diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
index f56e065f6..76b44ce08 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 ]
 
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
 
     'wagtail.wagtailcore.middleware.SiteMiddleware',
     'wagtail.wagtailredirects.middleware.RedirectMiddleware',
-)
+]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = '{{ project_name }}.urls'
 
@@ -116,15 +116,15 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/howto/static-files/
 
-STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
+STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
     'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
     'compressor.finders.CompressorFinder',
-)
+]
 
-STATICFILES_DIRS = (
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'static'),
-)
+]
 
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/urls.py b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/urls.py
index 74d55f1a2..fee79d961 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/urls.py
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/urls.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from wagtail.wagtailadmin import urls as wagtailadmin_urls
 from wagtail.wagtaildocs import urls as wagtaildocs_urls
 from wagtail.wagtailcore import urls as wagtail_urls
 
+from search import views as search_views
+
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^django-admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^admin/', include(wagtailadmin_urls)),
     url(r'^documents/', include(wagtaildocs_urls)),
 
-    url(r'^search/$', 'search.views.search', name='search'),
+    url(r'^search/$', search_views.search, name='search'),
 
     url(r'', include(wagtail_urls)),
 ]
diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt b/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
index 3e21b7cd1..67a7c97d0 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Django>=1.8,<1.9
-wagtail==1.2
+Django>=1.9,<1.10
+wagtail==1.3a1