diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
index d617d70c..42928ab9 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
@@ -94,15 +94,21 @@ Run these commands to deploy the project to Heroku:
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     heroku create --buildpack https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python
+
     heroku addons:add heroku-postgresql:dev
     heroku pg:backups schedule DATABASE_URL
     heroku pg:promote DATABASE_URL
+
     heroku addons:add sendgrid:starter
     heroku addons:add memcachier:dev
+
     heroku config:set DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=RANDOM_SECRET_KEY_HERE
+    heroku config:set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='config.production'
+
     heroku config:set DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=YOUR_AWS_ID_HERE
     heroku config:set DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_HERE
     heroku config:set DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME=YOUR_AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME_HERE
+
     git push heroku master
     heroku run python {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/manage.py migrate
     heroku run python {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/manage.py createsuperuser
@@ -139,6 +145,7 @@ You can then deploy by running the following commands.
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku postgres:create {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}-postgres
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku postgres:link {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}-postgres {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=RANDOM_SECRET_KEY_HERE
+    ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='config.production'
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=YOUR_AWS_ID_HERE
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_HERE
     ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME=YOUR_AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME_HERE