diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-to-s3.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-to-s3.yml
index 5e2b169..8141530 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-to-s3.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-to-s3.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Deploy to S3
 on:
   push:
     branches: 
-       - main
+       - dev_main
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           apt-get update -y
           apt-get install -y zip
-          zip -r utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal.zip . \
+          zip -r utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal-dev.zip . \
             -x ".git/*" \
             -x ".gitea/*" \
             -x ".gitignore/*" \
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: |
           echo "Uploading repo contents to S3..." 
-          aws s3 cp utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal.zip s3://utopia-ai-s3-repo-bucket/utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal.zip 
+          aws s3 cp utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal-dev.zip s3://utopia-ai-s3-bucket/utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal-dev.zip 
 
 
 
diff --git a/appspec.yml b/appspec.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5232b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appspec.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: 0.0
+os: linux
+files:
+  - source: /
+    destination: /opt/codedeploy-extracted-utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal-dev
+    file_exists_behavior: OVERWRITE
+
+hooks:
+  AfterInstall:
+    - location: deploy_utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal-dev.sh
+      timeout: 600
+      runas: root
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diff --git a/deploy_utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal-dev.sh b/deploy_utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal-dev.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0a19be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy_utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# Where CodeDeploy extracted the zip package
+EXTRACT_DIR="/opt/codedeploy-extracted-utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal-dev"
+
+# Dynamically set the true destination path based on the CodeDeploy group name
+if [ -z "${DEPLOYMENT_GROUP_NAME}" ]; then
+    TARGET_DIR="utopia-ai-hr-ats-portal-dev-deployment-group"
+else
+    TARGET_DIR="${DEPLOYMENT_GROUP_NAME}"
+fi
+FINAL_DIR="/home/ec2-user/${TARGET_DIR}"
+
+echo "===== Moving files safely to ${FINAL_DIR} ====="
+# Ensure the final folder exists (won't alter it if it does)
+mkdir -p "${FINAL_DIR}"
+
+# Copy everything from the extraction directory to your app folder
+# This will overwrite code files, but leave your untracked .env safe and untouched!
+cp -r "${EXTRACT_DIR}/." "${FINAL_DIR}/"
+
+# Change into the actual app directory
+cd "${FINAL_DIR}"
+
+# Fix ownership so ec2-user owns the codebase
+chown -R ec2-user:ec2-user "${FINAL_DIR}"
+
+echo "--------- Checking/Installing Docker ---------"
+if ! command -v docker &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Installing Docker..."
+    dnf install docker -y
+fi
+
+systemctl start docker
+systemctl enable docker
+usermod -aG docker ec2-user
+
+echo "Docker: $(docker --version)"
+
+echo "--------- Installing Latest Docker Compose ---------"
+mkdir -p /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins
+curl -SL "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-linux-$(uname -m)" \
+     -o /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+chmod +x /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+echo "Docker Compose: $(docker compose version)"
+
+echo "--------- Installing Latest Docker Buildx ---------"
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+    BUILDX_ARCH="amd64"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "aarch64" ]; then
+    BUILDX_ARCH="arm64"
+else
+    BUILDX_ARCH="$ARCH"
+fi
+
+# Fetch latest release tag (e.g. v0.21.1)
+BUILDX_TAG=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/buildx/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name"' | cut -d'"' -f4)
+
+echo "Downloading Buildx version ${BUILDX_TAG} for ${BUILDX_ARCH}..."
+
+# Remove any existing broken binary before downloading
+rm -f /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+
+curl -SL "https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/${BUILDX_TAG}/buildx-${BUILDX_TAG}.linux-${BUILDX_ARCH}" \
+     -o /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+chmod +x /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+echo "Docker Buildx: $(docker buildx version)"
+
+if [ ! -f "docker-compose.yml" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: docker-compose.yml not found in ${FINAL_DIR}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "--------- Stopping existing containers ---------"
+docker compose down --remove-orphans || true
+
+echo "--------- Building and starting containers ---------"
+docker compose --env-file ./backend/.env build --no-cache
+docker compose --env-file ./backend/.env up -d
+
+echo "--------- Running containers ---------"
+docker ps
+
+# Optional: Clean up extraction directory to keep disk space clean
+rm -rf "${EXTRACT_DIR:?}/*"
+
+echo "===== Deployment completed successfully ====="
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