diff --git a/hodor/__init__.py b/hodor/__init__.py
index 4e76de2b94405488b0d1e2a4e0e8d86640b63f44..7b85b018109661f906667ed2185514fb1578ebb4 100644
--- a/hodor/__init__.py
+++ b/hodor/__init__.py
@@ -2,8 +2,18 @@
 __version__ = '0.1'
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_debugtoolbar import DebugToolbarExtension
-app = Flask('hodor')
-app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'random'
-app.debug = True
-toolbar = DebugToolbarExtension(app)
 from hodor.controllers import *
+
+ENV = 'development'
+
+app = Flask('hodor')
+api = Api(app)
+app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'CHANGE_ME_IN_PRODUCTION'
+
+if ENV == 'development':
+    app.debug = True
+    toolbar = DebugToolbarExtension(app)
+else:
+    app.debug = False
+    if app.config['SECRET_KEY'] == 'CHANGE_ME_IN_PRODUCTION':
+        print("[!] Please change your secret key before running in production");
diff --git a/hodor/settings/.keep b/hodor/settings/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 50055448c0af9d0c9dbd925639d3155555121581..e0cb3ec246636fdd5bb8fc371d4ef3fab45a3c9a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ Flask-SocketIO==2.9.1
 Flask-WTF==0.14.2
 Jinja2==2.9.6
 virtualenv
+flask-restful