diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d6935f7c..35cb84af 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Features
 * For Django 1.7
 * Twitter Bootstrap_ 3
 * AngularJS_
-* Settings management via django-configurations_
+* Settings management via django-environ_
 * Registration via django-allauth_
 * User avatars via django-avatar_
 * Procfile_ for deploying to Heroku
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Features
 
 .. _Bootstrap: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap
 .. _AngularJS: https://github.com/angular/angular.js
-.. _django-configurations: https://github.com/jezdez/django-configurations
+.. _django-environ: https://github.com/joke2k/django-environ
 .. _django-allauth: https://github.com/pennersr/django-allauth
 .. _django-avatar: https://github.com/jezdez/django-avatar/
 .. _Procfile: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/procfile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ It prompts you for questions. Answer them::
     description (default is "A short description of the project.")? A reddit clone.
     domain_name (default is "example.com")? myreddit.com
     version (default is "0.1.0")? 0.0.1
-    timezone (default is "UTC")? 
+    timezone (default is "UTC")?
     now (default is "2015/01/13")? 2015/01/16
     year (default is "2015")?
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
index 828cf329..f3e85956 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Environment Variable                    Django Setting              Development
 DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID                AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID           n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY            AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY       n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME          AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME     n/a                                            raises error
-DJANGO_CACHES                           CACHES                      locmem                                         memcached
-DJANGO_DATABASES                        DATABASES                   See code                                       See code
+DJANGO_CACHES                           CACHES (default)            locmem                                         memcached
+DJANGO_DATABASES                        DATABASES (default)         See code                                       See code
 DJANGO_DEBUG                            DEBUG                       True                                           False
 DJANGO_EMAIL_BACKEND                    EMAIL_BACKEND               django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend
 DJANGO_SECRET_KEY                       SECRET_KEY                  CHANGEME!!!                                    raises error
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ It's time to write the code!!!
 Deployment
 ------------
 
-It is possible to deploy to Heroku or to your own server by using Dokku, an open source Heroku clone. 
+It is possible to deploy to Heroku or to your own server by using Dokku, an open source Heroku clone.
 
 Heroku
 ^^^^^^
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ Run these commands to deploy the project to Heroku:
     heroku addons:add sendgrid:starter
     heroku addons:add memcachier:dev
     heroku pg:promote DATABASE_URL
-    heroku config:set DJANGO_CONFIGURATION=Production
     heroku config:set DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=RANDOM_SECRET_KEY_HERE
     heroku config:set DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=YOUR_AWS_ID_HERE
     heroku config:set DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_HERE
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ Dokku
 ^^^^^
 
 You need to make sure you have a server running Dokku with at least 1GB of RAM. Backing services are
-added just like in Heroku however you must ensure you have the relevant Dokku plugins installed. 
+added just like in Heroku however you must ensure you have the relevant Dokku plugins installed.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ You can then deploy by running the following commands.
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku memcached:link {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}-memcached {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku postgres:create {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}-postgres
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku postgres:link {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}-postgres {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}
-    ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_CONFIGURATION=Production
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=RANDOM_SECRET_KEY_HERE
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=YOUR_AWS_ID_HERE
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_HERE
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/base.txt
index ae58678e..643978ae 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 django>=1.7.7,<1.8
 
 # Configuration
-django-configurations==0.8
+django-environ==0.3.0
 django-secure==1.0.1
-django-cache-url==0.8.0
-dj-database-url==0.3.0
 
 # Forms
 django-braces==1.4.0
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/__init__.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/__init__.py
index feb8c8e1..40a96afc 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/__init__.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-from .local import Local  # noqa
-from .production import Production  # noqa
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/common.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/common.py
index cc014b1e..93b028b5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/common.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/common.py
@@ -8,267 +8,254 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/settings/
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
-# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
-import os
-from os.path import join, dirname
+import environ
 
-from configurations import Configuration, values
+APPS_DIR = environ.Path(__file__) - 1  # one folder back (/a/b/ - 2 = /a/)
+ROOT_DIR = APPS_DIR - 1
 
