diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index cdb03fc..014ef64 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-web: cd backend && gunicorn gunicorn RattmWeb.wsgi
\ No newline at end of file
+web: cd backend && gunicorn gunicorn RattmWeb.wsgi
+web: python backend/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:$PORT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 966855b..2e2b585 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -148,5 +148,9 @@ frontend/
 You can view the Firestore project by going to:
 [Firestore Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/firestore/databases/-default-/data/panel/transactions/1LpRig3D7NipgPG67P3O?project=rattm-tli)
 
-## Backend as submodule 
-The backend is 
+## Backend in directory of main repository 
+The backend is in backend/, hosted on heroku. 
+To configure the new backend path: 
+- heroku config:set PYTHONPATH=backend 
+- Procfile edit
+- update requirement.txt