diff --git a/backend/secfit/secfit/djangoHeroku.py b/backend/secfit/secfit/djangoHeroku.py
index 9046bb726b49a350ee44771dd6dca11300cf57f7..a50eb20a10504b25a4c0814c8f875ae29fb436ba 100644
--- a/backend/secfit/secfit/djangoHeroku.py
+++ b/backend/secfit/secfit/djangoHeroku.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#import logging
 import os
-
 import dj_database_url
 from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
 
@@ -12,105 +10,58 @@ def settings(config, *, db_colors=False, databases=True, test_runner=True, stati
     # Database configuration.
     # TODO: support other database (e.g. TEAL, AMBER, etc, automatically.)
     if databases:
-        # Integrity check.
-        if 'DATABASES' not in config:
-            config['DATABASES'] = {'default': None}
-
-        conn_max_age = config.get('CONN_MAX_AGE', MAX_CONN_AGE)
-            
-        if db_colors:
-            # Support all Heroku databases.
-            # TODO: This appears to break TestRunner.
-            for (env, url) in os.environ.items():
-                if env.startswith('HEROKU_POSTGRESQL'):
-                    db_color = env[len('HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_'):].split('_')[0]
-
-                    #logger.info('Adding ${} to DATABASES Django setting ({}).'.format(env, db_color))
-
-                    config['DATABASES'][db_color] = dj_database_url.parse(url, conn_max_age=conn_max_age, ssl_require=True)
-
-        if 'DATABASE_URL' in os.environ:
-            #logger.info('Adding $DATABASE_URL to default DATABASE Django setting.')
-
-            # Configure Django for DATABASE_URL environment variable.
-            config['DATABASES']['default'] = dj_database_url.config(conn_max_age=conn_max_age, ssl_require=True)
-
-            #logger.info('Adding $DATABASE_URL to TEST default DATABASE Django setting.')
-
-            # Enable test database if found in CI environment.
-            if 'CI' in os.environ:
-                config['DATABASES']['default']['TEST'] = config['DATABASES']['default']
-
-        #else:
-            #logger.info('$DATABASE_URL not found, falling back to previous settings!')
+        databasesettings(config,db_colors)
 
-    if test_runner:
+    if test_runner and 'CI' in os.environ:
         # Enable test runner if found in CI environment.
-        if 'CI' in os.environ:
-            config['TEST_RUNNER'] = 'django_heroku.HerokuDiscoverRunner'
+        config['TEST_RUNNER'] = 'django_heroku.HerokuDiscoverRunner'
 
     # Staticfiles configuration.
     if staticfiles:
-        #logger.info('Applying Heroku Staticfiles configuration to Django settings.')
-
-        config['STATIC_ROOT'] = os.path.join(config['BASE_DIR'], 'staticfiles')
-        config['STATIC_URL'] = '/static/'
+        staticsettings(config)
 
-        # Ensure STATIC_ROOT exists.
-        os.makedirs(config['STATIC_ROOT'], exist_ok=True)
+    if allowed_hosts:
+        config['ALLOWED_HOSTS'] = ['*']
+    # SECRET_KEY configuration.
+    if secret_key and 'SECRET_KEY' in os.environ:
+        # Set the Django setting from the environment variable.
+        config['SECRET_KEY'] = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']
+
+def databasesettings(config, db_colors):
+    # Integrity check.
+    if 'DATABASES' not in config:
+        config['DATABASES'] = {'default': None}
+
+    conn_max_age = config.get('CONN_MAX_AGE', MAX_CONN_AGE)
+        
+    if db_colors:
+        # Support all Heroku databases.
+        # TODO: This appears to break TestRunner.
+        for (env, url) in os.environ.items():
+            if env.startswith('HEROKU_POSTGRESQL'):
+                db_color = env[len('HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_'):].split('_')[0]
+                config['DATABASES'][db_color] = dj_database_url.parse(url, conn_max_age=conn_max_age, ssl_require=True)
+
+    if 'DATABASE_URL' in os.environ:
+        # Configure Django for DATABASE_URL environment variable.
+        config['DATABASES']['default'] = dj_database_url.config(conn_max_age=conn_max_age, ssl_require=True)
+
+        # Enable test database if found in CI environment.
+        if 'CI' in os.environ:
+            config['DATABASES']['default']['TEST'] = config['DATABASES']['default']
 
-        # Insert Whitenoise Middleware.
-        try:
-            config['MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES'] = tuple(['whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware'] + list(config['MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES']))
-        except KeyError:
-            config['MIDDLEWARE'] = tuple(['whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware'] + list(config['MIDDLEWARE']))
+def staticsettings(config):
+    config['STATIC_ROOT'] = os.path.join(config['BASE_DIR'], 'staticfiles')
+    config['STATIC_URL'] = '/static/'
 
-        # Enable GZip.
-        config['STATICFILES_STORAGE'] = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+    # Ensure STATIC_ROOT exists.
+    os.makedirs(config['STATIC_ROOT'], exist_ok=True)
 
-    if allowed_hosts:
-        #logger.info('Applying Heroku ALLOWED_HOSTS configuration to Django settings.')
-        config['ALLOWED_HOSTS'] = ['*']
-    """
-    if logging:
-        logger.info('Applying Heroku logging configuration to Django settings.')
+    # Insert Whitenoise Middleware.
+    try:
+        config['MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES'] = tuple(['whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware'] + list(config['MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES']))
+    except KeyError:
+        config['MIDDLEWARE'] = tuple(['whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware'] + list(config['MIDDLEWARE']))
 
-        config['LOGGING'] = {
-            'version': 1,
-            'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-            'formatters': {
-                'verbose': {
-                    'format': ('%(asctime)s [%(process)d] [%(levelname)s] ' +
-                               'pathname=%(pathname)s lineno=%(lineno)s ' +
-                               'funcname=%(funcName)s %(message)s'),
-                    'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
-                },
-                'simple': {
-                    'format': '%(levelname)s %(message)s'
-                }
-            },
-            'handlers': {
-                'null': {
-                    'level': 'DEBUG',
-                    'class': 'logging.NullHandler',
-                },
-                'console': {
-                    'level': 'DEBUG',
-                    'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-                    'formatter': 'verbose'
-                }
-            },
-            'loggers': {
-                'testlogger': {
-                    'handlers': ['console'],
-                    'level': 'INFO',
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    """
-    # SECRET_KEY configuration.
-    if secret_key:
-        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']
+    # Enable GZip.
+    config['STATICFILES_STORAGE'] = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
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diff --git a/backend/secfit/secfit/settings.py b/backend/secfit/secfit/settings.py
index 55c06dbb954bc149e15dfad00075589d4384e4b0..bcb26631bdd9b22843007069c0f4cc8271881cba 100644
--- a/backend/secfit/secfit/settings.py
+++ b/backend/secfit/secfit/settings.py
@@ -140,20 +140,6 @@ STATIC_URL = "/static/"
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
 MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
 
-
-# REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-#     "DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS": "rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination",
-#     "PAGE_SIZE": 10,
-#     #"DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": (
-#     #    "rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication",
-#     #),
-#     'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
-#         # 'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
-#         "rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication"
-#     ),
-# }
-
-
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     "DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS": "rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination",
 
diff --git a/backend/secfit/secfit/views.py b/backend/secfit/secfit/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000