-BASE_DIR = dirname(dirname(__file__))
+env = environ.Env()
+
+# APP CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DJANGO_APPS = (
+    # Default Django apps:
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.sites',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+
+    # Useful template tags:
+    # 'django.contrib.humanize',
+
+    # Admin
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+)
+THIRD_PARTY_APPS = (
+    'crispy_forms',  # Form layouts
+    'avatar',  # for user avatars
+    'allauth',  # registration
+    'allauth.account',  # registration
+    'allauth.socialaccount',  # registration
+)
+
+# Apps specific for this project go here.
+LOCAL_APPS = (
+    'users',  # custom users app
+    # Your stuff: custom apps go here
+)
+
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#installed-apps
+INSTALLED_APPS = DJANGO_APPS + THIRD_PARTY_APPS + LOCAL_APPS
+
+# MIDDLEWARE CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+    # Make sure djangosecure.middleware.SecurityMiddleware is listed first
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+)
+
+# MIGRATIONS CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+MIGRATION_MODULES = {
+    'sites': 'contrib.sites.migrations'
+}
+
+# DEBUG
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#debug
+DEBUG = env.bool("DJANGO_DEBUG", False)
+
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-debug
+TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
+
+# SECRET CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secret-key
+# Raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if DJANO_SECRET_KEY not in os.environ
+SECRET_KEY = env("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY")
+
+# FIXTURE CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-FIXTURE_DIRS
+FIXTURE_DIRS = (
+    str(APPS_DIR.path('fixtures')),
+)
+
+# EMAIL CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EMAIL_BACKEND = env('DJANGO_EMAIL_BACKEND', default='django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend')
+# END EMAIL CONFIGURATION
+
+# MANAGER CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#admins
+ADMINS = (
+    ("""{{cookiecutter.author_name}}""", '{{cookiecutter.email}}'),
+)
+
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#managers
+MANAGERS = ADMINS
+
+# DATABASE CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#databases
+DATABASES = {
+    # Raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if DATABASE_URL not in os.environ
+    'default': env.db("DATABASE_URL", default="postgres://localhost/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}"),
+}
+DATABASES['default']['ATOMIC_REQUESTS'] = True
 
 
-class Common(Configuration):
+# GENERAL CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
+# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
+# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
+# In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
+TIME_ZONE = '{{ cookiecutter.timezone }}'
 
-    # APP CONFIGURATION
-    DJANGO_APPS = (
-        # Default Django apps:
-        'django.contrib.auth',
-        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-        'django.contrib.sessions',
-        'django.contrib.sites',
-        'django.contrib.messages',
-        'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#language-code
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
-        # Useful template tags:
-        # 'django.contrib.humanize',
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#site-id
+SITE_ID = 1
 
-        # Admin
-        'django.contrib.admin',
-    )
-    THIRD_PARTY_APPS = (
-        'crispy_forms',  # Form layouts
-        'avatar',  # for user avatars
-        'allauth',  # registration
-        'allauth.account',  # registration
-        'allauth.socialaccount',  # registration
-    )
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-i18n
+USE_I18N = True
 
-    # Apps specific for this project go here.
-    LOCAL_APPS = (
-        'users',  # custom users app
-        # Your stuff: custom apps go here
-    )
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-l10n
+USE_L10N = True
 
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#installed-apps
-    INSTALLED_APPS = DJANGO_APPS + THIRD_PARTY_APPS + LOCAL_APPS
-    # END APP CONFIGURATION
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-tz
+USE_TZ = True
+# END GENERAL CONFIGURATION
 
-    # MIDDLEWARE CONFIGURATION
-    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-        # Make sure djangosecure.middleware.SecurityMiddleware is listed first
-        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
-        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-        'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
-        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-        'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
-        'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
-    )
-    # END MIDDLEWARE CONFIGURATION
+# TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-context-processors
+TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
+    'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+    'allauth.account.context_processors.account',
+    'allauth.socialaccount.context_processors.socialaccount',
+    'django.core.context_processors.debug',
+    'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
+    'django.core.context_processors.media',
+    'django.core.context_processors.static',
+    'django.core.context_processors.tz',
+    'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+    'django.core.context_processors.request',
+    # Your stuff: custom template context processors go here
+)
 
-    # MIGRATIONS CONFIGURATION
-    MIGRATION_MODULES = {
-        'sites': 'contrib.sites.migrations'
-    }
-    # END MIGRATIONS CONFIGURATION
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-dirs
+TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
+    str(APPS_DIR.path('templates')),
+)
 
-    # DEBUG
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#debug
-    DEBUG = values.BooleanValue(False)
+TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
+    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
+    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
+)
 
