diff --git a/application/Dockerfile.prod b/application/Dockerfile.prod
index d2014e9f..5d6d99cf 100644
--- a/application/Dockerfile.prod
+++ b/application/Dockerfile.prod
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ RUN <<EOF
 export PATH="/home/tira/.local/bin:$PATH"
 
 # Install dependencies
-pip3 install -q --no-cache-dir --user ../python-client .[test,deploy]
+pip3 install -q --no-cache-dir --user ../python-client .[test,deploy,postgreqsql]
 
 chmod +x ./src/tira_app/endpoints/aha  # FIXME; aha is not copied to the Production Container
 
diff --git a/application/config/tira-application-config.yml b/application/config/tira-application-config.yml
index c53ec410..248bb409 100644
--- a/application/config/tira-application-config.yml
+++ b/application/config/tira-application-config.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ grpc_host: local
 host_grpc_port: 50051
 application_grpc_port: 50052
 database:
-  engine: django.db.backends.sqlite3 # django.db.backends.mysql or django.db.backends.sqlite3
-  name: tira # when backend is sqlite, this will be the name of the database below TIRA_ROOT/state
-  user: tira # ignored when using sqlite3
-  password: TODO-ENTER-PASSWORD # ignored when using sqlite3
-  host: tira-mariadb # ignored when using sqlite3
-  port: 3306 # ignored when using sqlite3
+  engine: !ENV ${TIRA_DB_ENGINE:django.db.backends.sqlite3} # django.db.backends.mysql or django.db.backends.sqlite3
+  name: !ENV ${TIRA_DB_NAME:tira} # when backend is sqlite, this will be the name of the database below TIRA_ROOT/state
+  user: !ENV ${TIRA_DB_USER:tira} # ignored when using sqlite3
+  password: !ENV ${TIRA_DB_PASSWORD} # ignored when using sqlite3
+  host: !ENV ${TIRA_DB_HOST:tira-mariadb} # ignored when using sqlite3
+  port: !ENV ${TIRA_DB_PORT:3306} # ignored when using sqlite3
 github_token: !ENV ${TIRA_GITHUB_TOKEN}
 discourse_api_url: !ENV ${DISCOURSE_API_URL:https://www.tira.io}
diff --git a/application/pyproject.toml b/application/pyproject.toml
index e32272d7..d3de6c31 100644
--- a/application/pyproject.toml
+++ b/application/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ HF_HOME = "./tira-root/huggingface"
 TIRA_ROOT = "./tira-root"
 TIRA_CONFIG = "../config/tira-application-config.yml"
 TIRA_DEBUG = true
+TIRA_DB_ENGINE = "django.db.backends.sqlite3"
+TIRA_DB_NAME = "test-database/sqlite3"
+TIRA_DB_USER = "tira"
+TIRA_DB_PASSWORD = "replace-with-db-password"
+TIRA_DB_HOST = "tira-mariadb"
+TIRA_DB_PORT = 3306
diff --git a/application/setup.cfg b/application/setup.cfg
index eb8b835c..5a20f9c5 100644
--- a/application/setup.cfg
+++ b/application/setup.cfg
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ dev =
     mypy
 deploy =
     uwsgi
+postgreqsql =
+    psycopg2-binary
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src
diff --git a/application/src/django_admin/settings.py b/application/src/django_admin/settings.py
index 510005f3..3eaa37e1 100644
--- a/application/src/django_admin/settings.py
+++ b/application/src/django_admin/settings.py
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@
 config = parse_config(cfgpath, default_value=None, loader=yaml.FullLoader)
 custom_settings.update(config)
 
-if "database" not in custom_settings:
-    custom_settings["database"] = {}
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = str2bool(custom_settings["debug"])
+
+if DEBUG:
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, force=True)
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
@@ -40,8 +43,6 @@
 SECRET_KEY = custom_settings["django_secret"]
 
 
-# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = str2bool(custom_settings["debug"])
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = custom_settings["allowed_hosts"]
 
