diff --git a/cbreader/settings.py b/cbreader/settings.py
index 841813b..50e8501 100644
--- a/cbreader/settings.py
+++ b/cbreader/settings.py
@@ -37,23 +37,11 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
-    'silk',
     'snowpenguin.django.recaptcha2',
     'comic',
     'comic_auth',
 )
 
-# MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-#     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
-#     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-#     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
-#     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-#     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
-#     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
-#     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
-#     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
-#     'silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware',
-# )
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
@@ -62,7 +50,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
-    'silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware',
+    # 'silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware',
 ]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'cbreader.urls'
@@ -70,7 +58,7 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = 'cbreader.urls'
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
+        'DIRS': ['templates'],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
diff --git a/cbreader/urls.py b/cbreader/urls.py
index 2ab4180..a150d95 100644
--- a/cbreader/urls.py
+++ b/cbreader/urls.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Including another URLconf
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include(blog_urls))
 """
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
+from django.contrib import admin
 
 import comic.views
 import comic_auth.views
@@ -24,6 +25,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^logout/', comic_auth.views.comic_logout),
     url(r'^setup/', comic.views.initial_setup),
     url(r'^comic/', include('comic.urls')),
-    # url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
-    url(r'^silk/', include('silk.urls', namespace='silk'))
+    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    # url(r'^silk/', include('silk.urls', namespace='silk'))
 ]