diff --git a/dss/settings.py b/dss/settings.py
deleted file mode 100755
index d496525..0000000
--- a/dss/settings.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,222 +0,0 @@
-# Django settings for dss project.
-from datetime import timedelta
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
-import djcelery
-import os
-from dss import localsettings
-from utils import here
-from django.conf import global_settings
-
-DEBUG = localsettings.DEBUG
-TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
-
-ADMINS = (
-    ('Fergal Moran', 'fergal.moran@gmail.com'),
-    )
-
-MANAGERS = ADMINS
-AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'spa.UserProfile'
-
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
-        'NAME': 'deepsouthsounds',
-        'USER': 'deepsouthsounds',
-        'PASSWORD': '',
-        'HOST': '',
-        'PORT': '',
-        }
-}
-ROOT_URLCONF = 'dss.urls'
-TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Dublin'
-LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-ie'
-SITE_ID = 1
-USE_I18N = False
-USE_L10N = True
-USE_TZ = False
-
-SITE_ROOT = here('')
-MEDIA_ROOT = here('media')
-CACHE_ROOT = here('media/cache')
-MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
-
-STATIC_ROOT = here('static') #localsettings.STATIC_ROOT if hasattr(localsettings, 'STATIC_ROOT') else ''
-STATIC_URL = '/static/'
-ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = STATIC_URL + "grappelli/"
-
-TINYMCE_JS_URL = os.path.join(STATIC_ROOT, "js/libs/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js")
-TINYMCE_DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
-    'cleanup_on_startup': True,
-    'custom_undo_redo_levels': 10,
-    #'mode': "textareas",
-    'theme': "advanced",
-    'theme_advanced_toolbar_location': "top",
-    'theme_advanced_toolbar_align': "left",
-    'theme_advanced_buttons1': "fullscreen,separator,preview,separator,bold,italic,underline,strikethrough,separator,bullist,numlist,outdent,indent,separator,undo,redo,separator,link,unlink,anchor,separator,image,cleanup,help,separator,code"
-    ,
-    'theme_advanced_buttons2': "",
-    'theme_advanced_buttons3': "",
-    'auto_cleanup_word': True,
-    'plugins': "table,save,advhr,advimage,advlink,emotions,iespell,insertdatetime,print,contextmenu,fullscreen,preview,searchreplace"
-    ,
-    'plugin_insertdate_dateFormat': "%m/%d/%Y",
-    'plugin_insertdate_timeFormat': "%H:%M:%S",
-    'extended_valid_elements': "a[name|href|target=_blank|title|onclick],img[class|src|border=0|alt|title|hspace|vspace|width|height|align|onmouseover|onmouseout|name],hr[class|width|size|noshade],font[face|size|color|style],span[class|align|style]"
-    ,
-    'fullscreen_settings': {
-        'theme_advanced_path_location': "top",
-        'theme_advanced_buttons1': "fullscreen,separator,preview,separator,cut,copy,paste,separator,undo,redo,separator,search,replace,separator,code,separator,cleanup,separator,bold,italic,underline,strikethrough,separator,forecolor,backcolor,separator,justifyleft,justifycenter,justifyright,justifyfull,separator,help"
-        ,
-        'theme_advanced_buttons2': "removeformat,styleselect,formatselect,fontselect,fontsizeselect,separator,bullist,numlist,outdent,indent,separator,link,unlink,anchor"
-        ,
-        'theme_advanced_buttons3': "sub,sup,separator,image,insertdate,inserttime,separator,tablecontrols,separator,hr,advhr,visualaid,separator,charmap,emotions,iespell,flash,separator,print"
-    }
-}
-TINYMCE_SPELLCHECKER = True
-
-STATICFILES_DIRS = (
-    here('static'),
-    )
-
-STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
-    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
-    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
-    )
-
-SECRET_KEY = '8*&j)j4lnq*ft*=jhajvc7&upaifb2f2s5(v6i($$+3p(4^bvd'
-
-TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
-    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
-    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
-    'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
-    #'django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source',
-    )
-TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = global_settings.TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS + (
-    'django_facebook.context_processors.facebook',
-    'django.core.context_processors.request',
-    'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
-    "allauth.socialaccount.context_processors.socialaccount",
-    "allauth.account.context_processors.account",
-    )
-AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = global_settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS + (
-    "allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend",
-    )
-
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware',
-    #'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
-    #'pipeline.middleware.MinifyHTMLMiddleware'
-    )
-
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'dss.wsgi.application'
-TEMPLATE_DIRS = (here('templates'),)
-INSTALLED_APPS = (
-    'grappelli',
-    'django.contrib.auth',
-    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-    'django.contrib.sessions',