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-debug
-    TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
-    # END DEBUG
+# See: http://django-crispy-forms.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html#template-packs
+CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = 'bootstrap3'
 
-    # SECRET CONFIGURATION
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secret-key
-    # Note: This key only used for development and testing.
-    #       In production, this is changed to a values.SecretValue() setting
-    SECRET_KEY = 'CHANGEME!!!'
-    # END SECRET CONFIGURATION
+# STATIC FILE CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-root
+STATIC_ROOT = str(ROOT_DIR('staticfiles'))
 
-    # FIXTURE CONFIGURATION
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-FIXTURE_DIRS
-    FIXTURE_DIRS = (
-        join(BASE_DIR, 'fixtures'),
-    )
-    # END FIXTURE CONFIGURATION
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-url
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
-    # EMAIL CONFIGURATION
-    EMAIL_BACKEND = values.Value('django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend')
-    # END EMAIL CONFIGURATION
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#std:setting-STATICFILES_DIRS
+STATICFILES_DIRS = (
+    str(APPS_DIR.path('static')),
+)
 
-    # MANAGER CONFIGURATION
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#admins
-    ADMINS = (
-        ("""{{cookiecutter.author_name}}""", '{{cookiecutter.email}}'),
-    )
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#staticfiles-finders
+STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
+)
 
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#managers
-    MANAGERS = ADMINS
-    # END MANAGER CONFIGURATION
+# MEDIA CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-root
+MEDIA_ROOT = str(APPS_DIR('media'))
 
-    # DATABASE CONFIGURATION
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#databases
-    DATABASES = values.DatabaseURLValue('postgres://localhost/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}')
-    # END DATABASE CONFIGURATION
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-url
+MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 
-    # CACHING
-    # Do this here because thanks to django-pylibmc-sasl and pylibmc
-    # memcacheify (used on heroku) is painful to install on windows.
-    CACHES = {
-        'default': {
-            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',
-            'LOCATION': ''
+# URL Configuration
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'
+
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#wsgi-application
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'wsgi.application'
+
+# AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
+    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
+    'allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend',
+)
+
+# Some really nice defaults
+ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = 'username'
+ACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED = True
+ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = 'mandatory'
+# END AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION
+
+# Custom user app defaults
+# Select the correct user model
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'users.User'
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'users:redirect'
+LOGIN_URL = 'account_login'
+
+# SLUGLIFIER
+AUTOSLUG_SLUGIFY_FUNCTION = 'slugify.slugify'
+
+
+# LOGGING CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#logging
+# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
+# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
+# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
+# See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
+# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
+LOGGING = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'filters': {
+        'require_debug_false': {
+            '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
         }
-    }
-    # END CACHING
-
-    # GENERAL CONFIGURATION
-
-    # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
-    # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
-    # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
-    # In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
-    TIME_ZONE = '{{ cookiecutter.timezone }}'
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#language-code
-    LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#site-id
-    SITE_ID = 1
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-i18n
-    USE_I18N = True
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-l10n
-    USE_L10N = True
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-tz
-    USE_TZ = True
-    # END GENERAL CONFIGURATION
-
-    # TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-context-processors
-    TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
-        'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
-        'allauth.account.context_processors.account',
-        'allauth.socialaccount.context_processors.socialaccount',
-        'django.core.context_processors.debug',
-        'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
-        'django.core.context_processors.media',
-        'django.core.context_processors.static',
-        'django.core.context_processors.tz',
-        'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
-        'django.core.context_processors.request',
-        # Your stuff: custom template context processors go here
-    )
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-dirs
-    TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
-        join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
-    )
-
-    TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
-        'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
-        'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
-    )
-
-    # See: http://django-crispy-forms.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html#template-packs
-    CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = 'bootstrap3'
-    # END TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION
-
-    # STATIC FILE CONFIGURATION
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-root
-    STATIC_ROOT = join(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR), 'staticfiles')
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-url
-    STATIC_URL = '/static/'
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#std:setting-STATICFILES_DIRS
-    STATICFILES_DIRS = (
-        join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
-    )
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#staticfiles-finders
-    STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
-        'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
-        'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
-    )
-    # END STATIC FILE CONFIGURATION
-
-    # MEDIA CONFIGURATION
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-root
-    MEDIA_ROOT = join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-url
-    MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
-    # END MEDIA CONFIGURATION
-
-    # URL Configuration
-    ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'
-
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#wsgi-application
-    WSGI_APPLICATION = 'wsgi.application'
-    # End URL Configuration
-
-    # AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION
-    AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
-        'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
-        'allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend',
-    )
-
-    # Some really nice defaults
-    ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = 'username'
-    ACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED = True
-    ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = 'mandatory'
-    # END AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION
-
-    # Custom user app defaults
-    # Select the correct user model
-    AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'users.User'
-    LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'users:redirect'
-    LOGIN_URL = 'account_login'
-    # END Custom user app defaults
-
-    # SLUGLIFIER
-    AUTOSLUG_SLUGIFY_FUNCTION = 'slugify.slugify'
-    # END SLUGLIFIER
-
-    # LOGGING CONFIGURATION
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#logging
-    # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
-    # performed by this configuration is to send an email to
-    # the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
-    # See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
-    # more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
-    LOGGING = {
-        'version': 1,
-        'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-        'filters': {
-            'require_debug_false': {
-                '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
-            }
-        },
-        'handlers': {
-            'mail_admins': {
-                'level': 'ERROR',
-                'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
-                'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
-            }
-        },
-        'loggers': {
-            'django.request': {
-                'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
-                'level': 'ERROR',
-                'propagate': True,
-            },
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'mail_admins': {
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
+            'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
         }
+    },
+    'loggers': {
+        'django.request': {
+            'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'propagate': True,
+        },
     }
-    # END LOGGING CONFIGURATION
+}
 
