diff --git a/.github/workflows/nextjs.yml b/.github/workflows/nextjs.yml
index 0200770..3db671a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nextjs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nextjs.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-# Sample workflow for building and deploying a Next.js site to GitHub Pages
-#
-# To get started with Next.js see: https://nextjs.org/docs/getting-started
-#
-name: Deploy Next.js site to Pages
+# Workflow for building and deploying a Next.js site to AWS S3
+name: Deploy Next.js site to S3
 
 on:
   # Runs on pushes targeting the default branch
@@ -12,82 +9,61 @@ on:
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-# Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  pages: write
-  id-token: write
-
 # Allow only one concurrent deployment, skipping runs queued between the run in-progress and latest queued.
-# However, do NOT cancel in-progress runs as we want to allow these production deployments to complete.
 concurrency:
-  group: "pages"
+  group: "s3-deployment"
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
-  # Build job
-  build:
+  build-and-deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Detect package manager
-        id: detect-package-manager
-        run: |
-          if [ -f "${{ github.workspace }}/yarn.lock" ]; then
-            echo "manager=yarn" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "command=install" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "runner=yarn" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            exit 0
-          elif [ -f "${{ github.workspace }}/package.json" ]; then
-            echo "manager=npm" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "command=ci" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "runner=npx --no-install" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            exit 0
-          else
-            echo "Unable to determine package manager"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-      - name: Setup Node
+        
+      - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "20"
-          cache: ${{ steps.detect-package-manager.outputs.manager }}
-      - name: Setup Pages
-        uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
-        with:
-          # Automatically inject basePath in your Next.js configuration file and disable
-          # server side image optimization (https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/next/image#unoptimized).
-          #
-          # You may remove this line if you want to manage the configuration yourself.
-          static_site_generator: next
-      - name: Restore cache
+          cache: 'npm'
+          
+      - name: Create .env.local file
+        run: |
+          echo "YOUTUBE_API_KEY=${{ secrets.YOUTUBE_API_KEY }}" > .env.local
+          echo "S3_BUCKET_NAME=${{ secrets.S3_BUCKET_NAME }}" >> .env.local
+          
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+        
+      - name: Restore Next.js cache
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             .next/cache
-          # Generate a new cache whenever packages or source files change.
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-nextjs-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json', '**/yarn.lock') }}-${{ hashFiles('**.[jt]s', '**.[jt]sx') }}
-          # If source files changed but packages didn't, rebuild from a prior cache.
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-nextjs-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}-${{ hashFiles('**.[jt]s', '**.[jt]sx') }}
           restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-nextjs-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json', '**/yarn.lock') }}-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: ${{ steps.detect-package-manager.outputs.manager }} ${{ steps.detect-package-manager.outputs.command }}
-      - name: Build with Next.js
-        run: ${{ steps.detect-package-manager.outputs.runner }} next build
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+            ${{ runner.os }}-nextjs-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}-
+            
+      - name: Build Next.js site
+        env:
+          YOUTUBE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.YOUTUBE_API_KEY }}
+          S3_BUCKET_NAME: ${{ secrets.S3_BUCKET_NAME }}
+        run: npm run build:static
+        
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
-          path: ./out
-
-  # Deployment job
-  # deploy:
-  #   environment:
-  #     name: github-pages
-  #     url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   needs: build
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
-  #       id: deployment
-  #       uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+          role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::499518182498:role/cheatingchelsea-github-deployment
+          aws-region: us-east-2
+          
+      - name: Deploy to S3
+        run: |
+          aws s3 sync out/ s3://${{ secrets.S3_BUCKET_NAME }} --delete --no-cli-pager
+          
+      - name: Output deployment URL
+        run: |
+          echo "🎉 Deployment successful!"
+          echo "Your site is available at: http://${{ secrets.S3_BUCKET_NAME }}.s3-website-us-east-2.amazonaws.com"
diff --git a/next.config.ts b/next.config.ts
index 920d1b7..f107103 100644
--- a/next.config.ts
+++ b/next.config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import type {NextConfig} from 'next';
 
