diff --git a/gettingstarted/settings.py b/gettingstarted/settings.py
index f075182b9..059ee2a38 100644
--- a/gettingstarted/settings.py
+++ b/gettingstarted/settings.py
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
 # Before using your Heroku app in production, make sure to review Django's deployment checklist:
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
+CACHES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache",
+        "LOCATION": os.environ.get('REDIS_TLS_URL'),
+        "OPTIONS": {
+        }
+    }
+}
+    
 # Django requires a unique secret key for each Django app, that is used by several of its
 # security features. To simplify initial setup (without hardcoding the secret in the source
 # code) we set this to a random value every time the app starts. However, this will mean many
@@ -43,6 +52,7 @@
 IS_HEROKU_APP = "DYNO" in os.environ and not "CI" in os.environ
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
 if not IS_HEROKU_APP:
     DEBUG = True
 
diff --git a/hello/templates/index.html b/hello/templates/index.html
index 55951ccc2..43171a089 100644
--- a/hello/templates/index.html
+++ b/hello/templates/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% load static %}
+{% load cache %}
+{% cache 500 recipe %}
 
 {% block content %}
 
@@ -56,3 +58,4 @@ <h3><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-link"></span> Helpful Links</h3>
   </div>
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
+{% endcache %}
diff --git a/hello/views.py b/hello/views.py
index bd7a34b00..fc513ea1a 100644
--- a/hello/views.py
+++ b/hello/views.py
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 from .models import Greeting
 
 # Create your views here.
+from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
 
-
+@cache_page(60 * 15)
 def index(request):
-    return render(request, "index.html")
+    try:
+        return render(request, "index.html")
+    except Exception as e:
+        return render(request, e)
+    
 
 
 def db(request):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ceeba6c2e..72c962557 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ django>=4.2,<5.0
 gunicorn>=20.0,<21.0
 dj-database-url>=2.0,<3.0
 whitenoise[brotli]>=6.0,<7.0
+redis>=3.0.0
 
 # Uncomment these lines to use a Postgres database. Both are needed, since in production
 # (which uses Linux) we want to install from source, so that security updates from the
 # underlying Heroku stack image are picked up automatically, thanks to dynamic linking.
 # On other platforms/in development, the precompiled binary package is used instead, to
 # speed up installation and avoid errors from missing libraries/headers.
-#psycopg; sys_platform == "linux"
-#psycopg[binary]; sys_platform != "linux"
+psycopg; sys_platform == "linux"
+psycopg[binary]; sys_platform != "linux"