-    @classmethod
-    def post_setup(cls):
-        cls.DATABASES['default']['ATOMIC_REQUESTS'] = True
-
-    # Your common stuff: Below this line define 3rd party library settings
+# Your common stuff: Below this line define 3rd party library settings
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/local.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/local.py
index daf9899b..4059bc99 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/local.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/local.py
@@ -1,44 +1,54 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 '''
-Local Configurations
+Local settings
 
 - Runs in Debug mode
 - Uses console backend for emails
 - Use Django Debug Toolbar
 '''
-from configurations import values
-from .common import Common
+
+from .common import *
+
+# DEBUG
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DEBUG = env.bool('DJANGO_DEBUG', default=True)
+TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
+
+# SECRET CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secret-key
+# Note: This key only used for development and testing.
+SECRET_KEY = env("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY", 'CHANGEME!!!')
+
+# Mail settings
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EMAIL_HOST = 'localhost'
+EMAIL_PORT = 1025
+EMAIL_BACKEND = env('DJANGO_EMAIL_BACKEND',
+                    default='django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend')
 
 
-class Local(Common):
-
-    # DEBUG
-    DEBUG = values.BooleanValue(True)
-    TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
-    # END DEBUG
-
-    # INSTALLED_APPS
-    INSTALLED_APPS = Common.INSTALLED_APPS
-    # END INSTALLED_APPS
-
-    # Mail settings
-    EMAIL_HOST = 'localhost'
-    EMAIL_PORT = 1025
-    EMAIL_BACKEND = values.Value('django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend')
-    # End mail settings
-
-    # django-debug-toolbar
-    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = Common.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES + ('debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',)
-    INSTALLED_APPS += ('debug_toolbar', 'django_extensions',)
-
-    INTERNAL_IPS = ('127.0.0.1', '10.0.2.2',)
-
-    DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
-        'DISABLE_PANELS': [
-            'debug_toolbar.panels.redirects.RedirectsPanel',
-        ],
-        'SHOW_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT': True,
+# CACHING
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+CACHES = {
+    'default': {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',
+        'LOCATION': ''
     }
-    # end django-debug-toolbar
+}
 
-    # Your local stuff: Below this line define 3rd party library settings
+# django-debug-toolbar
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES += ('debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',)
+INSTALLED_APPS += ('debug_toolbar', 'django_extensions',)
+
+INTERNAL_IPS = ('127.0.0.1', '10.0.2.2',)
+
+DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
+    'DISABLE_PANELS': [
+        'debug_toolbar.panels.redirects.RedirectsPanel',
+    ],
+    'SHOW_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT': True,
+}
+
+# Your local stuff: Below this line define 3rd party library settings
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py
index e650f2ba..3e03e7f2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py
@@ -7,124 +7,114 @@ Production Configurations
 - Use sendgrid to send emails
 - Use MEMCACHIER on Heroku
 '''
-from configurations import values
-
-from .common import Common
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 
-class Production(Common):
+from boto.s3.connection import OrdinaryCallingFormat
 
