diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index bc116cd..223fd93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
+    env:
+      SEQREPO_EB_PROD: true
+
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 3ceba4b..103aa6f 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-web: seqrepo-rest-service /usr/local/share/seqrepo/2024-02-20
\ No newline at end of file
+web:  cd src && gunicorn seqrepo_rest_service.cli:app --bind 0.0.0.0:5000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cron.yaml b/cron.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 206f9d1..0000000
--- a/cron.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-version: 1
-cron: 
-  - name: "task1"
-    url: "/scheduled"
-    schedule: "* * * * *"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/seqrepo_rest_service/cli.py b/src/seqrepo_rest_service/cli.py
index 313d987..e985ad6 100644
--- a/src/seqrepo_rest_service/cli.py
+++ b/src/seqrepo_rest_service/cli.py
@@ -37,23 +37,30 @@ def _parse_opts():
     return opts
 
 
+cxapp = connexion.App(__name__, debug=True)
+
+
 def main():
     coloredlogs.install(level="INFO")
 
-    if "SEQREPO_DIR" in os.environ:
-        _logger.warn("SEQREPO_DIR environment variable is now ignored")
+    if "SEQREPO_EB_PROD" in os.environ:
+        # AWS Elastic Beanstalk env
+        seqrepo_dir = os.environ.get("SEQREPO_ROOT_DIR", "/usr/local/share/seqrepo/2024-02-20")
+    else:
+        # Local env
+        if "SEQREPO_ROOT_DIR" in os.environ:
+            _logger.warn("SEQREPO_ROOT_DIR environment variable is now ignored")
 
-    opts = _parse_opts()
+        opts = _parse_opts()
 
-    seqrepo_dir = opts.SEQREPO_INSTANCE_DIR
-    if opts.wait_for_path:
-        while not seqrepo_dir.exists():
-            _logger.info(f"{seqrepo_dir}: waiting for existence")
-            time.sleep(WAIT_POLL_PERIOD)
-        _logger.info(f"{seqrepo_dir}: path found")
-    _ = SeqRepo(seqrepo_dir.as_posix())  # test opening
+        seqrepo_dir = opts.SEQREPO_INSTANCE_DIR
+        if opts.wait_for_path:
+            while not seqrepo_dir.exists():
+                _logger.info(f"{seqrepo_dir}: waiting for existence")
+                time.sleep(WAIT_POLL_PERIOD)
+            _logger.info(f"{seqrepo_dir}: path found")
+        _ = SeqRepo(seqrepo_dir.as_posix())  # test opening
 
-    cxapp = connexion.App(__name__, debug=True)
     cxapp.app.url_map.strict_slashes = False
     cxapp.app.config["seqrepo_dir"] = seqrepo_dir
 
@@ -79,8 +86,11 @@ def refget_ui():
         return redirect("/refget/1/ui/")
 
     _logger.info("Also watching " + str(spec_files))
-    cxapp.run(host="0.0.0.0", extra_files=spec_files)
 
+    return cxapp.app, spec_files
+
+
+app, spec_files = main()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", extra_files=spec_files)