diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 5ad6ad42f..84d8d31ac 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
     "start": "npm run build && node dist/index.js",
+    "production": "until false;do npm install;npm run build;node dist/index.js;sleep 1;done",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/production/README.md b/production/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e9f55969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+### misc scripts for running mempool.space production site
diff --git a/production/mempool-config.liquid.json b/production/mempool-config.liquid.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f7f3ee05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/mempool-config.liquid.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "HTTP_PORT": 8998,
+  "DB_HOST": "localhost",
+  "DB_PORT": 3306,
+  "DB_USER": "lmempool",
+  "DB_PASSWORD": "lmempool",
+  "DB_DATABASE": "lmempool",
+  "API_ENDPOINT": "/api/v1/",
+  "ELECTRS_POLL_RATE_MS": 2000,
+  "MEMPOOL_REFRESH_RATE_MS": 2000,
+  "DEFAULT_PROJECTED_BLOCKS_AMOUNT": 8,
+  "KEEP_BLOCK_AMOUNT": 24,
+  "INITIAL_BLOCK_AMOUNT": 8,
+  "TX_PER_SECOND_SPAN_SECONDS": 150,
+  "ELECTRS_API_URL": "http://[::1]:3001",
+  "SSL": false,
+  "SSL_CERT_FILE_PATH": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite/fullchain.pem",
+  "SSL_KEY_FILE_PATH": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite/privkey.pem"
+}
diff --git a/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json b/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a51cc38d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "HTTP_PORT": 8999,
+  "DB_HOST": "localhost",
+  "DB_PORT": 3306,
+  "DB_USER": "mempool",
+  "DB_PASSWORD": "mempool",
+  "DB_DATABASE": "mempool",
+  "API_ENDPOINT": "/api/v1/",
+  "ELECTRS_POLL_RATE_MS": 2000,
+  "MEMPOOL_REFRESH_RATE_MS": 2000,
+  "DEFAULT_PROJECTED_BLOCKS_AMOUNT": 8,
+  "KEEP_BLOCK_AMOUNT": 24,
+  "INITIAL_BLOCK_AMOUNT": 8,
+  "TX_PER_SECOND_SPAN_SECONDS": 150,
+  "ELECTRS_API_URL": "http://[::1]:3000",
+  "SSL": false,
+  "SSL_CERT_FILE_PATH": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite/fullchain.pem",
+  "SSL_KEY_FILE_PATH": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite/privkey.pem"
+}
diff --git a/production/mempool-config.testnet.json b/production/mempool-config.testnet.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbe96a314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/mempool-config.testnet.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "HTTP_PORT": 8997,
+  "DB_HOST": "localhost",
+  "DB_PORT": 3306,
+  "DB_USER": "tmempool",
+  "DB_PASSWORD": "tmempool",
+  "DB_DATABASE": "tmempool",
+  "API_ENDPOINT": "/api/v1/",
+  "ELECTRS_POLL_RATE_MS": 2000,
+  "MEMPOOL_REFRESH_RATE_MS": 2000,
+  "DEFAULT_PROJECTED_BLOCKS_AMOUNT": 8,
+  "KEEP_BLOCK_AMOUNT": 24,
+  "INITIAL_BLOCK_AMOUNT": 8,
+  "TX_PER_SECOND_SPAN_SECONDS": 150,
+  "ELECTRS_API_URL": "http://[::1]:3002",
+  "SSL": false,
+  "SSL_CERT_FILE_PATH": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite/fullchain.pem",
+  "SSL_KEY_FILE_PATH": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite/privkey.pem"
+}
diff --git a/production/mempool-install-all b/production/mempool-install-all
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0f9a17717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/mempool-install-all
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/local/bin/zsh
+for site in mainnet liquid testnet
+do
+    git clone https://github.com/mempool/mempool "${HOME}/${site}"
+    cd "${HOME}/${site}/backend/"
+    cp "../production/mempool-config.${site}.json" "mempool-config.json"
+    npm install
+    npm run build
+    cd "${HOME}/${site}/frontend/"
+    npm install
+    npm run build
+done
diff --git a/production/mempool-start-all b/production/mempool-start-all
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..27fa971cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/mempool-start-all
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/local/bin/zsh
+for site in mainnet liquid testnet
+do
+    cd "${HOME}/${site}/backend/"
+    screen -dmS "${site}" npm run production
+done
+
+#cd "${HOME}/webhook/"
+#screen -dmS webhook ./start
diff --git a/production/mempool-upgrade-all b/production/mempool-upgrade-all
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..06ee9e031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/mempool-upgrade-all
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/local/bin/zsh -x
+PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/bin
+
+[ -f $HOME/lock ] && exit 1
+touch $HOME/lock
+
+echo 'rebuilding mempool sites'|wall
+
+for site in mainnet liquid testnet
+do
+    cd "$HOME/${site}"
+    git pull origin master
+    hash=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+    cd "$HOME/${site}/frontend"
+    npm run build
+    rsync -av ./dist/mempool/* "${HOME}/public_html/${site}/"
+    cd "$HOME/${site}/backend"
+    npm run build
+done
+
+ps uaxw|grep 'node dist/index'|grep -v grep|awk '{print $2}'|xargs -n 1 kill
+
+keybase chat send --channel dev mempool "All mempool sites updated to ${hash}"
+
+rm "$HOME/lock"
diff --git a/nginx-wiz.conf b/production/nginx.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from nginx-wiz.conf
rename to production/nginx.conf
diff --git a/sitemap-update b/production/sitemap-update
similarity index 100%
rename from sitemap-update
rename to production/sitemap-update