diff --git a/.flaskenv b/.flaskenv
deleted file mode 100644
index fcfed3b..0000000
--- a/.flaskenv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-FLASK_APP=linkshortener.py
diff --git a/.flaskenv_example b/.flaskenv_example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eeb97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flaskenv_example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FLASK_APP=linkshortener.py
+FLASK_ENV=production
+#FLASK_ENV=development
+REVERSE_PROXY=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa1b5d1..db43a84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -141,4 +141,5 @@ cython_debug/
 
 app.db
 .vscode/
-logs/
\ No newline at end of file
+logs/
+.flaskenv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/forms.py b/app/forms.py
index 96a0f4b..1b958a6 100644
--- a/app/forms.py
+++ b/app/forms.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, NumberRange, Required
 
 class UrlForm(FlaskForm):
     url = StringField('Url', validators=[DataRequired()])
-    retention = IntegerField('Retention', default=5, validators = [NumberRange(min=0, max=100)])
-    retention_type = SelectField('Retention', choices = [ 'Minute', 'Hour', 'Day', 'Time'], default=2, validators = [Required()]) 
+    retention = IntegerField('Retention', default=1, validators = [NumberRange(min=0, max=100)])
+    retention_type = SelectField('Retention', choices = [(1, 'Minute'), (2, 'Hour'), (3, 'Day'), (4, 'Time')], default=3, validators = [Required()]) 
     submit = SubmitField('Shorten Url')
diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index d0f7bdc..df8c39a 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ def index():
         if hash is None:
             return redirect(url_for('index'))
 
-        death = calcDeath(form.retention.data, form.retention_type.data)
-        view_counter = None if form.retention_type.data != "Time" else form.retention.data
+        death = calcDeath(form.retention.data, int(form.retention_type.data))
+        view_counter = None if form.retention_type.data != 4 else form.retention.data
         if death is None and view_counter is None:
             app.logger.warning("Neither death nor view_counter was recieved for url")
             flash('Please specify a retention time')
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def index():
         db.session.add(url)
         db.session.commit()
         death = None if url.death is None else url.death.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
-        app.logger.info(f"{request.environ['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']} created hash '{url.hash}' for '{url.url}'. Death: {death}, View Counter: {url.view_counter}")
+        app.logger.info(f"{getClientIp()} created hash '{url.hash}' for '{url.url}'. Death: {death}, View Counter: {url.view_counter}")
         link = url_for("resolve_hash", hash=hash, _external = True)
         flash(Markup(f'Your url is shortend to <a href="{link}">{link}</a>'))
         return redirect(url_for('index'))
@@ -48,14 +48,20 @@ def getHash():
     flash('Failed generating a unique hash. Please try again.')
     return None
 
+def getClientIp():
+    if app.config['REVERSE_PROXY'] == 0:
+        return request.remote_addr
+    if app.config['REVERSE_PROXY'] == 1:
+        return request.environ['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']
+
 def calcDeath(retention, retention_type):
-    if retention_type == 'Minute':
+    if retention_type == 1:
         return datetime.now() + timedelta(minutes=retention)
-    if retention_type == 'Hour':
+    if retention_type == 2:
         return datetime.now() + timedelta(hours=retention)
-    if retention_type == 'Day':
+    if retention_type == 3:
         return datetime.now() + timedelta(days=retention)
-    if retention_type == 'Time':
+    if retention_type == 4:
         return None
     app.logger.error(f"Retention_type out of range: '{retention_type}'")
 
@@ -66,11 +72,11 @@ def resolve_hash(hash):
         return redirect(url_for('index'))
 
     url = Url.query.filter_by(hash=hash).first_or_404()
-    if check_url(url) is None:
-        if url.view_counter is not None:
-            url.view_counter -= 1
-            db.session.commit()
+    if check_url(url) is not None: abort(404)
+    if url.view_counter is not None:
+        url.view_counter -= 1
+        db.session.commit()
 
     countermessage = "" if url.view_counter is None else f". View counter was lowered to {url.view_counter}"
-    app.logger.info(f"{request.environ['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']} requested hash '{url.hash}' which resolved to '{url.url}'{countermessage}")
+    app.logger.info(f"{getClientIp()} requested hash '{url.hash}' which resolved to '{url.url}'{countermessage}")
     return redirect(url.url, 301)
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 733f13e..0d8277c 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ class Config(object):
     MAIL_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('MAIL_PASSWORD')
     ADMINS = ['your-email@example.com']
 
+    REVERSE_PROXY = os.environ.get('REVERSE_PROXY') or 0