diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a6023f..bf25d81 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
 *.sqlite
 *.db
 *~
-local_settings.py
+.venv
+odsreg/local_settings.py
+event.json
 slots.json
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4997f2d..6b5691e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ Prerequisites
 -------------
 
 You'll need the following Python modules installed:
- - django (1.4+)
+ - django (1.8+)
  - python-django-auth-openid
 
 OR
 
 If you are using pip with or without a venv,
 you can use the following commands instead:
- - pip install django==1.4
+ - pip install django
  - pip install python-openid
  - pip install django-openid-auth
 
@@ -33,11 +33,14 @@ you can use the following commands instead:
 Configuration and Usage
 -----------------------
 
-Copy local_settings.py.sample to local_settings.py and change
-settings there.
+Copy odsreg/local_settings.py.sample to odsreg/local_settings.py and change
+settings there. In particular you should set DEBUG=True or ALLOWED_HOSTS.
 
 Create empty database:
-./manage.py syncdb
+./manage.py migrate
+
+Create a superuser:
+./manage.py createsuperuser
 
 Copy event.json.sample to event.json and edit the file to match
 the event and topics you want to have. Then run:
diff --git a/cfp/admin.py b/cfp/admin.py
index dd8b207..b86de6a 100644
--- a/cfp/admin.py
+++ b/cfp/admin.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from odsreg.cfp.models import Topic, Proposal, Event, Comment
+from cfp.models import Topic, Proposal, Event, Comment
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 
diff --git a/cfp/forms.py b/cfp/forms.py
index 940c6bf..7f251de 100644
--- a/cfp/forms.py
+++ b/cfp/forms.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from django.forms import ModelForm, CharField, Textarea
 
-from odsreg.cfp.models import Comment, Proposal
+from cfp.models import Comment, Proposal
 
 
 class CommentForm(ModelForm):
diff --git a/cfp/management/commands/loadevent.py b/cfp/management/commands/loadevent.py
index 189e4bd..8065d8d 100644
--- a/cfp/management/commands/loadevent.py
+++ b/cfp/management/commands/loadevent.py
@@ -16,20 +16,22 @@
 import json
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
-from odsreg.cfp.models import Event, Topic
+from cfp.models import Event, Topic
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     args = '<description.json>'
     help = 'Create topics from JSON description'
 
-    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('descriptive_json')
 
-        if len(args) != 1:
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        if 'descriptive_json' not in options.keys():
             raise CommandError('Incorrect arguments')
 
         try:
-            with open(args[0]) as f:
+            with open(options['descriptive_json']) as f:
                 data = json.load(f)
         except ValueError as exc:
             raise CommandError("Malformed JSON: %s" % exc.message)
diff --git a/cfp/middleware.py b/cfp/middleware.py
index 8086671..015f9f8 100644
--- a/cfp/middleware.py
+++ b/cfp/middleware.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from django.shortcuts import render
 
-from odsreg.cfp.models import Event
+from cfp.models import Event
 
 
 class EventMiddleware():
diff --git a/cfp/models.py b/cfp/models.py
index 0d09ba3..1325359 100644
--- a/cfp/models.py
+++ b/cfp/models.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
-from odsreg.cfp.utils import validate_bp
+from cfp.utils import validate_bp
 
 
 class Event(models.Model):
diff --git a/cfp/urls.py b/cfp/urls.py
index 233af58..fd8bcc6 100644
--- a/cfp/urls.py
+++ b/cfp/urls.py
@@ -13,16 +13,18 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+from django.conf.urls import url
+
+from cfp import views
 
