diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 30e479a2..91400122 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 .env
 .env.production
+.env.staging
 .vscode/
 node_modules/
 npm-debug.log
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3de6635a..729c5e26 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ deploy:
     skip_cleanup: true
     on:
       branch: master
+  - provider: script
+    script: ./deploy-staging.sh
+    skip_cleanup: true
+    on:
+      branch: feature/public-api
 
 env:
   global:
diff --git a/deploy_staging.sh b/deploy_staging.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..032116ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy_staging.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+docker-compose build --no-cache
+docker login -u="$DOCKER_USERNAME" -p="$DOCKER_PASSWORD"
+docker tag $APP_IMAGE_NAME $DOCKER_USERNAME/$DOCKER_STAGING_REPOSITORY:$TRAVIS_COMMIT
+docker tag $APP_IMAGE_NAME $DOCKER_USERNAME/$DOCKER_STAGING_REPOSITORY:latest
+docker push $DOCKER_USERNAME/$DOCKER_STAGING_REPOSITORY:$TRAVIS_COMMIT
+docker push $DOCKER_USERNAME/$DOCKER_STAGING_REPOSITORY:latest
+
+echo $GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY_PRD | base64 --decode -i > ${HOME}/gcloud-service-key.json
+gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file ${HOME}/gcloud-service-key.json
+
+gcloud --quiet config set project $PROJECT_NAME_PRD
+gcloud --quiet config set container/cluster $CLUSTER_NAME_PRD
+gcloud --quiet config set compute/zone ${CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE}
+gcloud --quiet container clusters get-credentials $CLUSTER_NAME_PRD
+
+kubectl config view
+kubectl config current-context
+
+kubectl set image deployment/${KUBE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME} ${KUBE_DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_NAME}=index.docker.io/$DOCKER_USERNAME/$DOCKER_STAGING_REPOSITORY:$TRAVIS_COMMIT --namespace=staging
diff --git a/kubernetes_app.yml b/kubernetes_app.yml
index 7ec9fbb7..edc1cde4 100644
--- a/kubernetes_app.yml
+++ b/kubernetes_app.yml
@@ -118,3 +118,65 @@ spec:
 #             - secretRef:
 #                 name: web-editor-credentials
 #           restartPolicy: Never
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: staging
+  labels:
+    name: staging
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: web-editor-node
+  namespace: staging
+  labels:
+    app: web-editor
+spec:
+  # if your cluster supports it, uncomment the following to automatically create
+  # an external load-balanced IP for the frontend service.
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  # type: NodePort
+  ports:
+  - port: 8001
+    targetPort: 8000
+  selector:
+    app: web-editor
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: web-editor-node
+  namespace: staging
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: web-editor
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: web-editor
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: web-editor-app
+        image: index.docker.io/catarak/p5.js-web-editor:latest
+        # temp, just to test kubernetes
+        # envFrom:
+        # - configMapRef:
+        #     name: web-editor-env
+        envFrom:
+        - secretRef:
+            name: web-editor-credentials 
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 100Mi
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 8000
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /health
+            port: 8000