diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d1c2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+test/
+
+node_modules/
+.git/
+coverage/
+npm-debug.log
+
+.dockerignore
+Dockerfile
+
+.gitignore
+.gitattributes
+.editorconfig
+.idea/
+*.md
+*.iml
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2981ae5..268d94a 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 .DS_Store
-node_modules
-public
-.tmp
+/node_modules
+/public
+/.tmp
+/tmp
 .sass-cache
-app/bower_components
-heroku
+/app/bower_components
 /views
-dist
-.idea
+/dist
+/.idea
 newrelic_agent.log
 .c9
 mongodb
+*.log
 .env
 .env-prod
+npm-debug.log.*
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 8ac28bf..6b9255c 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.6.1
+6.9.2
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index c7cffc8..c3124c9 100755
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
           src: [
             'package.json',
             'server.js',
-            'newrelic.js',
             'lib/**/*'
           ]
         }]
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
   grunt.registerTask('serve', function (target) {
     if (target === 'dist') {
-      return grunt.task.run(['build', 'express:prod', 'open', 'express-keepalive']);
+      return grunt.task.run(['build', 'express:prod', 'express-keepalive']);
     }
 
     grunt.task.run([
diff --git a/app.yaml b/app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80eef9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+runtime: nodejs
+env: flex
+handlers:
+- url: /.*
+  script: IGNORED
+endpoints_api_service:
+  name: api.gdgx.io
+  config_id: 2017-03-18r0
+network:
+  instance_tag: https-server
+  name: gdg-x
+automatic_scaling:
+  min_num_instances: 1
+  max_num_instances: 2
+  cool_down_period_sec: 300
diff --git a/cron.yaml b/cron.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7276ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cron.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cron:
+- description: daily 9am EST ingestion job
+  url: /
+  schedule: every day 13:00
diff --git a/lib/config/express.js b/lib/config/express.js
index 8906900..b57158f 100755
--- a/lib/config/express.js
+++ b/lib/config/express.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var errorhandler = require('errorhandler');
 var morgan = require('morgan');
 var compression = require('compression');
 var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+var yesHttps = require('yes-https');
 const MongoStore = require('connect-mongo')(session);
 
 /**
@@ -73,4 +74,11 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
   // Passport
   app.use(passport.initialize());
   app.use(passport.session());
+
+  // Configure GAE proxy and health checks. Force HTTPS.
+  app.enable('trust proxy');
+  app.use(yesHttps({ maxAge: 31536000, includeSubdomains: true, preload: true }));
+  app.get('/_ah/health', (req, res) => {
+    res.sendStatus(200);
+  });
 };
diff --git a/openapi.json b/openapi.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a23b2df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openapi.json
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+{
+  "swagger": "2.0",
+  "info": {
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "title": "GDG-X Hub API",
+    "description": "API for using data from the Google Developer Groups (GDG) Hub.",
+    "license": {
+      "name": "MIT"
+    },
+    "contact": {
+      "name": "GDG-X Support",
+      "email": "support@gdgx.io"
+    }
+  },
+  "host": "api.gdgx.io",
+  "basePath": "/api/v1",
+  "consumes": [
+    "application/json"
+  ],
+  "produces": [
+    "application/json"
+  ],
+  "schemes": [
+    "https"
+  ],
+  "paths": {
+    "/chapters": {
+      "get": {
+        "operationId": "listChapters",
+        "description": "Returns a list containing all Chapters",
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Success",
+            "schema": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/ChapterList"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "definitions": {
