diff --git a/uncloud/.gitignore b/uncloud/.gitignore
index 4ade18f..71202e1 100644
--- a/uncloud/.gitignore
+++ b/uncloud/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 db.sqlite3
 uncloud/secrets.py
-debug.log
\ No newline at end of file
+debug.log
+uncloud/local_settings.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uncloud/uncloud/settings.py b/uncloud/uncloud/settings.py
index 5ce8e92..e8530e7 100644
--- a/uncloud/uncloud/settings.py
+++ b/uncloud/uncloud/settings.py
@@ -12,18 +12,26 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/
 
 import os
 
+import stripe
+import ldap
 
 # Uncommitted file with secrets
 import uncloud.secrets
 
-import stripe
-import ldap
-
-import uncloud.secrets as secrets
-
 from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch
 
-
+# Uncommitted file with local settings i.e logging
+try:
+    from uncloud.local_settings import LOGGING, DATABASES
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    LOGGING = {}
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases
+    DATABASES = {
+        'default': {
+            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+            'NAME': uncloud.secrets.POSTGRESQL_DB_NAME,
+        }
+    }
 
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
@@ -88,8 +96,6 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'uncloud.wsgi.application'
 
 
-
-
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
@@ -167,37 +173,4 @@ USE_TZ = True
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
-stripe.api_key = secrets.STRIPE_KEY
-
-# FIXME: not sure if we really need this
-LOGGING = {
-    'version': 1,
-    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-    'handlers': {
-        'file': {
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
-            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
-            'filename': 'debug.log',
-        },
-    },
-    'loggers': {
-        'django': {
-            'handlers': ['file'],
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
-            'propagate': True,
-        },
-        'django_auth_ldap': {
-            'handlers': ['file'],
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
-            'propagate': True
-        }
-    },
-}
-
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
-        'NAME': uncloud.secrets.POSTGRESQL_DB_NAME,
-    }
-}
+stripe.api_key = uncloud.secrets.STRIPE_KEY