diff --git a/hc/settings.py b/hc/settings.py
index 7dd7a4ba..30d359b6 100644
--- a/hc/settings.py
+++ b/hc/settings.py
@@ -126,6 +126,6 @@ COMPRESS_OFFLINE = True
 EMAIL_BACKEND = "djmail.backends.default.EmailBackend"
 
 try:
-    from local_settings import *
+    from .local_settings import *
 except ImportError as e:
     warnings.warn("local_settings.py not found, using defaults")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6424645a..e236d131 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Django==1.8.2
 django_compressor
+django-appconf
 django-ses-backend
 psycopg2==2.6
 djmail
 premailer
 pygments
-requests
\ No newline at end of file
+requests