-    # This ensures that Django will be able to detect a secure connection
-    # properly on Heroku.
-    SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')
+from .common import *
 
-    # INSTALLED_APPS
-    INSTALLED_APPS = Common.INSTALLED_APPS
-    # END INSTALLED_APPS
+# This ensures that Django will be able to detect a secure connection
+# properly on Heroku.
+SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')
 
-    # SECRET KEY
-    SECRET_KEY = values.SecretValue()
-    # END SECRET KEY
+# django-secure
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+INSTALLED_APPS += ("djangosecure", )
 
-    # django-secure
-    INSTALLED_APPS += ("djangosecure", )
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+    # Make sure djangosecure.middleware.SecurityMiddleware is listed first
+    'djangosecure.middleware.SecurityMiddleware',
+) + MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
 
-    # MIDDLEWARE CONFIGURATION
-    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-        # Make sure djangosecure.middleware.SecurityMiddleware is listed first
-        'djangosecure.middleware.SecurityMiddleware',
-    )
+# set this to 60 seconds and then to 518400 when you can prove it works
+SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 60
+SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = env.bool("DJANGO_SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS", default=True)
+SECURE_FRAME_DENY = env.bool("DJANGO_SECURE_FRAME_DENY", default=True)
+SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = env.bool("DJANGO_SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF", default=True)
+SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER = True
+SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = False
+SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
+SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = env.bool("DJANGO_SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT", default=True)
 
-    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES += Common.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
-    # END MIDDLEWARE CONFIGURATION
+# SITE CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Hosts/domain names that are valid for this site
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
+# END SITE CONFIGURATION
 
-    # set this to 60 seconds and then to 518400 when you can prove it works
-    SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 60
-    SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = values.BooleanValue(True)
-    SECURE_FRAME_DENY = values.BooleanValue(True)
-    SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = values.BooleanValue(True)
-    SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER = values.BooleanValue(True)
-    SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = values.BooleanValue(False)
-    SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = values.BooleanValue(True)
-    SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = values.BooleanValue(True)
-    # end django-secure
+INSTALLED_APPS += ("gunicorn", )
 
-    # SITE CONFIGURATION
-    # Hosts/domain names that are valid for this site
-    # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
-    ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
-    # END SITE CONFIGURATION
+# STORAGE CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: http://django-storages.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html
+INSTALLED_APPS += (
+    'storages',
+)
 
-    INSTALLED_APPS += ("gunicorn", )
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage'
 
-    # STORAGE CONFIGURATION
-    # See: http://django-storages.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html
-    INSTALLED_APPS += (
-        'storages',
-    )
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = env("DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = env("DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
+AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = env("DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME")
+AWS_AUTO_CREATE_BUCKET = True
+AWS_QUERYSTRING_AUTH = False
+AWS_S3_CALLING_FORMAT = OrdinaryCallingFormat()
 
-    # See: http://django-storages.readthedocs.org/en/latest/backends/amazon-S3.html#settings
-    STATICFILES_STORAGE = DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage'
+# See: https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast
+# For Django 1.7+, 'collectfast' should come before 'django.contrib.staticfiles'
+AWS_PRELOAD_METADATA = True
+INSTALLED_APPS = ('collectfast', ) + INSTALLED_APPS
 
-    # See: http://django-storages.readthedocs.org/en/latest/backends/amazon-S3.html#settings
-    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = values.SecretValue()
-    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = values.SecretValue()
-    AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = values.SecretValue()
-    AWS_AUTO_CREATE_BUCKET = True
-    AWS_QUERYSTRING_AUTH = False
+# AWS cache settings, don't change unless you know what you're doing:
+AWS_EXPIRY = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
+AWS_HEADERS = {
+    'Cache-Control': 'max-age=%d, s-maxage=%d, must-revalidate' % (
+        AWS_EXPIRY, AWS_EXPIRY)
+}
 
-    # See: https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast
-    # For Django 1.7+, 'collectfast' should come before 'django.contrib.staticfiles'
-    AWS_PRELOAD_METADATA = True
-    INSTALLED_APPS = ('collectfast', ) + INSTALLED_APPS
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-url
+STATIC_URL = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/%s/' % AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME
 
