diff --git a/symposion/conf.py b/symposion/conf.py
index dd2a6d5035bad4b8c1f13f834322835a17b4351e..ad9a1324d78ceb55bcf781793ef93f92a4791d1e 100644
--- a/symposion/conf.py
+++ b/symposion/conf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+
 from appconf import AppConf