diff --git a/project/settings.py b/project/settings.py
index 7d8a067a..eab7dda7 100644
--- a/project/settings.py
+++ b/project/settings.py
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'apps.content',
     'apps.school',
 ]
-if DEBUG:
-    INSTALLED_APPS += ['silk']
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
@@ -266,12 +264,6 @@ CONSTANCE_CONFIG_FIELDSETS = OrderedDict({
     ),
 })
 
-
-try:
-    from .local_settings import *
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
 try:
     from paymentwall import *
 except ImportError:
@@ -302,3 +294,8 @@ RAVEN_CONFIG = {
     # release based on the git info.
     'release': raven.fetch_git_sha(BASE_DIR),
 }
+
+try:
+    from .local_settings import *
+except ImportError:
+    pass
diff --git a/project/urls.py b/project/urls.py
index b0c6ddb8..b8f22484 100644
--- a/project/urls.py
+++ b/project/urls.py
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ if settings.DEBUG:
     from django.conf.urls.static import static
     from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
 
-    urlpatterns += [path('silk/', include('silk.urls', namespace='silk'))]
+    if 'silk' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+        urlpatterns += [path('silk/', include('silk.urls', namespace='silk'))]
+
     urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
     urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()