diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cb26f04..4462b90 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,20 +2,26 @@ REGISTRY_NAME=registry.runcible.io
 FRONTEND_IMAGE_NAME=$(REGISTRY_NAME)/demo-helm-frontend
 FRONTEND_IMAGE_VERSION=1.1.0
 BACKEND_IMAGE_NAME=$(REGISTRY_NAME)/demo-helm-backend
-BACKEND_IMAGE_VERSION=1.1.0
+BACKEND_IMAGE_VERSION=1.1.0-dev
 
 push-app-image: build-app-image
 	docker push $(FRONTEND_IMAGE_NAME):$(FRONTEND_IMAGE_VERSION)
 
 build-app-image:
-	docker build -t $(FRONTEND_IMAGE_NAME):$(FRONTEND_IMAGE_VERSION) ./app/app
+	docker build -t $(FRONTEND_IMAGE_NAME):$(FRONTEND_IMAGE_VERSION) ./app
 
 push-backend-image: build-backend-image
 	docker push $(BACKEND_IMAGE_NAME):$(BACKEND_IMAGE_VERSION)
 
 build-backend-image:
-	docker build -t $(BACKEND_IMAGE_NAME):$(BACKEND_IMAGE_VERSION) ./app/backend
+	docker build -t $(BACKEND_IMAGE_NAME):$(BACKEND_IMAGE_VERSION) ./backend
 
-check:
+update-backend-deps:
+	pip-compile -o backend/requirements.txt backend/requirements.in
+
+sync-virtualenv:
+	pip-sync dev_requirements.txt backend/requirements.txt
+
+check-images:
 	echo $(FRONTEND_IMAGE_NAME):$(FRONTEND_IMAGE_VERSION)
 	echo $(BACKEND_IMAGE_NAME):$(BACKEND_IMAGE_VERSION)
diff --git a/app/app/.dockerignore b/app/.dockerignore
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rename from app/app/.dockerignore
rename to app/.dockerignore
diff --git a/app/app/.gitignore b/app/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/.gitignore
rename to app/.gitignore
diff --git a/app/app/.vscode/extensions.json b/app/.vscode/extensions.json
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/.vscode/extensions.json
rename to app/.vscode/extensions.json
diff --git a/app/app/Dockerfile b/app/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/Dockerfile
rename to app/Dockerfile
diff --git a/app/app/README.md b/app/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/README.md
rename to app/README.md
diff --git a/app/backend/requirements.txt b/app/backend/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c24781d..0000000
--- a/app/backend/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-flask==2.0.2
-gunicorn==20.1.0
-flask-cors==3.0.10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/app/index.html b/app/index.html
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/index.html
rename to app/index.html
diff --git a/app/app/package-lock.json b/app/package-lock.json
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/package-lock.json
rename to app/package-lock.json
diff --git a/app/app/package.json b/app/package.json
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/package.json
rename to app/package.json
diff --git a/app/app/postcss.config.js b/app/postcss.config.js
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/postcss.config.js
rename to app/postcss.config.js
diff --git a/app/app/public/favicon.ico b/app/public/favicon.ico
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/public/favicon.ico
rename to app/public/favicon.ico
diff --git a/app/app/src/App.vue b/app/src/App.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/src/App.vue
rename to app/src/App.vue
diff --git a/app/app/src/assets/logo.png b/app/src/assets/logo.png
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/src/assets/logo.png
rename to app/src/assets/logo.png
diff --git a/app/app/src/components/HelloWorld.vue b/app/src/components/HelloWorld.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/src/components/HelloWorld.vue
rename to app/src/components/HelloWorld.vue
diff --git a/app/app/src/index.css b/app/src/index.css
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/src/index.css
rename to app/src/index.css
diff --git a/app/app/src/main.js b/app/src/main.js
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/src/main.js
rename to app/src/main.js
diff --git a/app/app/src/services/AppService.js b/app/src/services/AppService.js
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/src/services/AppService.js
rename to app/src/services/AppService.js
diff --git a/app/app/tailwind.config.js b/app/tailwind.config.js
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/tailwind.config.js
rename to app/tailwind.config.js
diff --git a/app/app/vite.config.js b/app/vite.config.js
similarity index 100%
rename from app/app/vite.config.js
rename to app/vite.config.js
diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7df1d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+requirements.in
diff --git a/app/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
similarity index 89%
rename from app/backend/Dockerfile
rename to backend/Dockerfile
index ffac877..8a997ca 100644
--- a/app/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Base Image
-FROM python:3.7.3-stretch
+FROM python:3.10.0-buster
 
 ENV APP_HOME=/opt/app
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache -r requirements.txt
 
 # Install app
-COPY app.py .
+COPY app.py settings.py ./
 
 # Chown all the files to the app user
 RUN chown -R app:app $APP_HOME
diff --git a/app/backend/app.py b/backend/app.py
similarity index 99%
rename from app/backend/app.py
rename to backend/app.py
index e692a3d..bd5014c 100644
--- a/app/backend/app.py
+++ b/backend/app.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cors = CORS(app)
 
