diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97166f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
+  <profile version="1.0">
+    <option name="myName" value="Project Default" />
+    <inspection_tool class="PyPackageRequirementsInspection" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true">
+      <option name="ignoredPackages">
+        <value>
+          <list size="1">
+            <item index="0" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="dotenv" />
+          </list>
+        </value>
+      </option>
+    </inspection_tool>
+  </profile>
+</component>
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diff --git a/recipes/secret_settings.template b/recipes/secret_settings.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fd8378f..00000000
--- a/recipes/secret_settings.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Setting file for secret settings
-imported by settings.py
-
-TEMPLATE FILE: remove .template extension and fill in missing values
-"""
-
-import os
-
-# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
-# defined in secret settings to be able to use local sqlite db's
-BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-
-# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = ''
-
-# Database
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/#databases
-
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
-    }
-}
diff --git a/recipes/settings.py b/recipes/settings.py.template
similarity index 82%
rename from recipes/settings.py
rename to recipes/settings.py.template
index 2ae2ae64..aa71d7ba 100644
--- a/recipes/settings.py
+++ b/recipes/settings.py.template
@@ -9,17 +9,22 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/settings/
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/
 """
+import os
 from django.contrib import messages
 
 from recipes.secret_settings import *
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
-# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+# Get vars from .env files
+SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['192.168.178.27', '127.0.0.1']
+DEBUG = bool(int(os.getenv('DEBUG', False)))
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS').split(',') if os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS') else []
 
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "index"
 LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = "index"
@@ -79,6 +84,20 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'recipes.wsgi.application'
 
+# Database
+# Load settings from env files
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+        'HOST': os.getenv('POSTGRES_HOST'),
+        'PORT': os.getenv('POSTGRES_PORT'),
+        'USER': os.getenv('POSTGRES_USER'),
+        'PASSWORD': os.getenv('POSTGRES_PASSWORD'),
+        'NAME': os.getenv('POSTGRES_DB'),
+    }
+}
+
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9af8c310..249224b4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ django-tables2
 django-filter
 django-crispy-forms
 djangorestframework
-django-autocomplete-light
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+django-autocomplete-light
+python-dotenv==0.7.1
+psycopg2==2.7.4
+gunicorn==19.7.1
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