diff --git a/project_name/settings.py b/project_name/settings.py
index c9563e8..496eb73 100644
--- a/project_name/settings.py
+++ b/project_name/settings.py
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 """
 Django settings for {{ project_name }} project.
 
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django {{ django_version }}.
+
 For more information on this file, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/topics/settings/
 
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/ref/settings/
 """
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 import os
 
 from configurations import Configuration, values
 
 
 class Common(Configuration):
-
-    # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
-    BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
     # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
     # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/howto/deployment/checklist/
@@ -26,11 +28,8 @@ class Common(Configuration):
     # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
     DEBUG = True
 
-    TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
-
     ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 
-
     # Application definition
 
     INSTALLED_APPS = (
@@ -47,14 +46,31 @@ class Common(Configuration):
         'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
         'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
         'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
         'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
         'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+        'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     )
 
     ROOT_URLCONF = '{{ project_name }}.urls'
 
-    WSGI_APPLICATION = '{{ project_name }}.wsgi.application'
+    TEMPLATES = [
+        {
+            'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+            'DIRS': [],
+            'APP_DIRS': True,
+            'OPTIONS': {
+                'context_processors': [
+                    'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                    'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                    'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                    'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+                ],
+            },
+        },
+    ]
 
+    WSGI_APPLICATION = '{{ project_name }}.wsgi.application'
 
     # Database
     # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/ref/settings/#databases
@@ -76,7 +92,6 @@ class Common(Configuration):
 
     USE_TZ = True
 
-
     # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
     # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/howto/static-files/
 
diff --git a/project_name/urls.py b/project_name/urls.py
index f03a294..665085b 100644
--- a/project_name/urls.py
+++ b/project_name/urls.py
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
-from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
+"""{{ project_name }} URL Configuration
 
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^$', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^$', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Add an import:  from blog import urls as blog_urls
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include(blog_urls))
+"""
+from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.contrib import admin
-admin.autodiscover()
-
-urlpatterns = patterns('',
-    # Examples:
-    # url(r'^$', '{{ project_name }}.views.home', name='home'),
-    # url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls')),
 
+urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
-)
+]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d286d27..584f349 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-django-configurations>=0.4
-Django>=1.6,<1.7
-dj-database-url==0.2.2
\ No newline at end of file
+django-configurations==1.0
+Django>=1.8,<1.9
+dj-database-url==0.3