diff --git a/conservancy/settings/dev.py b/conservancy/settings/dev.py
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+from .base import *
+
+DEBUG = True
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
+
+FORCE_CANONICAL_HOSTNAME = False
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'NAME': 'conservancy-website.sqlite3',
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+    }
+}
+
+SECRET_KEY = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
+
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'