diff --git a/backend/secfit/secfit/django_heroku.py b/backend/secfit/secfit/django_heroku.py
index 4735073c79f4f024d563a7a6a1b253c19e961e02..7f60ede9a2a2273cbc6afaf36bbb142339d69039 100644
--- a/backend/secfit/secfit/django_heroku.py
+++ b/backend/secfit/secfit/django_heroku.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
 MAX_CONN_AGE = 600
 
 
-def settings(config, *, db_colors=False, databases=True, test_runner=True, staticfiles=True, allowed_hosts=True,
+def settings(config, *, db_colors=False, databases=True, test_runner=False, staticfiles=True, allowed_hosts=True,
              logging=True, secret_key=True):
     # Database configuration.
     # TODO: support other database (e.g. TEAL, AMBER, etc, automatically.)
@@ -115,4 +115,4 @@ def settings(config, *, db_colors=False, databases=True, test_runner=True, stati
         if 'SECRET_KEY' in os.environ:
             # logger.info('Adding $SECRET_KEY to SECRET_KEY Django setting.')
             # Set the Django setting from the environment variable.
-            config['SECRET_KEY'] = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']
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+            config['SECRET_KEY'] = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']