diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f55a249..92dfddb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ coverage.xml
 
 # Celery
 celerybeat-schedule
-/config_app/settings/dev.env
+/config_app/settings/local.env
diff --git a/config_app/settings/prod.env.skeleton b/config_app/settings/prod.env.skeleton
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f438fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_app/settings/prod.env.skeleton
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+DEBUG=False
+SECRET_KEY='....'
+DATABASE_URL='psql://<name>:<password>@127.0.0.1:5432/<db_name>'
+EMAIL_URL='smtp+tls://<name>:<password>@smtp.gmail.com:587'
+CACHE_URL=rediscache://127.0.0.1:6379/<db>?client_class=django_redis.client.DefaultClient
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lms/settings.py b/lms/settings.py
index b4ae38d..c9310e3 100644
--- a/lms/settings.py
+++ b/lms/settings.py
@@ -8,20 +8,8 @@ import socket
 root = environ.Path(__file__) - 2
 env = environ.Env()
 
-MOD = os.environ.get('MOD', 'Prod')
-DEBUG = os.environ.get('DEBUG', 'False')
 
-if MOD == 'Test':
-    environ.Env.read_env(str(root) + '/config_app/settings/test.env')
-
-elif MOD == 'Dev':
-    environ.Env.read_env(str(root) + '/config_app/settings/dev.env')
-
-elif MOD == 'Prod':
-    environ.Env.read_env(str(root) + '/config_app/settings/prod.env')
-
-else:
-    raise ImportError('no such environ ' + MOD)
+environ.Env.read_env(str(root) + '/config_app/settings/local.env')
 
 EMAIL_CONFIG = env.email_url('EMAIL_URL',)
 vars().update(EMAIL_CONFIG)