-    'django.contrib.sites',
-    'django.contrib.messages',
-    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
-    'django.contrib.admin',
-    'django.contrib.admindocs',
-    'django_facebook',
-    'djcelery',
-    #'debug_toolbar',
-    'crispy_forms',
-    'sorl.thumbnail',
-    #'pipeline',
-    'south', # the only requirement for SCT
-    'avatar',
-    'notification',
-    'spa',
-    'core',
-    'allauth',
-    'allauth.account',
-    'allauth.socialaccount',
-    'allauth.socialaccount.providers.facebook',
-    'allauth.socialaccount.providers.google',
-    'allauth.socialaccount.providers.github',
-    'allauth.socialaccount.providers.linkedin',
-    'allauth.socialaccount.providers.openid',
-    'allauth.socialaccount.providers.twitter',
-    'emailconfirmation',
-    'backbone_tastypie',
-    )
-
-# where to redirect users to after logging in
-LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = reverse_lazy('home')
-LOGOUT_URL = reverse_lazy('home')
-
-LOGGING = {
-    'version': 1,
-    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-    'filters': {
-        'require_debug_false': {
-            '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
-        }
-    },
-    'handlers': {
-        'mail_admins': {
-            'level': 'ERROR',
-            'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
-            'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
-        }
-    },
-    'loggers': {
-        'django.request': {
-            'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
-            'level': 'ERROR',
-            'propagate': True,
-            },
-        }
-}
-FACEBOOK_APP_ID = '154504534677009'
-FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET = localsettings.FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET
-
-BROKER_HOST = "127.0.0.1"
-BROKER_PORT = 5672
-BROKER_VHOST = "/"
-BROKER_USER = "guest"
-BROKER_PASSWORD = "guest"
-CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE = {
-    "runs-every-30-seconds": {
-        "task": "dss.generate_missing_waveforms_task",
-        "schedule": timedelta(seconds=30),
-        },
-    }
-djcelery.setup_loader()
-
-SOCIALACCOUNT_AVATAR_SUPPORT = True
-AVATAR_STORAGE_DIR = MEDIA_ROOT + '/avatars/'
-EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_DAYS = 7
-
-DSS_TEMP_PATH = localsettings.DSS_TEMP_PATH
-DSS_LAME_PATH = localsettings.DSS_LAME_PATH
-DSS_WAVE_PATH = localsettings.DSS_WAVE_PATH
-PIPELINE_YUI_BINARY = localsettings.PIPELINE_YUI_BINARY
-PIPELINE = False
-PIPELINE_CSS = {
-    'defaults': {
-        'source_filenames': (
-            'static/css/*.css',
-            ),
-        'output_filename': 'css/dss.css',
-        'extra_context': {
-            'media': 'screen,projection',
-            },
-        },
-    }
-INTERNAL_IPS = ('127.0.0.1',)
-GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_CODE = localsettings.GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_CODE
-
-SENDFILE_BACKEND = localsettings.SENDFILE_BACKEND
-SENDFILE_ROOT = os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, 'mixes')
-SENDFILE_URL = '/media/mixes'
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index b7459dd..f7cb35f 100755
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Deep South Sounds</title>
     {% include 'inc/meta.html' %}
+
     <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
+    {% load compress %}
+
+    {% compress css %}
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ STATIC_URL }}css/bootstrap/bootstrap.min.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ STATIC_URL }}css/bootstrap/bootstrap-datepicker.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ STATIC_URL }}css/bootstrap/bootstrap-timepicker.css">
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ STATIC_URL }}css/deepsouthsounds.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ STATIC_URL }}css/uploadifive.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ STATIC_URL }}css/com.podnoms.player.css">
-
+    {% endcompress %}
 
     {% load assets %}
     {% assets filter="jsmin", output="gen/packed.js", "js/libs/jquery.min.js", "js/libs/jquery.form.js", "js/libs/ajaxfileupload.js" %}
@@ -24,6 +28,7 @@
 
     <!--
     <script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}js/libs/jquery.min.js"></script>
+    {% compress js %}
     <script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}js/libs/jquery.form.js"></script>
     <script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}js/libs/ajaxfileupload.js"></script>
     -->
@@ -38,6 +43,7 @@
     <script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}js/libs/jquery.tablesorter.js"></script>
     <script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}js/libs/sm/soundmanager2.js"></script>
     <script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}js/libs/tiny_mce/jquery.tinymce.js"></script>
+    {% endcompress %}
     <!-- horrible fix for horrible facebook -->
     <!-- horrible horrible facebook -->
     <script type="text/javascript">
@@ -127,4 +133,4 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>