diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b03e334..38dc411 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,16 +19,19 @@ This is the codebase for the website, [Snipt.net](https://snipt.net/).
 2. `heroku create`
 3. `heroku addons:add heroku-postgresql:standard-0`
 4. `heroku addons:add bonsai`
-5. `heroku config:add DEBUG=False`
-6. `heroku config:add INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY=`
-7. `heroku config:add POSTMARK_API_KEY=`
-8. `heroku config:add RAVEN_CONFIG_DSN=`
-9. `heroku config:add SECRET_KEY=`
-10. `heroku config:add STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=`
-11. `heroku config:add USE_SSL=False`
-12. `git push heroku`
-13. `heroku run pip install --index-url https://code.stripe.com --upgrade stripe`
-14. `heroku run python manage.py syncdb`
-15. `heroku run python manage.py migrate`
+5. `heroku config:add AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=`
+6. `heroku config:add AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=`
+7. `heroku config:add AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME=`
+8. `heroku config:add DEBUG=False`
+9. `heroku config:add INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY=`
+10. `heroku config:add POSTMARK_API_KEY=`
+11. `heroku config:add RAVEN_CONFIG_DSN=`
+12. `heroku config:add SECRET_KEY=`
+13. `heroku config:add STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=`
+14. `heroku config:add USE_SSL=False`
+15. `git push heroku`
+16. `heroku run pip install --index-url https://code.stripe.com --upgrade stripe`
+17. `heroku run python manage.py syncdb`
+18. `heroku run python manage.py migrate`
 
 Any problems / questions / bugs, [create an issue](https://github.com/nicksergeant/snipt/issues). Thanks! :)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c94876b..e38a9c2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 argparse==1.2.1
 biplist==0.6
-boto==2.16.0
+boto==2.33.0
 defusedxml==0.4.1
 Django==1.6
 django-annoying==0.7.7
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ django-debug-toolbar==0.11.0
 django-extensions==1.2.5
 django-markdown-deux==1.0.4
 django-pagination==1.0.7
+django-storages==1.1.8
 django-taggit==0.10
 django-tastypie==0.10.0
 django-templatetag-sugar==0.1
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index ff8858d..5683267 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ USE_I18N = True
 USE_L10N = True
 USE_TZ = True
 
+if not DEBUG:
+    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = os.environ.get('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID', '')
+    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = os.environ.get('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY', '')
+    AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = os.environ.get('AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME', '')
+    STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage'
+    S3_URL = 'https://%s.s3.amazonaws.com/' % AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME
+    STATIC_URL = S3_URL
+
 INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'gunicorn',
     'raven.contrib.django.raven_compat',
@@ -104,6 +112,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'postmark',
     'registration',
     'south',
+    'storages',
     'taggit',
     'tastypie',
     'typogrify',