diff --git a/.env.prod.example b/.env.prod.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..540ec58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.prod.example
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# GUPI production environment. Copy to /opt/gupi/.env.prod on the server and fill in.
+# GUPI runs ONLY its own app container; Postgres + MinIO come from the shared gu_common
+# stack (which must already be up). These values point the app at those services.
+#
+# Deploy with:  ./deploy.sh
+# (which runs, on the server, from /opt/gupi:)
+#   docker compose -f /opt/gupi/docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file /opt/gupi/.env.prod up -d
+
+# --- Shared PostgreSQL (gu_common; reachable as gnommo-db on the shared network) ---
+POSTGRES_USER=gupi
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=CHANGE_ME
+POSTGRES_DB=gupi
+
+# --- Shared MinIO / S3 (gu_common; reachable as gnommo-minio) ---
+MINIO_ROOT_USER=CHANGE_ME
+MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=CHANGE_ME
+S3_REGION=us-east-1
+OSINT_S3_BUCKET=gupi-osint
+
+# --- App ---
+DOMAIN=glitch.university
+JWT_SECRET=CHANGE_ME_LONG_RANDOM_SECRET
+LEVEL_EDITING_ENABLED=false
+MAX_DOCUMENT_BYTES=26214400
+
+# --- OCR (evidence text extraction) ---
+OCR_ENABLED=true
+OCR_LANGUAGES=nor+eng
+OCR_TIMEOUT_MS=20000
+MAX_OCR_BYTES=15728640
+MAX_EXTRACTED_TEXT_CHARACTERS=200000
+
+# --- Evidence LLM judge (optional; disabled by default) ---
+EVIDENCE_JUDGE_PROVIDER=disabled
+EVIDENCE_JUDGE_MODEL=
+EVIDENCE_JUDGE_VERSION=evidence_claim_v1
+EVIDENCE_JUDGE_TIMEOUT_MS=10000
+EVIDENCE_JUDGE_MAX_CHARACTERS=20000
+ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index a4508ba..861f464 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ if [ "$1" = "--skip-pull" ]; then
 fi
 
 SERVER="${DEPLOY_SERVER:-root@76.13.144.52}"
-REMOTE_DIR="${DEPLOY_DIR:-/opt/osint-board}"
-COMPOSE="docker compose -f ${REMOTE_DIR}/docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file /opt/gu_common/.env.prod"
+REMOTE_DIR="${DEPLOY_DIR:-/opt/gupi}"
+# GUPI runs from its own dir with its own env; the shared services come from gu_common.
+COMPOSE="docker compose -f ${REMOTE_DIR}/docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file ${REMOTE_DIR}/.env.prod"
 
 TARGET_HOST=$(echo "${SERVER}" | sed 's/.*@//')
 OWN_IP=$(curl -sf --max-time 3 ifconfig.me 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ rsync -avz --delete \
   --exclude '.DS_Store' \
   ./ "${SERVER}:${REMOTE_DIR}/"
 
-echo "==> Verifying gu_common configuration..."
-ssh "$SERVER" "test -f /opt/gu_common/.env.prod || { echo 'ERROR: /opt/gu_common/.env.prod is missing'; exit 1; }"
+echo "==> Verifying GUPI environment..."
+ssh "$SERVER" "test -f ${REMOTE_DIR}/.env.prod || { echo 'ERROR: ${REMOTE_DIR}/.env.prod is missing (copy .env.prod.example and fill it in)'; exit 1; }"
 
 echo "==> Ensuring shared network exists..."
 ssh "$SERVER" "docker network create gnommo 2>/dev/null || true"