diff --git a/.env.production b/.env.production
deleted file mode 100644
index e853a1b..0000000
--- a/.env.production
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-VUE_APP_BACKEND_URL=https://ysu4sm9d38.eu-west-1.awsapprunner.com
-VUE_APP_BACKEND_PORT=443
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e36f407..328ed3d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ node_modules/
 .env.local
 .env.*.local
 
+# production env file (don't want to reveal path to backend)
+.env.production
+
 # Log files
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
@@ -19,3 +22,6 @@ yarn-error.log*
 *.njsproj
 *.sln
 *.sw*
+
+.aws-sam/
+*.toml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b1fb448..82cbecf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,4 +27,10 @@ See [Configuration Reference](https://cli.vuejs.org/config/).
 ```
 docker build -t mjduffin/risk-client .
 docker run -it -p 8081:80 --rm --name risk-client-1 mjduffin/risk-client
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+# Deployment
+
+Run `yarn build` and drop the contents of the `dist` directory into the S3 bucket configured for static website hosting. This can be done easily using the following CLI command:
+
+`aws s3 sync dist/ s3://<bucket-name>/`