diff --git a/environments/production/environment.yaml b/environments/production/environment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a980c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/production/environment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#
+# Configuration for staging environment
+#
+version: 1.0
+app:
+  # build id to deploy. if 'version' is commented out, the application is not deployed
+  version: ""
+
+  # number of instances
+  instances:
+    # min number of instances. can be 0 for scale to 0. default to 1.
+    min: 1
+    
+    # max number of instances. defaults to 1 if min == 0, otherwise defaults to min
+    max: 1
+    
+  resources:
+    # max cpu. memory limit is based on cpu value: 1:3 memory ratio, e.g. 1 cpu == 3 gb
+    cpu: 1
+
+  # List of environment variables that are set for the application
+  env:
+    - name: JVM_ARGS 
+      value: "-Xms=1024m"
+
+  # List of variables that can be referenced in the server.xml
+  variables:
+    - name: io_openliberty_sample_system_inMaintenance
+      value: "false"
diff --git a/environments/staging/environment.yaml b/environments/staging/environment.yaml
index bc79e93..f700dda 100644
--- a/environments/staging/environment.yaml
+++ b/environments/staging/environment.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 version: 1.0
 app:
   # build id to deploy. if 'version' is commented out, the application is not deployed
-  version: ""
+  version: "latest version"
 
   # configure endpoints
   endpoints: public
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ app:
     
   resources:
     # max cpu. memory limit is based on cpu value: 1:3 memory ratio, e.g. 1 cpu == 3 gb
-    cpu: 1
+    cpu: 3
 
   # List of environment variables that are set for the application
   env: