diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/Dockerfile b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/Dockerfile
index b84ba5431..5d762cd14 100644
--- a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.11-bullseye
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG USE_PERSISTENT_DATA
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ COPY --chown=user ./frontend/ frontend/
 RUN cd frontend && npm install && npm run build
 
 # Start the FastAPI server
-CMD python3 src/server.py --port ${FAST_API_PORT}
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD python3 src/bot_runner.py --port ${FAST_API_PORT}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/README.md b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/README.md
index f3a23d305..b2c1e3d8a 100644
--- a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/README.md
+++ b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 mv env.example .env
 ```
 
+When deploying to production, to ensure only this app can spawn a new bot, set your `ENV` to `production`
+
 **Build the frontend:**
 
 This project uses a custom frontend, which needs to built. Note: this is done automatically as part of the Docker deployment.
@@ -64,11 +66,11 @@ The build UI files can be found in `frontend/out`
 
 Start the API / bot manager:
 
-`python src/server.py`
+`python src/bot_runner.py`
 
 If you'd like to run a custom domain or port:
 
-`python src/server.py --host somehost --p 7777`
+`python src/bot_runner.py --host somehost --p someport`
 
 ➡️ Open the host URL in your browser `http://localhost:7860`
 
diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/env.example b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/env.example
index 56b121a4d..7060aef52 100644
--- a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/env.example
+++ b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-DAILY_API_KEY=7df...
-ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=aeb...
-ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID=7S...
-FAL_KEY=8c...
-OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-PL...
+DAILY_API_KEY=
+DAILY_SAMPLE_ROOM_URL=
+ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=
+ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID=
+FAL_KEY=
+OPENAI_API_KEY=
+
+ENV= # dev | production
+RUN_AS_VM= # Set this if you want to run bots on process (not launch a new VM)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/App.tsx b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/App.tsx
index 761787c88..73ad50a97 100644
--- a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/App.tsx
+++ b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/App.tsx
@@ -27,14 +27,11 @@ export default function Call() {
 
     // Create a new room for the story session
     try {
-      const response = await fetch("/create", {
+      const response = await fetch("/start_bot", {
         method: "POST",
         headers: {
           "Content-Type": "application/json",
         },
-        body: JSON.stringify({
-          room_url: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ROOM_URL || null,
-        }),
       });
 
       const { room_url, token } = await response.json();
@@ -55,21 +52,9 @@ export default function Call() {
       // Disable local audio, the bot will say hello first
       daily.setLocalAudio(false);
 
-      // Start the bot
-      const resp = await fetch("/start", {
-        method: "POST",
-        headers: {
-          "Content-Type": "application/json",
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({
-          room_url,
-        }),
-      });
-
       setState("started");
     } catch (error) {
       setState("error");
-      leave();
     }
   }
 
@@ -79,7 +64,13 @@ export default function Call() {
   }
 
   if (state === "error") {
-    return <div>An Error occured</div>;
+    return (
+      <div className="flex items-center mx-auto">
+        <p className="text-red-500 font-semibold bg-white px-4 py-2 shadow-xl rounded-lg">
+          This demo is currently at capacity. Please try again later.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    );
   }
 
   if (state === "started") {
diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/DevicePicker/index.tsx b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/DevicePicker/index.tsx
index 6cc69796d..cdbc21c5b 100644
--- a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/DevicePicker/index.tsx
+++ b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/DevicePicker/index.tsx
@@ -108,26 +108,26 @@ export default function DevicePicker({}: Props) {
       {hasMicError && (
         <div className="error">
           {micState === "blocked" ? (
-            <p>
+            <p className="text-red-500">
               Please check your browser and system permissions. Make sure that
               this app is allowed to access your microphone.
             </p>
           ) : micState === "in-use" ? (
-            <p>
+            <p className="text-red-500">
               Your microphone is being used by another app. Please close any
               other apps using your microphone and restart this app.
             </p>
           ) : micState === "not-found" ? (
-            <p>
+            <p className="text-red-500">
               No microphone seems to be connected. Please connect a microphone.
             </p>
           ) : micState === "not-supported" ? (
-            <p>
+            <p className="text-red-500">
               This app is not supported on your device. Please update your
               software or use a different device.
             </p>
           ) : (
-            <p>
+            <p className="text-red-500">
               There seems to be an issue accessing your microphone. Try
               restarting the app or consult a system administrator.
             </p>
diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/Setup.tsx b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/Setup.tsx
index 42781e87e..4b6c35ea6 100644
--- a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/Setup.tsx
+++ b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/components/Setup.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import DevicePicker from "@/components/DevicePicker";
-import { IconEar, IconLoader2 } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import { IconAlertCircle, IconEar, IconLoader2 } from "@tabler/icons-react";
 
 type SetupProps = {
   handleStart: () => void;
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export const Setup: React.FC<SetupProps> = ({ handleStart }) => {
           <h1 className="text-4xl font-bold text-pretty tracking-tighter mb-4">
             Welcome to <span className="text-sky-500">Storytime</span>
           </h1>
-
           {state === "intro" ? (
             <>
               <p className="text-gray-600 leading-relaxed text-pretty">
@@ -38,6 +37,9 @@ export const Setup: React.FC<SetupProps> = ({ handleStart }) => {
                 <IconEar size={24} /> For best results, try in a quiet
                 environment!
               </p>
+              <p className="flex flex-row gap-2 text-gray-600 font-medium text-red-500">
+                <IconAlertCircle size={24} /> This demo expires after 5 minutes.
+              </p>
             </>
           ) : (
             <>
@@ -49,7 +51,6 @@ export const Setup: React.FC<SetupProps> = ({ handleStart }) => {
               <DevicePicker />
             </>
           )}
-
           <hr className="border-gray-150 my-2" />
 
           <Button
diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/env.example b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/env.example
index edad9bc2b..e17c89b4d 100644
--- a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/env.example
+++ b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/frontend/env.example
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-NEXT_PUBLIC_ROOM_URL=
 SITE_URL=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/src/bot.py b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/src/bot.py
index 96bb7626a..4bd50fe42 100644
--- a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/src/bot.py
+++ b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/src/bot.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 
 
-from pipecat.frames.frames import LLMMessagesFrame, StopTaskFrame
+from pipecat.frames.frames import LLMMessagesFrame, StopTaskFrame, EndFrame
 from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
 from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
 from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineTask
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ async def main(room_url, token=None):
 
         main_task = PipelineTask(main_pipeline)
 
+        @transport.event_handler("on_participant_left")
+        async def on_participant_left(transport, participant, reason):
+            intro_task.queue_frame(EndFrame())
+            await main_task.queue_frame(EndFrame())
+
+        @transport.event_handler("on_call_state_updated")
+        async def on_call_state_updated(transport, state):
+            if state == "left":
+                await main_task.queue_frame(EndFrame())
+
         await runner.run(main_task)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/src/bot_runner.py b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/src/bot_runner.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5f2781a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/src/bot_runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+import os
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import requests
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, HTTPException
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
+from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, JSONResponse
+
+from pipecat.transports.services.helpers.daily_rest import DailyRESTHelper, DailyRoomObject, DailyRoomProperties, DailyRoomParams
+
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv(override=True)
+
+# ------------ Fast API Config ------------ #
+
+MAX_SESSION_TIME = 5 * 60  # 5 minutes
+
+daily_rest_helper = DailyRESTHelper(
+    os.getenv("DAILY_API_KEY", ""),
+    os.getenv("DAILY_API_URL", 'https://api.daily.co/v1'))
+
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+app.add_middleware(
+    CORSMiddleware,
+    allow_origins=["*"],
+    allow_credentials=True,
+    allow_methods=["*"],
+    allow_headers=["*"],
+)
+
+# Mount the static directory
+STATIC_DIR = "frontend/out"
+
+
+# ------------ Fast API Routes ------------ #
+
+app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=STATIC_DIR, html=True), name="static")
+
+
+@app.post("/start_bot")
+async def start_bot(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
+    if os.getenv("ENV", "dev") == "production":
+        # Only allow requests from the specified domain
+        host_header = request.headers.get("host")
+        allowed_domains = ["storytelling-chatbot.fly.dev", "www.storytelling-chatbot.fly.dev"]
+        # Check if the Host header matches the allowed domain
+        if host_header not in allowed_domains:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Access denied")
+
+    try:
+        data = await request.json()
+        # Is this a webhook creation request?
+        if "test" in data:
+            return JSONResponse({"test": True})
+    except Exception as e:
+        pass
+
+    # Use specified room URL, or create a new one if not specified
+    room_url = os.getenv("DAILY_SAMPLE_ROOM_URL", "")
+
+    if not room_url:
+        params = DailyRoomParams(
+            properties=DailyRoomProperties()
+        )
+        try:
+            room: DailyRoomObject = daily_rest_helper.create_room(params=params)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=500,
+                detail=f"Unable to provision room {e}")
+    else:
+        # Check passed room URL exists, we should assume that it already has a sip set up
+        try:
+            room: DailyRoomObject = daily_rest_helper.get_room_from_url(room_url)
+        except Exception:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=500, detail=f"Room not found: {room_url}")
+
+    # Give the agent a token to join the session
+    token = daily_rest_helper.get_token(room.url, MAX_SESSION_TIME)
+
+    if not room or not token:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=500, detail=f"Failed to get token for room: {room_url}")
+
+    # Launch a new VM, or run as a shell process (not recommended)
+    if os.getenv("RUN_AS_VM", False):
+        try:
+            virtualize_bot(room.url, token)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=500, detail=f"Failed to spawn VM: {e}")
+    else:
+        try:
+            subprocess.Popen(
+                [f"python3 -m bot -u {room.url} -t {token}"],
+                shell=True,
+                bufsize=1,
+                cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=500, detail=f"Failed to start subprocess: {e}")
+
+    # Grab a token for the user to join with
+    user_token = daily_rest_helper.get_token(room.url, MAX_SESSION_TIME)
+
+    return JSONResponse({
+        "room_url": room.url,
+        "token": user_token,
+    })
+
+
+@app.get("/{path_name:path}", response_class=FileResponse)
+async def catch_all(path_name: Optional[str] = ""):
+    if path_name == "":
+        return FileResponse(f"{STATIC_DIR}/index.html")
+
+    file_path = Path(STATIC_DIR) / (path_name or "")
+
+    if file_path.is_file():
+        return file_path
+
+    html_file_path = file_path.with_suffix(".html")
+    if html_file_path.is_file():
+        return FileResponse(html_file_path)
+
+    raise HTTPException(status_code=450, detail="Incorrect API call")
+
+
+# ------------ Virtualization ------------ #
+
+def virtualize_bot(room_url: str, token: str):
+    """
+    This is an example of how to virtualize the bot using Fly.io
+    You can adapt this method to use whichever cloud provider you prefer.
+    """
+    FLY_API_HOST = os.getenv("FLY_API_HOST", "https://api.machines.dev/v1")
+    FLY_APP_NAME = os.getenv("FLY_APP_NAME", "storytelling-chatbot")
+    FLY_API_KEY = os.getenv("FLY_API_KEY", "")
+    FLY_HEADERS = {
+        'Authorization': f"Bearer {FLY_API_KEY}",
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+    }
+
+    # Use the same image as the bot runner
+    res = requests.get(f"{FLY_API_HOST}/apps/{FLY_APP_NAME}/machines", headers=FLY_HEADERS)
+    if res.status_code != 200:
+        raise Exception(f"Unable to get machine info from Fly: {res.text}")
+    image = res.json()[0]['config']['image']
+
+    # Machine configuration
+    cmd = f"python3 src/bot.py -u {room_url} -t {token}"
+    cmd = cmd.split()
+    worker_props = {
+        "config": {
+            "image": image,
+            "auto_destroy": True,
+            "init": {
+                "cmd": cmd
+            },
+            "restart": {
+                "policy": "no"
+            },
+            "guest": {
+                "cpu_kind": "shared",
+                "cpus": 1,
+                "memory_mb": 512
+            }
+        },
+
+    }
+
+    # Spawn a new machine instance
+    res = requests.post(
+        f"{FLY_API_HOST}/apps/{FLY_APP_NAME}/machines",
+        headers=FLY_HEADERS,
+        json=worker_props)
+
+    if res.status_code != 200:
+        raise Exception(f"Problem starting a bot worker: {res.text}")
+
+    # Wait for the machine to enter the started state
+    vm_id = res.json()['id']
+
+    res = requests.get(
+        f"{FLY_API_HOST}/apps/{FLY_APP_NAME}/machines/{vm_id}/wait?state=started",
+        headers=FLY_HEADERS)
+
+    if res.status_code != 200:
+        raise Exception(f"Bot was unable to enter started state: {res.text}")
+
+    print(f"Machine joined room: {room_url}")
+
+
+# ------------ Main ------------ #
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Check environment variables
+    required_env_vars = ['OPENAI_API_KEY', 'DAILY_API_KEY',
+                         'FAL_KEY', 'ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID', 'ELEVENLABS_API_KEY']
+    for env_var in required_env_vars:
+        if env_var not in os.environ:
+            raise Exception(f"Missing environment variable: {env_var}.")