 TIRA_ROOT = Path(custom_settings["tira_root"])
@@ -55,17 +56,17 @@
 APPLICATION_GRPC_PORT = custom_settings.get("application_grpc_port", "50052")
 GRPC_HOST = custom_settings.get("grpc_host", "local")  # can be local or remote
 TIRA_DB_NAME = (
-    Path(TIRA_ROOT / "state") / f"{custom_settings['database'].get('name', 'tira')}.sqlite3"
-    if custom_settings["database"].get("engine", "django.db.backends.sqlite3") == "django.db.backends.sqlite3"
-    else custom_settings["database"].get("name", "tira")
+    Path(TIRA_ROOT / "state") / f"{custom_settings['database']['name']}.sqlite3"
+    if custom_settings["database"]["engine"] == "django.db.backends.sqlite3"
+    else custom_settings["database"]["name"]
 )
 TIRA_DB = {
-    "ENGINE": custom_settings["database"].get("engine", "django.db.backends.sqlite3"),
+    "ENGINE": custom_settings["database"]["engine"],
     "NAME": TIRA_DB_NAME,
-    "USER": custom_settings["database"].get("user", "tira"),
-    "PASSWORD": custom_settings["database"].get("password", "replace-with-db-password"),
-    "HOST": custom_settings["database"].get("host", "tira-mariadb"),
-    "PORT": int(custom_settings["database"].get("port", 3306)),
+    "USER": custom_settings["database"]["user"],
+    "PASSWORD": custom_settings["database"]["password"],
+    "HOST": custom_settings["database"]["host"],
+    "PORT": int(custom_settings["database"]["port"]),
     "TEST": {
         "NAME": "test_tira",
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
diff --git a/application/src/django_admin/wsgi.py b/application/src/django_admin/wsgi.py
index ed2789c3..f473d6bc 100644
--- a/application/src/django_admin/wsgi.py
+++ b/application/src/django_admin/wsgi.py
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@
 
 import os
 
+from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
 
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "django_admin.settings")
 
 application = get_wsgi_application()
+
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/58182766
+call_command("migrate")
diff --git a/application/test/settings_test.py b/application/test/settings_test.py
index 472c5466..3b039523 100644
--- a/application/test/settings_test.py
+++ b/application/test/settings_test.py
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
 config = parse_config(cfgpath, default_value=None, loader=yaml.FullLoader)
 custom_settings.update(config)
 
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = str2bool(custom_settings["debug"])
+
+if DEBUG:
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, force=True)
+
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
@@ -37,8 +43,6 @@
 SECRET_KEY = custom_settings["django_secret"]
 
 
-# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = str2bool(custom_settings["debug"])
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = custom_settings["allowed_hosts"]
 
 TIRA_ROOT = Path(custom_settings["tira_root"])
@@ -51,14 +55,14 @@
 HOST_GRPC_PORT = custom_settings.get("host_grpc_port", "50051")
 APPLICATION_GRPC_PORT = custom_settings.get("application_grpc_port", "50052")
 GRPC_HOST = custom_settings.get("grpc_host", "local")  # can be local or remote
-
+TIRA_DB_NAME = custom_settings["database"]["name"]
 TIRA_DB = {
-    "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-    "NAME": "test-database/sqlite3",
-    "USER": "tira",
-    "PASSWORD": "replace-with-db-password",
-    "HOST": "tira-mariadb",
-    "PORT": 3306,
+    "ENGINE": custom_settings["database"]["engine"],
+    "NAME": TIRA_DB_NAME,
+    "USER": custom_settings["database"]["user"],
+    "PASSWORD": custom_settings["database"]["password"],
+    "HOST": custom_settings["database"]["host"],
+    "PORT": int(custom_settings["database"]["port"]),
     "TEST": {
         "NAME": "test_tira",
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
@@ -72,7 +76,6 @@
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
     "django.contrib.sessions",
     "django.contrib.messages",
-    "django_extensions",
     "django_filters",
     "rest_framework",
     "rest_framework_json_api",
diff --git a/frontend/src/Tasks.vue b/frontend/src/Tasks.vue
index 64306585..3cbbe1b8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Tasks.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/Tasks.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <template>
   <tira-breadcrumb />
-  <loading :loading="task_list.length === 0" />
+  <loading :loading="task_list === undefined" />
 
-  <v-container v-if="task_list.length > 0">
+  <v-container v-if="task_list !== undefined">
     <h3 class="text-h3 py-5">Choose a Task</h3>
     <div class="py-5"></div>
     <div class="d-flex">
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export default {
         { title: 'Subs', key: 'software_count' },
         { text: 'Description', value: 'data-table-expand' },
       ],
-      task_list: [] as Task[],
+      task_list: undefined as (Task[] | undefined),
     }
   },
   methods: {
diff --git a/python-client/Makefile b/python-client/Makefile
index cac83155..0a880c4a 100644
--- a/python-client/Makefile
+++ b/python-client/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,3 @@ run-tests:
 	docker run -u root --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v ${PWD}:/app -w /app --entrypoint pytest webis/tira:python-client-dev-0.0.5
 	docker run -u root --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v ${PWD}:/app -w /app --entrypoint pytest webis/tira:python-client-dev-0.0.5-python3.7
 	docker run -u root --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/run/user/0/podman/podman.sock -v ${PWD}:/app -w /app --entrypoint pytest webis/tira:python-client-dev-0.0.5-python3.7
-
-docs:
-	docker run --rm -ti -v ${PWD}:/app -w /app webis/tira:python-client-dev-0.0.3 bash -c \
-	    'sphinx-apidoc -o docs tira/ && cd docs && make html'