diff --git a/.github/workflows/blackformat.yml b/.github/workflows/blackformat.yml
index a2169b9..af72468 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/blackformat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/blackformat.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: Black Code Formatter Check
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches: [ master ]
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..128bf3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+name: deployment
+      
+# Controls when the action will run. Triggers the workflow on push or pull request
+# events but only for the master branch
+on:
+  #when there is a push to the master
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+  build:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+    
+    # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+    #does this mean that the files in my github repo are accessible by this YAML file?
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    
+    #installs a version of python, but I need this if deploying to a severless Python Lambda?
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.6'
+    
+    #credentials to connect to AWS
+    # - name: Configure AWS credentials from Production account
+    #   uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+    #   with:
+    #     aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+    #     aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+    #     aws-region: us-east-1
+
+    # Runs a set of commands using the runners shell; THIS DOESN'T WORK
+    - name: Run a multi-line script
+      env:
+        DEBUG: 'False'
+        ENV: prod
+        AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+        AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+        AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME: ${{ secrets.AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME }}
+      run: |
+         #install PIP
+         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+         cd src/
+         #install all dependencies as defined by requirements.txt in the current directory
+         pip3 install -r ../requirements.txt -t .
+         pip3 install python-dotenv==0.14.0
+         python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+         zip -r ../pycon.zip .
+     
+         #ensuring current working directory is accessible by the function--this might not be doing anything
+         export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)
+    
+    #${{ secrets.AWS_FUNCTION_NAME }}
+    #Deploy main.py to AWS
+    - name: AWS Lambda Deploy
+      uses: appleboy/lambda-action@v0.0.4
+      with:
+        aws_access_key_id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+        aws_secret_access_key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+        aws_region: us-east-1
+        #name of my AWS Lambda Function
+        function_name: pycon-demo-test
+        #contains all the files in my github repository
+        zip_file: pycon.zip
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