diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9f2486f398..f16c25c2a1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     # A list of available CircleCI Docker convenience images are available here: https://circleci.com/developer/images/image/cimg/python
     docker:
       - image: cimg/python:3.7
+        environment:
+          DATABASE_URL: postgres://${FECFILE_DB_USERNAME}@${FECFILE_DB_PASSWORD}/${FECFILE_DB_NAME}
 
     steps:
       - checkout
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install python test requirements
           command: pip install -r requirements-test.txt
-          working_directory: ~/project/django-backend/
+          working_directory: ~/project/
 
       - run:
           name: Run lint
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - python/install-packages:
           pkg-manager: pip
-          app-dir: ~/project/django-backend/
+          app-dir: ~/project/
           pip-dependency-file: requirements.txt
 
       - run:
diff --git a/django-backend/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from django-backend/requirements-test.txt
rename to requirements-test.txt
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 30d5921b86..a4b354942d 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 import sys
 import cfenv
 
-# from invoke import run
 from invoke import task
-# from slacker import Slacker
 
 env = cfenv.AppEnv()
 
@@ -76,9 +74,7 @@ def deploy(ctx, space=None, branch=None, login=None):
     if space is None:
         return
 
-    # Build static assets
-    # These must be built prior to deploying due to the collectstatic
-    # functionality of the Python buildpack conflicting with our setup.
+    # Use production settings
     ctx.run(
         'cd django-backend && DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=fecfiler.settings.production',
         echo=True