diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7de6a11..4e17f1f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - image: circleci/python:3.7.4
         environment:
           DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myuser:somePwd@localhost:5432/myuser
-      - image: circleci/postgres:9.6.5-alpine-ram
+      - image: circleci/postgres:9.6.5
         environment:
           POSTGRES_DB: myuser
           POSTGRES_USER: myuser
@@ -48,6 +48,23 @@ jobs:
             . venv/bin/activate
             sleep 1
             flask test
+  back-deploy-heroku:
+    docker:
+      - image: buildpack-deps:trusty
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Heroku Deploy
+          command: git push https://heroku:$HEROKU_API_KEY@git.heroku.com/$HEROKU_APP_NAME.git master
+      - run:
+          name: Smoke Test
+          command: |
+            HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/api/articles`
+            if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
+              echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+
 
 workflows:
   version: 2.1
@@ -57,4 +74,6 @@ workflows:
       - initialise:
           requires:
             - build
-
+      - back-deploy-heroku:
+          requires:
+            - docker-build-and-push
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