diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 0c1a4129..c417a650 100755
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-web: yarn -cwd api start:prod
+web: node api/dist/main
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 987600b3..b1bb089e 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
       "description": "Database secret",
       "generator": "secret"
     },
+    "NODE_ENV": {
+      "description": "Node environment (production or development)",
+      "value": "production"
+    },
     "NPM_CONFIG_PRODUCTION": {
       "description": "Allow Dev Dependencies so we can compile typescript",
       "value": "false"