 
-urlpatterns = patterns('odsreg.cfp.views',
-    (r'^details/(\d+)$', 'details'),
-    (r'^edit/(\d+)$', 'edit'),
-    (r'^create$', 'create'),
-    (r'^review/(\d+)$', 'review'),
-    (r'^switch/(\d+)$', 'switch'),
-    (r'^delete/(\d+)$', 'delete'),
-    (r'^topic/(\d+)$', 'topiclist'),
-    (r'^topicstatus$', 'topicstatus'),
-)
+urlpatterns = [
+   url(r'^details/(\d+)$', views.details),
+   url(r'^edit/(\d+)$', views.edit),
+   url(r'^create$', views.create),
+   url(r'^review/(\d+)$', views.review),
+   url(r'^switch/(\d+)$', views.switch),
+   url(r'^delete/(\d+)$', views.delete),
+   url(r'^topic/(\d+)$', views.topiclist),
+   url(r'^topicstatus$', views.topicstatus),
+]
diff --git a/cfp/views.py b/cfp/views.py
index 7cbad8b..d75a922 100644
--- a/cfp/views.py
+++ b/cfp/views.py
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
 
-from odsreg.cfp.models import Proposal, Topic, Comment
-from odsreg.cfp.forms import ProposalForm, ProposalEditForm, CommentForm
-from odsreg.cfp.forms import ProposalReviewForm, ProposalSwitchForm
-from odsreg.cfp.utils import linkify, is_editable, topiclead
+from cfp.models import Proposal, Topic, Comment
+from cfp.forms import ProposalForm, ProposalEditForm, CommentForm
+from cfp.forms import ProposalReviewForm, ProposalSwitchForm
+from cfp.utils import linkify, is_editable, topiclead
 
 
 @login_required
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 303b70a..d903882 100755
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -1,29 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# Copyright 2011 Thierry Carrez <thierry@openstack.org>
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-from django.core.management import execute_manager
-
-
-try:
-    import settings  # Assumed to be in the same directory.
-except ImportError:
-    import sys
-    sys.stderr.write("Error: Can't find the file 'settings.py'\n")
-    sys.exit(1)
+import os
+import sys
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    execute_manager(settings)
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "odsreg.settings")
+
+    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/__init__.py b/odsreg/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from __init__.py
rename to odsreg/__init__.py
diff --git a/local_settings.py.sample b/odsreg/local_settings.py.sample
similarity index 98%
rename from local_settings.py.sample
rename to odsreg/local_settings.py.sample
index b0fc797..b81c6e6 100644
--- a/local_settings.py.sample
+++ b/odsreg/local_settings.py.sample
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ DATABASES = {
 SECRET_KEY = 'generateRandomOneHere'
 
 # Run in production
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 DEBUG = False
-TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
 #OPENID_USE_AS_ADMIN_LOGIN = True
 
 # Emails
diff --git a/settings.py b/odsreg/settings.py
similarity index 73%
rename from settings.py
rename to odsreg/settings.py
index fca91b4..8357f99 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/odsreg/settings.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import os
 PROJECT_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
 DEBUG = True
-TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
 
 SERVE_STATIC = True
 
@@ -42,18 +41,28 @@ STATIC_URL = '/media/'
 SECRET_KEY = 'changemeInLocalSettings'
 
 # List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
-TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
-    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
-    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
-)
-
-TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
-    "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
-    "django.core.context_processors.debug",
-    "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
-    "django.core.context_processors.media",
-    "django.core.context_processors.request",
-)
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [
+            # insert your TEMPLATE_DIRS here
+        ],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                # Insert your TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS here or use this
+                # list if you haven't customized them:
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
+                'django.template.context_processors.media',
+                'django.template.context_processors.static',
+                'django.template.context_processors.tz',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
 
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
@@ -61,7 +70,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
-    'odsreg.cfp.middleware.EventMiddleware',
+    'cfp.middleware.EventMiddleware',
 )
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'odsreg.urls'
@@ -74,8 +83,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'django_openid_auth',
     'django.contrib.admin',
-    'odsreg.cfp',
-    'odsreg.scheduling',
+    'cfp',
+    'scheduling',
 ]
 
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
@@ -86,6 +95,7 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
 # Should users be created when new OpenIDs are used to log in?
 OPENID_CREATE_USERS = True
 OPENID_STRICT_USERNAMES = True
+SESSION_SERIALIZER = 'django.contrib.sessions.serializers.PickleSerializer'
 
 # Can we reuse existing users?
 OPENID_REUSE_USERS = True
diff --git a/urls.py b/odsreg/urls.py
similarity index 70%
rename from urls.py
rename to odsreg/urls.py
index eff48f9..93e6f09 100644
--- a/urls.py
+++ b/odsreg/urls.py
@@ -13,17 +13,18 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.contrib import admin
 
