diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy-api/action.yml b/.github/actions/deploy-api/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..786e6a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy-api/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Deploy ReportVisions OCR-API
+description: Deploy the OCR-API to Azure App Service in the appropriate environment.
+inputs:
+  deploy-env:
+    description: The environment being deployed (e.g. "prod" or "test")
+    required: true
+  docker-tag:
+    description: The path to the tar file containing the client code to deploy
+    required: true
+  docker-registry:
+    description: The path to the tar file containing the client code to deploy
+    required: true
+  api-name:
+    description: The path to the tar file containing the client code to deploy
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Lowercase the repo name
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "REPO=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
+    - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
+      id: deploy-to-webapp
+      uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
+      with:
+        app-name: reportvision-ocr-${{ inputs.deploy-env }}
+        images: '${{ inputs.docker-registry }}/${{ env.REPO}}-${{ inputs.api-name }}:${{ inputs.docker-tag }}'
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diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy-backend/action.yml b/.github/actions/deploy-backend/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
index fcc4fef9..3f03420a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
@@ -30,70 +30,75 @@ env:
   NODE_VERSION: 20
 
 jobs:
-  # build-publish-ocr:
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   steps:
-  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-  #     - name: Build and Push backend
-  #       uses: ./.github/actions/build-publish-api
-  #       with:
-  #         docker-registry: ghcr.io
-  #         docker-pw: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  #         docker-username: ${{ github.actor }}
-  #         docker-tag: ${{ inputs.ocr-version }}
-  #         dockerfile-path: ./OCR/Dockerfile
-  #         docker-context-path: ./OCR/
-  #         api-name: ocr-api
-
-  build-frontend:
+  build-publish-ocr:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: dev2
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-frontend
-        name: Build frontend
+      - name: Build and Push backend
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-publish-api
         with:
-          api-endpoint: https://reportvision-ocr-dev2.azurewebsites.net/
-          frontend-tarball: ./frontend.tgz
-          deploy-env: dev2
-          frontend-path: ./frontend
-          frontend-build-path: ./frontend/dist/
+          docker-registry: ghcr.io
+          docker-pw: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          docker-username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          docker-tag: ${{ inputs.ocr-version }}
+          dockerfile-path: ./OCR/Dockerfile
+          docker-context-path: ./OCR/
+          api-name: ocr-api
 
-  environment-setup:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: dev2
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: azure/login@v2
-        with:
-          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
-          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
-          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/tf-setup
-        name: Setup this environment with Terraform
-        with:
-          deploy-env: dev2
-          azure-resource-group: reportvision-rg-dev2
-          azure-client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
-          azure-tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
-          azure-subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
-          app-name: reportvision
+  # build-frontend:
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   environment: dev2
+  #   steps:
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #     - uses: ./.github/actions/build-frontend
+  #       name: Build frontend
+  #       with:
+  #         api-endpoint: https://reportvision-ocr-dev2.azurewebsites.net/
+  #         frontend-tarball: ./frontend.tgz
+  #         deploy-env: dev2
+  #         frontend-path: ./frontend
+  #         frontend-build-path: ./frontend/dist/
+
+  # environment-setup:
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   environment: dev2
+  #   steps:
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #     - uses: azure/login@v2
+  #       with:
+  #         client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+  #         tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+  #         subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+  #     - uses: ./.github/actions/tf-setup
+  #       name: Setup this environment with Terraform
+  #       with:
+  #         deploy-env: dev2
+  #         azure-resource-group: reportvision-rg-dev2
+  #         azure-client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+  #         azure-tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+  #         azure-subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+  #         app-name: reportvision
 
   deploy-services:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: dev2
-    needs: [build-frontend, environment-setup]
+    needs: [build-publish-ocr]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          name: frontend-tarball
       - uses: azure/login@v2
         with:
           client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
           tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
           subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
-      - name: Deploy frontend
-        uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-frontend
+      # - name: Deploy frontend
+      #   uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-frontend
+      #   with:
+      #     frontend-tarball: frontend.tgz
+      #     deploy-env: dev2
+      - name: Deploy OCR-API
+        uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-api
         with:
-          frontend-tarball: frontend.tgz
-          deploy-env: dev2
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+          deploy-env: dev2
+          docker-tag: resusable-deploy-test-derek
+          docker-registry: ghcr.io
+          api-name: ocr-api
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