diff --git a/core/settings.py b/core/settings.py
index 81b684c..943ccbd 100644
--- a/core/settings.py
+++ b/core/settings.py
@@ -3,23 +3,28 @@
 Copyright (c) 2019 - present AppSeed.us
 """
 
-import os
-from decouple import config
+import os, random, string
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from unipath import Path
 import dj_database_url
 
+load_dotenv()
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 PROJECT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY', default='S#perS3crEt_1122')
+SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY')
+if not SECRET_KEY:
+    SECRET_KEY = ''.join(random.choice( string.ascii_lowercase  ))
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = config('DEBUG', default=False)
+DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', False)
 
 # load production server from .env
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1', config('SERVER', default='127.0.0.1')]
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1', os.getenv('SERVER', '127.0.0.1')]
 
 # Application definition
 
@@ -126,3 +131,11 @@
 )
 #############################################################
 #############################################################
+
+# Default primary key field type
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
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diff --git a/core/urls.py b/core/urls.py
index 890b124..60fee07 100644
--- a/core/urls.py
+++ b/core/urls.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),          # Django admin route
-    path('admin' , admin.site.urls),          # Django admin route 
     path("", include("authentication.urls")), # Auth routes - login / register
     path("", include("app.urls"))             # UI Kits Html files
 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c5a050c..70d0af8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 asgiref
 autopep8
-django==2.2.10
+django
 pycodestyle
 pytz
 sqlparse
 Unipath
 dj-database-url
-python-decouple
+python-dotenv
 gunicorn
 whitenoise
 django-import-export
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