diff --git a/native.sh b/native.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f077ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+export VAADIN_DEVMODE_ENABLED=false
+#mvn -DskipTests -Pnative native:compile
+rm -rf target
+mvn -DskipTests clean -Pnative,production package native:compile
+./target/urbot
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f131793..a8d2ff6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
 
     <dependencies>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Main Dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.embabel.agent</groupId>
@@ -83,6 +90,12 @@
             <version>${embabel-agent.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Required by angus-activation native image feature (transitively pulled via Tika) -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.mail</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.mail-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Web and Vaadin -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -148,6 +161,13 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
+                <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <!--            -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -168,6 +188,43 @@
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
+
+        <profile>
+            <id>production</id>
+            <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>vaadin-core</artifactId>
+                    <exclusions>
+                        <exclusion>
+                            <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>vaadin-dev</artifactId>
+                        </exclusion>
+                    </exclusions>
+                </dependency>
+
+            </dependencies>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>vaadin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${vaadin.version}</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>frontend</id>
+                                <phase>compile</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>prepare-frontend</goal>
+                                    <goal>build-frontend</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+
         <profile>
             <id>openai-models</id>
             <activation>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 13a08c6..e713efe 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ server:
 vaadin:
   close-idle-sessions: false
 
+
 # Neo4j Database Configuration (Drivine)
 database:
   datasources: