diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy_backend.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy_backend.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..629e6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy_backend.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: Build and Deploy Backend
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - "backend/**"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+      - "uv.lock"
+      - "deploy/deploy-backend.sh"
+
+jobs:
+  build_and_deploy:
+    runs-on: roadrunner
+
+    container:
+      volumes:
+        - /opt/blauwasser-api:/opt/blauwasser-api
+        - /var/lib/blauwasser-api:/var/lib/blauwasser-api
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Repository auschecken
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Python einrichten
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.14"
+
+      # - name: Backend testen
+      #   working-directory: backend
+      #   run: |
+      #     python -m pip install -U pip
+      #     python -m pip install -e .
+      #     pytest
+
+      - name: Backend kopieren
+        run: |
+          rsync -a --delete \
+            --exclude '.venv' \
+            --exclude '__pycache__' \
+            --exclude '*.db' \
+            backend/ /opt/blauwasser-api/backend/
+          cp pyproject.toml /opt/blauwasser-api/
+          cp uv.lock /opt/blauwasser-api/
+
+      - name: Abhängigkeiten aktualisieren
+        run: |
+          cd /opt/blauwasser-api
+          uv sync --frozen
+
+      - name: Backend neu starten
+        run: |
+          systemctl restart blauwasser-api
+          systemctl is-active --quiet blauwasser-api
+
+      - name: Deployment prüfen
+        run: |
+          curl --fail https://api.blauwasser-mausis.de/health
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index f989521..51c677d 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "fastapi-crons==2.5.0",
     "feedparser==6.0.14",
     "PyJWT==2.15.0",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.0.0",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/backend/src/backend/.env b/backend/src/backend/.env
index 5373d21..7adc803 100644
--- a/backend/src/backend/.env
+++ b/backend/src/backend/.env
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BACKEND_URL="http://localhost:8000"
 FRONTEND_URL="http://localhost:4321"
-SECRET="IamALocalSecretAndMustBeReplacedInProduction"
+JWT_SECRET="IamALocalSecretAndMustBeReplacedInProduction"
 ENVIRONMENT="local"
 MAILTRAP_API_TOKEN="FakedyFake"
-DB_NAME="dev"
\ No newline at end of file
+DATABASE_URL="sqlite:///dev.db"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/backend/__pycache__/config.cpython-314.pyc b/backend/src/backend/__pycache__/config.cpython-314.pyc
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diff --git a/backend/src/backend/__pycache__/main.cpython-314.pyc b/backend/src/backend/__pycache__/main.cpython-314.pyc
index 76bdec7..a6b028d 100644
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diff --git a/backend/src/backend/config.py b/backend/src/backend/config.py
index ecc7090..fe5f0c7 100644
--- a/backend/src/backend/config.py
+++ b/backend/src/backend/config.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import os
 
 ENVIRONMENT = os.environ["ENVIRONMENT"]
-SECRET_KEY = os.environ["SECRET"]
+JWT_SECRET = os.environ["JWT_SECRET"]
 FRONTEND_URL = os.environ["FRONTEND_URL"]
 BACKEND_URL = os.environ["BACKEND_URL"]
 MAILTRAP_API_TOKEN = os.environ["MAILTRAP_API_TOKEN"]
-DB_NAME = os.environ["DB_NAME"]
\ No newline at end of file
+DATABASE_URL = os.environ["DATABASE_URL"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/backend/internal/__pycache__/authentication.cpython-314.pyc b/backend/src/backend/internal/__pycache__/authentication.cpython-314.pyc
index 22f024c..5733d35 100644
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diff --git a/backend/src/backend/internal/__pycache__/database.cpython-314.pyc b/backend/src/backend/internal/__pycache__/database.cpython-314.pyc
index d9d2f91..1cc3525 100644
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diff --git a/backend/src/backend/internal/authentication.py b/backend/src/backend/internal/authentication.py
index ab3c901..3546dad 100644
--- a/backend/src/backend/internal/authentication.py
+++ b/backend/src/backend/internal/authentication.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Any
-from backend.config import SECRET_KEY
-import os
+
+from backend.config import JWT_SECRET
 from fastapi.security import HTTPBasicCredentials
 from fastapi import Security
 from fastapi.security import HTTPBearer
@@ -19,13 +18,13 @@ from datetime import timedelta
 
 
 ALGORITHM = "HS256"
-ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_DAYS = 360
+ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_DAYS = 180
 
 def create_access_token(data: dict, expires_delta: timedelta | None = None):
     to_encode = data.copy()
     expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + (expires_delta or timedelta(days=ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_DAYS))    
     to_encode.update({"exp": expire})
-    return jwt.encode(to_encode, SECRET_KEY, algorithm=ALGORITHM)
+    return jwt.encode(to_encode, JWT_SECRET, algorithm=ALGORITHM)
 
 security = HTTPBearer()
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ def get_token(credentials = Security(security)) -> str:
     raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Invalid authorization format")
 
 def decode_token(token: str)-> str | None:
-    payload = jwt.decode(token, SECRET_KEY, algorithms=[ALGORITHM])
+    payload = jwt.decode(token, JWT_SECRET, algorithms=[ALGORITHM])
     return payload.get("sub")
 
 async def get_current_user(token: str = Depends(get_token), session: Session = Depends(get_session)):
diff --git a/backend/src/backend/internal/database.py b/backend/src/backend/internal/database.py
index 12ad585..2d051b1 100644
--- a/backend/src/backend/internal/database.py
+++ b/backend/src/backend/internal/database.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-from backend.config import DB_NAME
+from backend.config import DATABASE_URL
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from sqlmodel import Session
 from sqlmodel import SQLModel
 from sqlmodel import create_engine
 
-sqlite_url = f"sqlite:///{DB_NAME}.db"
+sqlite_url = DATABASE_URL
 
 connect_args = {"check_same_thread": False}
 engine = create_engine(sqlite_url, connect_args=connect_args)
diff --git a/backend/src/backend/main.py b/backend/src/backend/main.py
index d81fb80..3bcb65b 100644
--- a/backend/src/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/src/backend/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+from dotenv.main import load_dotenv
 load_dotenv()
 
-from .routers import users, comments, newsletters
+from .routers import users, comments, newsletters, health
 from backend.internal.database import create_db_and_tables
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi_crons import Crons
@@ -26,4 +27,5 @@ def on_startup():
 
 app.include_router(users.router)
 app.include_router(comments.router)
-app.include_router(newsletters.router)
\ No newline at end of file
+app.include_router(newsletters.router)
+app.include_router(health.router)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/backend/routers/health.py b/backend/src/backend/routers/health.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcfe611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/backend/routers/health.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+
+@router.get("/health", include_in_schema=False)
+def health():
+    return {"status": "ok"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index 573bc4d..6b0c411 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "mailtrap" },
     { name = "pyjwt" },
     { name = "pytest" },
+    { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "sqlmodel" },
 ]
 
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "mailtrap", specifier = "==2.10.0" },
     { name = "pyjwt", specifier = "==2.15.0" },
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.1.1" },
+    { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },
     { name = "sqlmodel", specifier = ">=0.0.42" },
 ]