
 CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ['json']
 CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = 'json'
 
+
 LOGGING = {
     'version': 1,
     'disable_existing_loggers': False,