+
+    import uvicorn
+
+    default_host = os.getenv("HOST", "0.0.0.0")
+    default_port = int(os.getenv("FAST_API_PORT", "7860"))
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Daily Storyteller FastAPI server")
+    parser.add_argument("--host", type=str,
+                        default=default_host, help="Host address")
+    parser.add_argument("--port", type=int,
+                        default=default_port, help="Port number")
+    parser.add_argument("--reload", action="store_true",
+                        help="Reload code on change")
+
+    config = parser.parse_args()
+
+    uvicorn.run(
+        "bot_runner:app",
+        host=config.host,
+        port=config.port,
+        reload=config.reload
+    )
diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/src/server.py b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/src/server.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 89f67a15b..000000000
--- a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/src/server.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,175 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import argparse
-import subprocess
-import atexit
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
-
-from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, HTTPException
-from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
-from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
-from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, JSONResponse
-
-from utils.daily_helpers import create_room as _create_room, get_token, get_name_from_url
-
-MAX_BOTS_PER_ROOM = 1
-
-# Bot sub-process dict for status reporting and concurrency control
-bot_procs = {}
-
-
-def cleanup():
-    # Clean up function, just to be extra safe
-    for proc in bot_procs.values():
-        proc.terminate()
-        proc.wait()
-
-
-atexit.register(cleanup)
-
-
-app = FastAPI()
-
-app.add_middleware(
-    CORSMiddleware,
-    allow_origins=["*"],
-    allow_credentials=True,
-    allow_methods=["*"],
-    allow_headers=["*"],
-)
-
-# Mount the static directory
-STATIC_DIR = "frontend/out"
-
-app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=STATIC_DIR, html=True), name="static")
-
-
-@app.post("/create")
-async def create_room(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
-    data = await request.json()
-
-    if data.get('room_url') is not None:
-        room_url = data.get('room_url')
-        room_name = get_name_from_url(room_url)
-    else:
-        room_url, room_name = _create_room()
-
-    token = get_token(room_url)
-
-    return JSONResponse({"room_url": room_url, "room_name": room_name, "token": token})
-
-
-@app.post("/start")
-async def start_agent(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
-    data = await request.json()
-
-    # Is this a webhook creation request?
-    if "test" in data:
-        return JSONResponse({"test": True})
-
-    # Ensure the room property is present
-    room_url = data.get('room_url')
-    if not room_url:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=500,
-            detail="Missing 'room' property in request data. Cannot start agent without a target room!")
-
-    # Check if there is already an existing process running in this room
-    num_bots_in_room = sum(
-        1 for proc in bot_procs.values() if proc[1] == room_url and proc[0].poll() is None)
-    if num_bots_in_room >= MAX_BOTS_PER_ROOM:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=500, detail=f"Max bot limited reach for room: {room_url}")
-
-    # Get the token for the room
-    token = get_token(room_url)
-
-    if not token:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=500, detail=f"Failed to get token for room: {room_url}")
-
-    # Spawn a new agent, and join the user session
-    # Note: this is mostly for demonstration purposes (refer to 'deployment' in README)
-    try:
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(
-            [
-                f"python3 -m bot -u {room_url} -t {token}"
-            ],
-            shell=True,
-            bufsize=1,
-            cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-        )
-        bot_procs[proc.pid] = (proc, room_url)
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=500, detail=f"Failed to start subprocess: {e}")
-
-    return JSONResponse({"bot_id": proc.pid, "room_url": room_url})
-
-
-@app.get("/status/{pid}")
-def get_status(pid: int):
-    # Look up the subprocess
-    proc = bot_procs.get(pid)
-
-    # If the subprocess doesn't exist, return an error
-    if not proc:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=404, detail=f"Bot with process id: {pid} not found")
-
-    # Check the status of the subprocess
-    if proc[0].poll() is None:
-        status = "running"
-    else:
-        status = "finished"
-
-    return JSONResponse({"bot_id": pid, "status": status})
-
-
-@app.get("/{path_name:path}", response_class=FileResponse)
-async def catch_all(path_name: Optional[str] = ""):
-    if path_name == "":
-        return FileResponse(f"{STATIC_DIR}/index.html")
-
-    file_path = Path(STATIC_DIR) / (path_name or "")
-
-    if file_path.is_file():
-        return file_path
-
-    html_file_path = file_path.with_suffix(".html")
-    if html_file_path.is_file():
-        return FileResponse(html_file_path)
-
-    raise HTTPException(status_code=450, detail="Incorrect API call")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # Check environment variables
-    required_env_vars = ['OPENAI_API_KEY', 'DAILY_API_KEY',
-                         'FAL_KEY', 'ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID', 'ELEVENLABS_API_KEY']
-    for env_var in required_env_vars:
-        if env_var not in os.environ:
-            raise Exception(f"Missing environment variable: {env_var}.")
-
-    import uvicorn
-
-    default_host = os.getenv("HOST", "0.0.0.0")
-    default_port = int(os.getenv("FAST_API_PORT", "7860"))
-
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description="Daily Storyteller FastAPI server")
-    parser.add_argument("--host", type=str,
-                        default=default_host, help="Host address")
-    parser.add_argument("--port", type=int,
-                        default=default_port, help="Port number")
-    parser.add_argument("--reload", action="store_true",
-                        help="Reload code on change")
-
-    config = parser.parse_args()
-
-    uvicorn.run(
-        "server:app",
-        host=config.host,
-        port=config.port,
-        reload=config.reload
-    )