diff --git a/docs/examples/nginx_gunicorn/gunicorn_start b/docs/examples/nginx_gunicorn/gunicorn_start
index f35ae7e..542f89b 100755
--- a/docs/examples/nginx_gunicorn/gunicorn_start
+++ b/docs/examples/nginx_gunicorn/gunicorn_start
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PIDFILE=/srv/nsupdate/run/gunicorn.pid
 USER=www-data                                      # the user to run as
 GROUP=www-data                                     # the group to run as
 NUM_WORKERS=3                                      # how many worker processes should Gunicorn spawn
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=nsupdate.settings           # which settings file should Django use
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=nsupdate.settings.dev       # which settings file should Django use
 DJANGO_WSGI_MODULE=nsupdate.wsgi                   # WSGI module name
  
 echo "Starting $NAME"
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index fdd3ca4..115fa21 100755
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import sys
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "nsupdate.settings")
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "nsupdate.settings.dev")
     from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/nsupdate/wsgi.py b/nsupdate/wsgi.py
index 4116076..b994b6f 100644
--- a/nsupdate/wsgi.py
+++ b/nsupdate/wsgi.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import os
 # We defer to a DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE already in the environment. This breaks
 # if running multiple sites in the same mod_wsgi process. To fix this, use
 # mod_wsgi daemon mode with each site in its own daemon process, or use
-# os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "nsupdate.settings"
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "nsupdate.settings")
+# os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "nsupdate.settings.dev"
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "nsupdate.settings.dev")
 
 # This application object is used by any WSGI server configured to use this
 # file. This includes Django's development server, if the WSGI_APPLICATION