diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/runner.yml b/.gitea/workflows/runner.yml
index b8a8173..a2e5e3c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/runner.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/runner.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,13 @@ jobs:
             --exclude .git \
             --exclude .gitea \
             ./ /opt/rezept_finder/
+
+  deploy_backend:
+    runs-on: rezeptfinder-runner
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Prepare Python venv  
+        run: |
+          python3 -m venv /opt/rezept_finder/venv || true
+          /opt/rezept_finder/venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
+          /opt/rezept_finder/venv/bin/pip install -r /opt/rezept_finder/backend/requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index af76889..bfb4bdb 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ Flask-Migrate==4.0.7
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
 eventlet==0.36.1
+gunicorn
+