+from cfp import views
 
 admin.autodiscover()
 
-urlpatterns = patterns('',
-    (r'^openid/', include('django_openid_auth.urls')),
-    (r'^$', 'odsreg.cfp.views.list'),
-    (r'^cfp/', include('odsreg.cfp.urls')),
-    (r'^scheduling/', include('odsreg.scheduling.urls')),
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^openid/', include('django_openid_auth.urls')),
+    url(r'^$', views.list),
+    url(r'^cfp/', include('cfp.urls')),
+    url(r'^scheduling/', include('scheduling.urls')),
     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
-    (r'^logout$', 'odsreg.cfp.views.dologout'),
-)
+    url(r'^logout$', views.dologout),
+]
diff --git a/scheduling/admin.py b/scheduling/admin.py
index 8a93fd5..76d867b 100644
--- a/scheduling/admin.py
+++ b/scheduling/admin.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from odsreg.scheduling.models import Slot, Room
+from scheduling.models import Slot, Room
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 
diff --git a/scheduling/forms.py b/scheduling/forms.py
index d2d33f3..3ea35ea 100644
--- a/scheduling/forms.py
+++ b/scheduling/forms.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from django.forms import ModelForm
 
-from odsreg.scheduling.models import Slot
+from scheduling.models import Slot
 
 
 class SlotForm(ModelForm):
diff --git a/scheduling/models.py b/scheduling/models.py
index 50b6b8a..06bff9a 100644
--- a/scheduling/models.py
+++ b/scheduling/models.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from django.db import models
 
-from odsreg.cfp.models import Proposal, Topic
+from cfp.models import Proposal, Topic
 
 
 class Room(models.Model):
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Slot(models.Model):
     start_time = models.CharField(max_length=16)
     room = models.ForeignKey(Room)
     topic = models.ForeignKey(Topic)
-    proposals = models.ManyToManyField(Proposal, blank=True, null=True)
+    proposals = models.ManyToManyField(Proposal, blank=True)
     title = models.CharField(max_length=60, blank=True,
         verbose_name="Override title with",
         help_text="Default title is the title of the first proposal. You can"
diff --git a/scheduling/urls.py b/scheduling/urls.py
index 9146b8b..7a670d7 100644
--- a/scheduling/urls.py
+++ b/scheduling/urls.py
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+from django.conf.urls import url
 
+from scheduling import views
 
-urlpatterns = patterns('odsreg.scheduling.views',
-    (r'^(\d+)$', 'scheduling'),
-    (r'^edit/(\d+)$', 'edit'),
-    (r'^swap/(\d+)$', 'swap'),
-    (r'^publish/(\d+)$', 'publish'),
-    (r'^graph/(\d+)$', 'graph'),
-)
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^(\d+)$', views.scheduling),
+    url(r'^edit/(\d+)$', views.edit),
+    url(r'^swap/(\d+)$', views.swap),
+    url(r'^publish/(\d+)$', views.publish),
+    url(r'^graph/(\d+)$', views.graph),
+]
diff --git a/scheduling/views.py b/scheduling/views.py
index 7ee8277..39985c1 100644
--- a/scheduling/views.py
+++ b/scheduling/views.py
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import urllib2
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
-from odsreg.cfp.models import Proposal, Topic, Event
-from odsreg.cfp.utils import topiclead
-from odsreg.scheduling.forms import SlotForm
-from odsreg.scheduling.models import Slot
-from odsreg.scheduling.utils import combined_id, combined_title
-from odsreg.scheduling.utils import combined_description, full_description
-from odsreg.scheduling.utils import htmlize, end_time
+from cfp.models import Proposal, Topic, Event
+from cfp.utils import topiclead
+from scheduling.forms import SlotForm
+from scheduling.models import Slot
+from scheduling.utils import combined_id, combined_title
+from scheduling.utils import combined_description, full_description
+from scheduling.utils import htmlize, end_time
 
 
 def scheduling(request, topicid):