 __version__ = "1.0.0"
 
+
 @app.route("/ping")
 @app.route("/")
 def pong():
diff --git a/backend/requirements.in b/backend/requirements.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..550ec13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/requirements.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+flask==2.0.2
+psycopg-binary==3.0.4
+gunicorn==20.1.0
+flask-cors==3.0.10
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ef436d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.8
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile --output-file=backend/requirements.txt backend/requirements.in
+#
+click==8.0.3
+    # via flask
+flask==2.0.2
+    # via
+    #   -r backend/requirements.in
+    #   flask-cors
+flask-cors==3.0.10
+    # via -r backend/requirements.in
+gunicorn==20.1.0
+    # via -r backend/requirements.in
+itsdangerous==2.0.1
+    # via flask
+jinja2==3.0.3
+    # via flask
+markupsafe==2.0.1
+    # via jinja2
+psycopg-binary==3.0.4
+    # via -r backend/requirements.in
+six==1.16.0
+    # via flask-cors
+werkzeug==2.0.2
+    # via flask
+
+# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
+# setuptools
diff --git a/backend/settings.py b/backend/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71c400e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import os
+
+
+def build_postgres_uri(
+    host, user, dbname, port, sslmode=None, passwd=None, params=None
+):
+    """Builds a PostgreSQL uri.
+
+    See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING for additional details.
+    """
+
+    if passwd:
+        uri = f"postgresql://{user}:{passwd}@{host}:{port}/{dbname}"
+    else:
+        uri = f"postgresql://{user}@{host}:{port}/{dbname}"
+    if sslmode:
+        uri = f"{uri}?sslmode={sslmode}"
+    return uri
+
+
+POSTGRES_HOST = os.getenv("POSTGRES_HOST")
+POSTGRES_USER = os.getenv("POSTGRES_USER")
+POSTGRES_APP_DATABASE = os.getenv("POSTGRES_APP_DATABASE")
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD = os.getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD")
+POSTGRES_PORT = os.getenv("POSTGRES_PORT", default="5432")
+POSTGRES_SSL_MODE = os.getenv("POSTGRES_SSL_MODE", default="prefer")
+POSTGRES_PARAMS = os.getenv("POSTGRES_PARAMS")
diff --git a/dev_requirements.in b/dev_requirements.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..650b4ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_requirements.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+black==21.10b0
+pip-tools==6.4.0
+pytest==6.2.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f397ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.8
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile dev_requirements.in
+#
+attrs==21.2.0
+    # via pytest
+black==21.10b0
+    # via -r dev_requirements.in
+click==8.0.3
+    # via
+    #   black
+    #   pip-tools
+iniconfig==1.1.1
+    # via pytest
+mypy-extensions==0.4.3
+    # via black
+packaging==21.2
+    # via pytest
+pathspec==0.9.0
+    # via black
+pep517==0.12.0
+    # via pip-tools
+pip-tools==6.4.0
+    # via -r dev_requirements.in
+platformdirs==2.4.0
+    # via black
+pluggy==1.0.0
+    # via pytest
+py==1.11.0
+    # via pytest
+pyparsing==2.4.7
+    # via packaging
+pytest==6.2.5
+    # via -r dev_requirements.in
+regex==2021.11.10
+    # via black
+toml==0.10.2
+    # via pytest
+tomli==1.2.2
+    # via
+    #   black
+    #   pep517
+typing-extensions==4.0.0
+    # via black
+wheel==0.37.0
+    # via pip-tools
+
+# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
+# pip
+# setuptools
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/unit/__init__.py b/tests/unit/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/unit/backend/__init__.py b/tests/unit/backend/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/unit/backend/test_settings.py b/tests/unit/backend/test_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..282f303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/backend/test_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import pytest
+
+from backend.settings import build_postgres_uri
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "kwargs,expected",
+    [
+        # No password / No SSL
+        (
+            {
+                "host": "localhost",
+                "user": "superman",
+                "port": "5432",
+                "dbname": "sample",
+            },
+            "postgresql://superman@localhost:5432/sample",
+        ),
+        # No password / with SSL
+        (
+            {
+                "host": "my-postgres.hostname.io",
+                "user": "superman",
+                "port": "5432",
+                "dbname": "sample",
+                "sslmode": "prefer",
+            },
+            "postgresql://superman@my-postgres.hostname.io:5432/sample?sslmode=prefer",
+        ),
+        # No password / no SSL
+        (
+            {
+                "host": "my-postgres.hostname.io",
+                "user": "superman",
+                "passwd": "supersecret",
+                "port": "5432",
+                "dbname": "sample",
+            },
+            "postgresql://superman:supersecret@my-postgres.hostname.io:5432/sample",
+        ),
+        # password / SSL
+        (
+            {
+                "host": "254.254.254.254",
+                "user": "superman",
+                "passwd": "supersecret",
+                "port": "15432",
+                "dbname": "sample",
+            },
+            "postgresql://superman:supersecret@254.254.254.254:15432/sample",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_build_postgres_uri(kwargs, expected):
+    result = build_postgres_uri(**kwargs)
+    assert result == expected