diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 4eeee35..f63d9cf 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ if [ "$GITHUB_USERNAME" == "your_github_username" ]; then
     echo "you buffoon change your github username in the file."
     exit 1
 fi
-
 replace_placeholders() {
     sed -i "s|ghcr.io/informaticker/zli-counter-frontend:v1|ghcr.io/${GITHUB_USERNAME}/zli-counter-frontend:${VERSION}|g" deployment/frontend.yaml
     sed -i "s|ghcr.io/informaticker/zli-counter-backend:v1|ghcr.io/${GITHUB_USERNAME}/zli-counter-backend:${VERSION}|g" deployment/backend.yaml
@@ -18,7 +17,9 @@ replace_placeholders
 oc apply -f deployment/configmap.yaml
 oc apply -f deployment/secrets.yaml
 oc apply -f deployment/database.yaml
+oc apply -f deployment/pvc.yaml
 oc apply -f deployment/backend.yaml
 oc apply -f deployment/frontend.yaml
+oc apply -f deployment/hpa.yaml
 
 echo "Deployment completed successfully! ^w^"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/database.yaml b/deployment/database.yaml
index 4a61c35..6afde39 100644
--- a/deployment/database.yaml
+++ b/deployment/database.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: counter-database
                   key: database-name
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: postgresql-data
+              mountPath: /var/lib/pgsql/data
+      volumes:
+        - name: postgresql-data
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: counter-database-pvc
 
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -47,4 +54,4 @@ spec:
   ports:
     - protocol: TCP
       port: 5432
-      targetPort: 5432
+      targetPort: 5432
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/hpa.yaml b/deployment/hpa.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19a9128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/hpa.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
+kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
+metadata:
+  name: counter-backend
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: counter-backend
+  minReplicas: 2
+  maxReplicas: 8
+  metrics:
+  - type: Resource
+    resource:
+      name: cpu
+      target:
+        type: Utilization
+        averageUtilization: 50
+
+---
+apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
+kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
+metadata:
+  name: counter-frontend
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: counter-frontend
+  minReplicas: 2
+  maxReplicas: 12
+  metrics:
+  - type: Resource
+    resource:
+      name: cpu
+      target:
+        type: Utilization
+        averageUtilization: 50
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/pvc.yaml b/deployment/pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29404c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: counter-database-pvc
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 1Gi