diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8be246d2..e59a2c76 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@
 /app/assets/builds/*
 !/app/assets/builds/.keep
 /node_modules
+
+/config/master.key
diff --git a/bin/render-build.sh b/bin/render-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cc3924db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/render-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# exit on error
+set -o errexit
+
+bundle install
+./bin/rails assets:precompile
+./bin/rails assets:clean
+./bin/rails db:reset
diff --git a/config/credentials.yml.enc b/config/credentials.yml.enc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62653a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/credentials.yml.enc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/render.yml b/render.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc139b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/render.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+databases:
+  - name: activeadmin-demo-test-db
+    databaseName: mysite
+    user: activeadmin-demo-test
+    plan: free
+
+services:
+  - type: web
+    name: activeadmin-demo-test
+    runtime: ruby
+    plan: free
+    buildCommand: "./bin/render-build.sh"
+    startCommand: "./bin/rails server"
+    envVars:
+      - key: DATABASE_URL
+        fromDatabase:
+          name: mysite
+          property: connectionString
+      - key: RAILS_MASTER_KEY
+        sync: false
+      - key: WEB_CONCURRENCY
+        value: 2 # sensible default