 const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
   /* config options here */
+  output: 'export',
+  trailingSlash: true,
+  skipTrailingSlashRedirect: true,
   typescript: {
     ignoreBuildErrors: true,
   },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f28947..4b28cb6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
     "genkit:dev": "genkit start -- tsx src/ai/dev.ts",
     "genkit:watch": "genkit start -- tsx --watch src/ai/dev.ts",
     "build": "next build",
+    "build:static": "next build",
     "start": "next start",
     "lint": "next lint",
-    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
+    "deploy:s3": "npm run build:static && aws s3 sync out/ s3://$S3_BUCKET_NAME --delete --no-cli-pager",
+    "create-s3-bucket": "node scripts/create-s3-bucket.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@genkit-ai/googleai": "^1.13.0",
diff --git a/scripts/create-s3-bucket.js b/scripts/create-s3-bucket.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7db5b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create-s3-bucket.js
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+const readline = require('readline');
+
+const rl = readline.createInterface({
+  input: process.stdin,
+  output: process.stdout
+});
+
+function askQuestion(question) {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    rl.question(question, (answer) => {
+      resolve(answer);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  try {
+    console.log('🚀 Setting up S3 bucket for static website hosting\n');
+
+    // Get bucket name
+    const bucketName = await askQuestion('Enter your S3 bucket name (must be globally unique): ');
+    
+    if (!bucketName) {
+      console.error('❌ Bucket name is required');
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // Get AWS region
+    const region = await askQuestion('Enter AWS region (default: us-east-1): ') || 'us-east-1';
+
+    console.log(`\n📦 Creating S3 bucket: ${bucketName} in region: ${region}`);
+
+    // Create bucket
+    try {
+      if (region === 'us-east-1') {
+        execSync(`aws s3 mb s3://${bucketName} --no-cli-pager`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+      } else {
+        execSync(`aws s3 mb s3://${bucketName} --region ${region} --no-cli-pager`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+      }
+      console.log('✅ Bucket created successfully');
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('❌ Failed to create bucket. It might already exist or you might not have permissions.');
+      console.error('Error:', error.message);
+    }
+
+    // Enable static website hosting
+    console.log('\n🌐 Enabling static website hosting...');
+    try {
+      execSync(`aws s3 website s3://${bucketName} --index-document index.html --error-document error.html --no-cli-pager`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+      console.log('✅ Static website hosting enabled');
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('❌ Failed to enable static website hosting');
+      console.error('Error:', error.message);
+    }
+
+    // Create bucket policy for public read access
+    const bucketPolicy = {
+      "Version": "2012-10-17",
+      "Statement": [
+        {
+          "Sid": "PublicReadGetObject",
+          "Effect": "Allow",
+          "Principal": "*",
+          "Action": "s3:GetObject",
+          "Resource": `arn:aws:s3:::${bucketName}/*`
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+
+    // Write policy to temporary file
+    require('fs').writeFileSync('/tmp/bucket-policy.json', JSON.stringify(bucketPolicy, null, 2));
+
+    console.log('\n🔓 Setting bucket policy for public read access...');
+    try {
+      execSync(`aws s3api put-bucket-policy --bucket ${bucketName} --policy file:///tmp/bucket-policy.json --no-cli-pager`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+      console.log('✅ Bucket policy applied');
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('❌ Failed to apply bucket policy');
+      console.error('Error:', error.message);
+    }
+
+    // Disable block public access
+    console.log('\n🔐 Configuring public access settings...');
+    try {
+      execSync(`aws s3api put-public-access-block --bucket ${bucketName} --public-access-block-configuration "BlockPublicAcls=false,IgnorePublicAcls=false,BlockPublicPolicy=false,RestrictPublicBuckets=false" --no-cli-pager`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+      console.log('✅ Public access configured');
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('❌ Failed to configure public access');
+      console.error('Error:', error.message);
+    }
+
+    // Get website URL
+    const websiteUrl = `http://${bucketName}.s3-website-${region}.amazonaws.com`;
+
+    console.log(`\n🎉 Setup complete!`);
+    console.log(`\n📋 Next steps:`);
+    console.log(`1. Set your bucket name as an environment variable:`);
+    console.log(`   export S3_BUCKET_NAME=${bucketName}`);
+    console.log(`\n2. Deploy your site:`);
+    console.log(`   npm run deploy:s3`);
+    console.log(`\n3. Your website will be available at:`);
+    console.log(`   ${websiteUrl}`);
+    console.log(`\n💡 Pro tip: Add S3_BUCKET_NAME=${bucketName} to your .env.local file`);
+
+    // Clean up
+    require('fs').unlinkSync('/tmp/bucket-policy.json');
+
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('❌ An error occurred:', error.message);
+  } finally {
+    rl.close();
+  }
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/src/app/robots.ts b/src/app/robots.ts
index 6e08cf5..6e4e74f 100644
--- a/src/app/robots.ts
+++ b/src/app/robots.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import type { MetadataRoute } from 'next';
 
+export const dynamic = 'force-static';
+
 export default function robots(): MetadataRoute.Robots {
   const baseUrl = 'https://cheatingchelsea.com';
   return {
diff --git a/src/app/sitemap.ts b/src/app/sitemap.ts
index 8699df5..80c4288 100644
--- a/src/app/sitemap.ts
+++ b/src/app/sitemap.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import type { MetadataRoute } from 'next';
 
+export const dynamic = 'force-static';
+
 export default function sitemap(): MetadataRoute.Sitemap {
   const baseUrl = 'https://cheatingchelsea.com';