diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edd394aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+RewriteEngine On 
+RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.duckland.org/$1 [R,L]
+
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index e88c5daa..888b1dd9 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ DEPLOY_COMMANDS = {
                 "cd sigal; sigal build",
                 "nikola build",
                 "nikola check -l",
+                "cp .htaccess output/",
 		"chmod -R a+rX output/",
 		"rsync -a --delete -e 'ssh -x -i /home/don/.ssh/http -l duck' output/ wise.dreamhost.com:httpd/duckland.org/nikola",
                 #"rsync -a --delete -e 'ssh -x -i /home/don/.ssh/http -l don' ./ don@web.duckland.org:/srv/http/work/www.duckland.org",