diff --git a/funnel/__init__.py b/funnel/__init__.py
index aa4fd53b6..5d2a70251 100644
--- a/funnel/__init__.py
+++ b/funnel/__init__.py
@@ -36,26 +36,25 @@
 
 # --- Configuration------------------------------------------------------------
 
-def init_for(env):
-    coaster.app.init_app(app, env)
-    db.init_app(app)
-    db.app = app
-
-    mail.init_app(app)
-    lastuser.init_app(app)
-    lastuser.init_usermanager(UserManager(db, models.User, models.Team))
-    baseframe.init_app(app, requires=['funnel'], ext_requires=[
-        ('codemirror-markdown', 'pygments'), 'toastr', 'baseframe-bs3', 'fontawesome>=4.0.0',
-        'baseframe-footable'])
-    app.assets.register('js_fullcalendar',
-        Bundle(assets.require('!jquery.js', 'jquery.fullcalendar.js', 'spectrum.js'),
-            output='js/fullcalendar.packed.js', filters='uglipyjs'))
-    app.assets.register('css_fullcalendar',
-        Bundle(assets.require('jquery.fullcalendar.css', 'spectrum.css', 'schedules.css'),
-            output='css/fullcalendar.packed.css', filters='cssmin'))
-    app.assets.register('js_schedules',
-        Bundle(assets.require('schedules.js'),
-            output='js/schedules.packed.js', filters='uglipyjs'))
-    app.assets.register('css_screens',
-        Bundle(assets.require('screens.css'),
-            output='css/screens.packed.css', filters='cssmin'))
+coaster.app.init_app(app)
+db.init_app(app)
+db.app = app
+
+mail.init_app(app)
+lastuser.init_app(app)
+lastuser.init_usermanager(UserManager(db, models.User, models.Team))
+baseframe.init_app(app, requires=['funnel'], ext_requires=[
+    ('codemirror-markdown', 'pygments'), 'toastr', 'baseframe-bs3', 'fontawesome>=4.0.0',
+    'baseframe-footable'])
+app.assets.register('js_fullcalendar',
+    Bundle(assets.require('!jquery.js', 'jquery.fullcalendar.js', 'spectrum.js'),
+        output='js/fullcalendar.packed.js', filters='uglipyjs'))
+app.assets.register('css_fullcalendar',
+    Bundle(assets.require('jquery.fullcalendar.css', 'spectrum.css', 'schedules.css'),
+        output='css/fullcalendar.packed.css', filters='cssmin'))
+app.assets.register('js_schedules',
+    Bundle(assets.require('schedules.js'),
+        output='js/schedules.packed.js', filters='uglipyjs'))
+app.assets.register('css_screens',
+    Bundle(assets.require('screens.css'),
+        output='css/screens.packed.css', filters='cssmin'))
diff --git a/instance/settings-sample.py b/instance/settings-sample.py
index a045977a9..329896df2 100644
--- a/instance/settings-sample.py
+++ b/instance/settings-sample.py
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@
 WELCOME_MESSAGE = "The funnel is a space for proposals and voting on events. Pick an event to get started."
 HASCORE_SERVER = 'https://api.hasgeek.com/'
 CACHE_TYPE = 'redis'
+DEBUG = True
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index ad822476c..feb087e09 100755
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 from coaster.manage import init_manager
 
-from funnel import app, models, init_for
+from funnel import app, models
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    manager = init_manager(app, models.db, init_for)
+    manager = init_manager(app, models.db)
     manager.run()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 694d5ac5c..80404ef13 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ icalendar
 git+https://github.com/hasgeek/coaster.git
 git+https://github.com/hasgeek/flask-lastuser.git
 git+https://github.com/hasgeek/baseframe.git
-Flask-Script==0.5.3
 alembic
-git+https://github.com/tobiasandtobias/flask-alembic.git
 qrcode
 rq
 psycopg2
diff --git a/rq.sh b/rq.sh
index 7ce56ee16..fe606ca71 100644
--- a/rq.sh
+++ b/rq.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-rqworker -c rqdev funnel
+rqworker -c rqinit funnel
diff --git a/rqdev.py b/rqdev.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 175362d24..000000000
--- a/rqdev.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-from urlparse import urlparse
-
-from funnel import init_for, app
-
-init_for('dev')
-
-REDIS_URL = app.config.get('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379/0')
-
-# REDIS_URL is not taken by setup_default_arguments function of rq/scripts/__init__.py
-# so, parse it into pieces and give it
-
-r = urlparse(REDIS_URL)
-REDIS_HOST = r.hostname
-REDIS_PORT = r.port
-REDIS_PASSWORD = r.password
-REDIS_DB = 0
diff --git a/rqinit.py b/rqinit.py
index 8a137cbe8..3dbdd9e15 100644
--- a/rqinit.py
+++ b/rqinit.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 from urlparse import urlparse
 
-from funnel import init_for, app
+from funnel import app
 
-init_for('production')
 REDIS_URL = app.config.get('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379/0')
 
 # REDIS_URL is not taken by setup_default_arguments function of rq/scripts/__init__.py
diff --git a/runserver.py b/runserver.py
index b61bb0e51..085c188de 100755
--- a/runserver.py
+++ b/runserver.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 
 import sys
-from funnel import app, init_for
-init_for('dev')
+from funnel import app
 
 try:
     port = int(sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/website.py b/website.py
index dc24d4bfd..5784f11ef 100755
--- a/website.py
+++ b/website.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import sys
 import os.path
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
-from funnel import app as application, init_for
-init_for('production')
+from funnel import app as application