diff --git a/benchmark.py b/benchmark.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 09fd3c2..a9dce8b
--- a/benchmark.py
+++ b/benchmark.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # coding: utf-8
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ from time import time
 
 os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'settings')
 
+import django
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group
 from django.core.cache import get_cache
@@ -176,6 +178,9 @@ def create_data(using):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if django.VERSION[:2] >= (1, 7):
+        django.setup()
+
     old_db_names = {}
     for alias in connections:
         conn = connections[alias]
diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index d39c12c..06da43b 100755
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os
 import sys
+import django
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'settings')
+    if django.VERSION[:2] >= (1, 7):
+        django.setup()
     from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
     test_runner = DiscoverRunner()
     failures = test_runner.run_tests(['cachalot.tests'])
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index dafe6bd..b8f6f64 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ if django.VERSION < (1, 7):
     INSTALLED_APPS.append('south')
 
 
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = ()
 PASSWORD_HASHERS = ('django.contrib.auth.hashers.MD5PasswordHasher',)
 SECRET_KEY = 'it’s not important but we have to set it'