diff --git a/pinaxcon/settings.py b/pinaxcon/settings.py
index e4dc7510b1d4c6036753304ccc5323d8e47b4e68..d4a6deb265ca1f339420e69ee9af810e7f7b15a2 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/settings.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/settings.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import saml2
 import saml2.saml
 
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
+import pytz
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ else:
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost', '*']
 
-TIME_ZONE = "Australia/Brisbane"
+TIME_ZONE = "Australia/Melbourne"
 DATE_FORMAT = "j F Y"
 LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-au"
 
@@ -176,12 +177,12 @@ TEMPLATES = [
     },
 ]
 
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
-    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware",
     "reversion.middleware.RevisionMiddleware",
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ else:
 WSGI_APPLICATION = "pinaxcon.wsgi.application"
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    "whitenoise.runserver_nostatic",
     "django.contrib.admin",
     "django.contrib.auth",
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "taggit",
     "reversion",
     "sitetree",
+    "django_jsonfield_backport",
     "pinax.eventlog",
 
     # symposion
@@ -283,9 +286,12 @@ DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PANELS = [
 
 DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
     'INTERCEPT_REDIRECTS': False,
-    'SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK': lambda x: DEBUG,
 }
 
+INTERNAL_IPS = [
+    '127.0.0.1',
+]
+
 from debug_toolbar.panels.logging import collector
 LOGGING = {
     'version': 1,
@@ -502,9 +508,10 @@ class PenguinDinnerCat(Category):
         return t
 
 
-LCA_START = datetime(2021, 1, 23)
-LCA_END = datetime(2021, 1, 25)
-EARLY_BIRD_DEADLINE = datetime(2020, 12, 1)
+_TZINFO = pytz.timezone(TIME_ZONE)
+LCA_START = datetime(2021, 1, 23, tzinfo=_TZINFO)
+LCA_END = datetime(2021, 1, 25, tzinfo=_TZINFO)
+EARLY_BIRD_DEADLINE = datetime(2020, 12, 1, tzinfo=_TZINFO)
 PENGUIN_DINNER_TICKET_DATE = date(2021, 1, 23)
 SPEAKER_DINNER_TICKET_DATE = date(2021, 1, 25)
 PDNS_TICKET_DATE = date(2021, 1, 24)