diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index b87fd085..2a7aaa4f 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,21 +1,35 @@
 # =============================
 # Email config
 
-# For development or quick testing use console as the email backend
+# This line is the "magic" fix. It tells Django to print emails to the terminal 
+# instead of trying to send them through a real server.
 EMAIL_BACKEND="django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend"
-# For production use smtp, uncomment the below variable
-# EMAIL_BACKEND="django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
+
 EMAIL_HOST="smtp.gmail.com"
 EMAIL_PORT=587
 EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
 EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="SkyLearn <youremail@example.com>"
-EMAIL_HOST_USER="<youremail@example.com>"
-EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD="<your email password>"
+
+# These two must exist for your config('NAME') calls to work
+EMAIL_HOST_USER="youremail@example.com"
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD="yourpassword"
 
 # =============================
-# Other
+# Database Neon - PostgresSQL
+DB_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql
+DB_NAME=neondb
+DB_USER=neondb_owner
+DB_PASSWORD=npg_B0Hujnsh8zEv
+DB_HOST=ep-gentle-shape-a1unb4h2-pooler.ap-southeast-1.aws.neon.tech
+DB_PORT=5432
 
-DEBUG=True
-SECRET_KEY="<your_secret_key>"
+# =============================
+# Cloudinary Storage - Cloudinary
+CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=ddr6xe1vn
+CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=781526684325383
+CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=F1IcPCOHWkItagYigXGm-3j6VHc
 
-GOOGLE_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
\ No newline at end of file
+# =============================
+# Other
+DEBUG=True
+SECRET_KEY="any-random-string-here"
diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index 3174e34b..4306fba8 100644
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import os
 from decouple import config
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+import cloudinary
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@
     "crispy_forms",
     "crispy_bootstrap5",
     "django_filters",
+    "cloudinary_storage",
+    "cloudinary",
 ]
 
 # Custom apps
@@ -108,11 +111,14 @@
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#databases
 
+import dj_database_url
+
 DATABASES = {
-    "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "db.sqlite3"),
-    }
+    'default': dj_database_url.config(
+        default=f"postgres://{config('DB_USER')}:{config('DB_PASSWORD')}@{config('DB_HOST')}:{config('DB_PORT')}/{config('DB_NAME')}",
+        conn_max_age=600,
+        ssl_require=True
+    )
 }
 
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/settings/#std:setting-DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD
@@ -270,3 +276,13 @@ def gettext(s):
     (SECOND, _("Second")),
     (THIRD, _("Third")),
 )
+
+# Read Cloudinary credentials from .env
+CLOUDINARY_STORAGE = {
+    'CLOUD_NAME': config('CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME'),
+    'API_KEY': config('CLOUDINARY_API_KEY'),
+    'API_SECRET': config('CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET'),
+}
+
+# Tell Django to upload all media files to Cloudinary
+DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'cloudinary_storage.storage.RawMediaCloudinaryStorage'
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 0bd2c434..85399f2f 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ crispy-bootstrap5>=2024.2  # https://github.com/django-crispy-forms/crispy-boots
 django-filter>=23.5,<24.0  # https://github.com/carltongibson/django-filter
 django-modeltranslation>=0.18,<0.19  # https://github.com/Buren/django-modeltranslation
 
+
 # PDF generator
 reportlab>=4.0,<5.0
 xhtml2pdf>=0.2.15,<1.0
@@ -29,8 +30,9 @@ stripe>=8.0,<9.0
 gopay>=2.0,<3.0
 
 # AI core
-langchain-core>=0.3,<0.4
-langchain-google-genai>=2.1,<3.0
-PyPDF2>=3.0,<4.0
-python-pptx>=1.0,<2.0
-numpy>=1.26,<3.0
+langchain
+langchain-google-genai
+
+#Cloudinary
+psycopg2-binary dj-database-url
+cloudinary django-cloudinary-storage
diff --git a/templates/navbar.html b/templates/navbar.html
index dece5ec0..6853536a 100644
--- a/templates/navbar.html
+++ b/templates/navbar.html
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@
 
 			<div class="dropdown">
 				<div class="avatar border border-2" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
+					{% if request.user.picture %}
 					<img src="{{ request.user.picture.url }}">
+					{% endif %}
 				</div>
 				<div class="dropdown-menu" style="min-width: 14rem !important;">
 					<div class="d-flex flex-column align-items-center">
 						<div class="avatar avatar-md border">
+							{% if request.user.picture %}
 							<img src="{{ request.user.picture.url }}">
+							{% endif %}
 						</div>
 	
 						<p class="small text-muted text-center mb-0">