-    # AWS cache settings, don't change unless you know what you're doing:
-    AWS_EXPIRY = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
-    AWS_HEADERS = {
-        'Cache-Control': 'max-age=%d, s-maxage=%d, must-revalidate' % (
-            AWS_EXPIRY, AWS_EXPIRY)
-    }
-    # See: http://django-storages.readthedocs.org/en/latest/backends/amazon-S3.html
-    try:
-        from boto.s3.connection import OrdinaryCallingFormat
-        AWS_S3_CALLING_FORMAT = OrdinaryCallingFormat()
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
+# EMAIL
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = env('DJANGO_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL',
+                         default='{{cookiecutter.project_name}} <noreply@{{cookiecutter.domain_name}}>')
+EMAIL_HOST = env("DJANGO_EMAIL_HOST", default='smtp.sendgrid.com')
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = env("SENDGRID_PASSWORD")
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = env('SENDGRID_USERNAME')
+EMAIL_PORT = env.int("EMAIL_PORT", default=587)
+EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = env("EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX", default='[{{cookiecutter.project_name}}] ')
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+SERVER_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
 
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-url
-    STATIC_URL = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/%s/' % AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME
-    # END STORAGE CONFIGURATION
+# TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-dirs
+TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
+    ('django.template.loaders.cached.Loader', (
+        'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
+        'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
+    )),
+)
 
-    # EMAIL
-    DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = values.Value('{{cookiecutter.project_name}} <noreply@{{cookiecutter.domain_name}}>')
-    EMAIL_HOST = values.Value('smtp.sendgrid.com')
-    EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = values.SecretValue(environ_prefix="", environ_name="SENDGRID_PASSWORD")
-    EMAIL_HOST_USER = values.SecretValue(environ_prefix="", environ_name="SENDGRID_USERNAME")
-    EMAIL_PORT = values.IntegerValue(587, environ_prefix="", environ_name="EMAIL_PORT")
-    EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = values.Value('[{{cookiecutter.project_name}}] ', environ_name="EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX")
-    EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
-    SERVER_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
-    # END EMAIL
+# DATABASE CONFIGURATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if DATABASE_URL not in os.environ
+DATABASES['defalut'] = env.db("DATABASE_URL")
 
-    # TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-dirs
-    TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
-        ('django.template.loaders.cached.Loader', (
-            'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
-            'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
-        )),
-    )
-    # END TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION
-
-    # CACHING
+# CACHING
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+try:
     # Only do this here because thanks to django-pylibmc-sasl and pylibmc
     # memcacheify is painful to install on windows.
-    try:
-        # See: https://github.com/rdegges/django-heroku-memcacheify
-        from memcacheify import memcacheify
-        CACHES = memcacheify()
-    except ImportError:
-        CACHES = values.CacheURLValue(default="memcached://127.0.0.1:11211")
-    # END CACHING
+    # See: https://github.com/rdegges/django-heroku-memcacheify
+    from memcacheify import memcacheify
+    CACHES = memcacheify()
+except ImportError:
+    CACHES = {
+        'default': env.cache_url("DJANGO_CACHE_URL", default="memcache://127.0.0.1:11211"),
+    }
 
-    # Your production stuff: Below this line define 3rd party library settings
+# Your production stuff: Below this line define 3rd party library settings
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/manage.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/manage.py
index 4e783bdc..4f90e49e 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/manage.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/manage.py
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import os
 import sys
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config")
-    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_CONFIGURATION", "Local")
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.local")
 
-    from configurations.management import execute_from_command_line
+    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
 
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/wsgi.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/wsgi.py
index f0fbcd97..805c33c9 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/wsgi.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/wsgi.py
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ import os
 # if running multiple sites in the same mod_wsgi process. To fix this, use
 # mod_wsgi daemon mode with each site in its own daemon process, or use
 # os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "{{ repo_name }}.settings"
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config")
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_CONFIGURATION", "Production")
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.production")
 
 # This application object is used by any WSGI server configured to use this
 # file. This includes Django's development server, if the WSGI_APPLICATION
 # setting points here.
-from configurations.wsgi import get_wsgi_application  # noqa
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application  # noqa
 application = get_wsgi_application()
 
 # Apply WSGI middleware here.