diff --git a/k8s/app.yaml b/k8s/app.yaml
index 2bc5515..02da9c0 100644
--- a/k8s/app.yaml
+++ b/k8s/app.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,38 @@ spec:
           initialDelaySeconds: 10
           periodSeconds: 10
           failureThreshold: 3
+      - name: python-service
+        image: python:3.11-slim
+        command: ['sh', '-c', 'pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8010']
+        workingDir: /shared-code
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 8010
+        env:
+        - name: USE_LOCAL_DB
+          value: "true"
+        - name: LOCAL_DB_HOST
+          value: "192.168.8.151"
+        - name: LOCAL_DB_PORT
+          value: "5432"
+        - name: LOCAL_DB_USER
+          value: "postgres"
+        - name: LOCAL_DB_PASSWORD
+          value: "postgres"
+        - name: LOCAL_DB_NAME
+          value: "institutional_trader"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: shared-code
+          mountPath: /shared-code
+      initContainers:
+      - name: copy-python-code
+        image: 192.168.8.250:5000/market:latest
+        command: ['sh', '-c', 'cp -r /app/backend/python_service/* /shared-code/']
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: shared-code
+          mountPath: /shared-code
+      volumes:
+      - name: shared-code
+        emptyDir: {}
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service