diff --git a/blog/urls.py b/blog/urls.py
index 525eb72..89bbbd9 100644
--- a/blog/urls.py
+++ b/blog/urls.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from . import views, feed
 
-urlpatterns = patterns(
-    '',
+urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^feed/$', feed.LatestPosts(), name="feed"),
     url(r'^$', views.BlogIndex.as_view(), name="index"),
     url(r'^entry/(?P<slug>\S+)$', views.BlogDetail.as_view(), name="entry_detail"),
-)
+]
diff --git a/qblog/settings.py b/qblog/settings.py
index 8b6228a..edd918c 100644
--- a/qblog/settings.py
+++ b/qblog/settings.py
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
-
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 
 
@@ -53,6 +51,23 @@
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'qblog.urls'
 
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates"),],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'qblog.wsgi.application'
 
 
@@ -84,5 +99,4 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
-TEMPLATE_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates"), )
 STATICFILES_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"), )
diff --git a/qblog/urls.py b/qblog/urls.py
index a8b0436..db7820f 100644
--- a/qblog/urls.py
+++ b/qblog/urls.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
 from django.contrib import admin
 
-urlpatterns = patterns(
-    '',
+urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
     url(r'^markdown/', include("django_markdown.urls")),
     url(r'^', include('blog.urls')),
-)
+]