diff --git a/boofilsic/settings.py b/boofilsic/settings.py
index 48c1f9f1..862595c7 100644
--- a/boofilsic/settings.py
+++ b/boofilsic/settings.py
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-"""
-Django settings for boofilsic project.
-
-Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.0.5.
-
-For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/settings/
-
-For the full list of settings and their values, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/
-"""
-
 import os
 
 PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__name__))
@@ -38,7 +26,7 @@ INTERNAL_IPS = ["127.0.0.1"]
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
-    "maintenance_mode",  # this has to be first
+    # "maintenance_mode",  # this has to be first if enabled
     "django.contrib.admin",
     "hijack",
     "hijack.contrib.admin",
@@ -60,6 +48,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "easy_thumbnails",
     "user_messages",
     "fontawesomefree",
+    # "anymail",
+    # "silk",
 ]
 
 INSTALLED_APPS += [
@@ -80,6 +70,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS += [  # we may override templates in these 3rd party apps
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    # "silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
@@ -90,7 +81,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "hijack.middleware.HijackUserMiddleware",
     "tz_detect.middleware.TimezoneMiddleware",
     "auditlog.middleware.AuditlogMiddleware",
-    "maintenance_mode.middleware.MaintenanceModeMiddleware",  # this should be last
+    # "maintenance_mode.middleware.MaintenanceModeMiddleware",  # this should be last if enabled
 ]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = "boofilsic.urls"
@@ -102,7 +93,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
         "APP_DIRS": True,
         "OPTIONS": {
             "context_processors": [
-                "django.template.context_processors.debug",
+                # "django.template.context_processors.debug",
                 "django.template.context_processors.request",
                 "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
                 # 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
@@ -285,28 +276,17 @@ MASTODON_CLIENT_SCOPE = "read write follow"
 
 MASTODON_LEGACY_CLIENT_SCOPE = "read write follow"
 
-# Tags for toots posted from this site
-MASTODON_TAGS = "#NiceDB #NiceDB%(category)s #NiceDB%(category)s%(type)s"
-
 # Emoji code in mastodon
 STAR_SOLID = ":star_solid:"
 STAR_HALF = ":star_half:"
 STAR_EMPTY = ":star_empty:"
 
-# Default password for each user. since password is not used any way,
-# any string that is not empty is ok
-DEFAULT_PASSWORD = "ab7nsm8didusbaqPgq"
-
 # Default redirect loaction when access login required view
 LOGIN_URL = "/account/login"
 
 # Admin site root url
 ADMIN_URL = "tertqX7256n7ej8nbv5cwvsegdse6w7ne5rHd"
 
-# Luminati proxy settings
-LUMINATI_USERNAME = "lum-customer-hl_nw4tbv78-zone-static"
-LUMINATI_PASSWORD = "nsb7te9bw0ney"
-
 SCRAPING_TIMEOUT = 90
 
 # ScraperAPI api key
@@ -419,11 +399,17 @@ DOWNLOADER_RETRIES = 3
 DOWNLOADER_SAVEDIR = None
 DISABLE_MODEL_SIGNAL = False  # disable index and social feeds during importing/etc
 
-MAINTENANCE_MODE = False
-MAINTENANCE_MODE_IGNORE_ADMIN_SITE = True
-MAINTENANCE_MODE_IGNORE_SUPERUSER = True
-MAINTENANCE_MODE_IGNORE_ANONYMOUS_USER = True
-MAINTENANCE_MODE_IGNORE_URLS = (r"^/users/connect/", r"^/users/OAuth2_login/")
+# MAINTENANCE_MODE = False
+# MAINTENANCE_MODE_IGNORE_ADMIN_SITE = True
+# MAINTENANCE_MODE_IGNORE_SUPERUSER = True
+# MAINTENANCE_MODE_IGNORE_ANONYMOUS_USER = True
+# MAINTENANCE_MODE_IGNORE_URLS = (r"^/users/connect/", r"^/users/OAuth2_login/")
+
+# SILKY_AUTHENTICATION = True  # User must login
+# SILKY_AUTHORISATION = True  # User must have permissions
+# SILKY_PERMISSIONS = lambda user: user.is_superuser
+# SILKY_MAX_RESPONSE_BODY_SIZE = 1024  # If response body>1024 bytes, ignore
+# SILKY_INTERCEPT_PERCENT = 10
 
 DISCORD_WEBHOOKS = {}