+    "ChapterList": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "count": {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "pages": {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "page": {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "perpage": {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "items": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/Chapter"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "Chapter": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "_id": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "created_at": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "updated_at": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "site": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "group_type": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "country": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "state": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "city": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "__v": {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "organizers": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "geo": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/Location"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "Location": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": [
+        "lng", "lat"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "lng": {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        "lat": {
+          "type": "number"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "security": [
+
+  ],
+  "securityDefinitions": {
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 75a749b..9d75d32 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "1.4.2",
     "body-parser": "1.17.1",
+    "bower": "1.8.0",
     "burrito": "0.2.12",
     "cacher": "1.0.0",
     "cheerio": "0.19.0",
@@ -34,32 +35,10 @@
     "express": "4.15.2",
     "express-rate": "0.0.1",
     "express-session": "1.15.1",
+    "jpegtran-bin": "0.2.0",
+    "jshint-stylish": "2.2.1",
     "google-oauth-jwt": "0.1.7",
     "googleapis": "0.8.0",
-    "lodash": "2.4.1",
-    "method-override": "2.3.7",
-    "methods": "1.1.2",
-    "moment": "2.10.6",
-    "mongoose": "3.5.5",
-    "morgan": "1.8.1",
-    "node-forge": "0.6.34",
-    "node-geocoder": "2.2.0",
-    "node-uuid": "1.4.3",
-    "nodemailer": "1.4.0",
-    "passport": "0.3.2",
-    "passport-http-bearer": "1.0.1",
-    "passport-http-oauth": "0.1.3",
-    "passport-localapikey": "0.0.3",
-    "serve-favicon": "2.4.1",
-    "slugify": "0.1.1",
-    "socket.io": "0.9.17",
-    "superagent": "0.17.0",
-    "superagent-retry": "0.3.0",
-    "timequeue": "0.2.2"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "bower": "1.7.9",
-    "connect-livereload": "0.6.0",
     "grunt": "0.4.5",
     "grunt-autoprefixer": "0.4.0",
     "grunt-bower-install": "0.7.0",
@@ -85,10 +64,35 @@
     "grunt-rev": "0.1.0",
     "grunt-svgmin": "0.2.0",
     "grunt-usemin": "2.0.0",
-    "jasmine-core": "2.4.1",
-    "jpegtran-bin": "0.2.0",
-    "jshint-stylish": "2.2.1",
     "karma": "1.2.0",
+    "load-grunt-tasks": "0.2.0",
+    "lodash": "2.4.1",
+    "method-override": "2.3.7",
+    "methods": "1.1.2",
+    "moment": "2.10.6",
+    "mongoose": "3.5.5",
+    "morgan": "1.8.1",
+    "node-forge": "0.6.34",
+    "node-geocoder": "2.2.0",
+    "node-uuid": "1.4.3",
+    "nodemailer": "1.4.0",
+    "passport": "0.3.2",
+    "passport-http-bearer": "1.0.1",
+    "passport-http-oauth": "0.1.3",
+    "passport-localapikey": "0.0.3",
+    "requirejs": "2.1.20",
+    "serve-favicon": "2.4.1",
+    "slugify": "0.1.1",
+    "socket.io": "0.9.17",
+    "superagent": "0.17.0",
+    "superagent-retry": "0.3.0",
+    "timequeue": "0.2.2",
+    "time-grunt": "0.2.10",
+    "yes-https": "0.0.3"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "connect-livereload": "0.6.0",
+    "jasmine-core": "2.4.1",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "2.0.0",
     "karma-coverage": "1.1.1",
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "1.0.0",
@@ -100,20 +104,17 @@
     "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "1.0.1",
     "karma-requirejs": "1.0.0",
     "karma-script-launcher": "1.0.0",
-    "load-grunt-tasks": "0.2.0",
-    "phantomjs-prebuilt": "2.1.7",
-    "requirejs": "2.1.20",
-    "time-grunt": "0.2.10"
+    "phantomjs-prebuilt": "2.1.7"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=0.12.0"
+    "node": ">=6"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "bower install",
-    "prestart": "grunt",
-    "start": "grunt serve",
-    "startProd": "grunt serve:dist",
-    "configProd": "sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3000;export PORT=3000;",
+    "deploy": "gcloud app deploy --project gdgx-cloud --no-promote",
+    "deploy-promote": "gcloud app deploy --project gdgx-cloud",
+    "deploy-api": "gcloud service-management deploy openapi.json --project gdgx-cloud",
+    "start": "grunt serve:dist",
+    "startDev": "grunt serve",
     "test": "grunt test"
   }
 }