diff --git a/opentech/settings/production.py b/opentech/settings/production.py
index 131e636384ec8591fa81ad050380abb9a9629fd7..aa320c10e9bd24af0f6ea7804b67e207098c657d 100644
--- a/opentech/settings/production.py
+++ b/opentech/settings/production.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 
 import dj_database_url
 # import raven
+import django_heroku
 
 from .base import *  # noqa
 
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ if 'LOG_DIR' in env:
     LOGGING['loggers']['django.request']['handlers'].append('errors_file')
     LOGGING['loggers']['django.security']['handlers'].append('errors_file')
 
+django_heroku.settings(locals())
 
 try:
     from .local import *  # noqa
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3e5e3f5afd3b1f71d70616c5282dab93da7fdd8f..02d44e86ef1d9b5b38db12209f8f1781307131e1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ django-filter==1.1.0
 django_select2==6.0.1
 
 # Production dependencies
-dj-database-url==0.4.1
+dj-database-url==0.5.0
+django-heroku=0.3.1
 whitenoise==2.0.4
 gunicorn==19.9.0
 ConcurrentLogHandler==0.9.1