diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
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-{
-  "name": "PyRIGS",
-  "description": "",
-  "scripts": {
-    "postdeploy": "python manage.py migrate && python manage.py generateSampleData"
-  },
-  "stack": "heroku-22",
-  "env": {
-    "DEBUG": {
-      "required": true
-    },
-    "STAGING": "1",
-    "EMAIL_FROM": {
-      "required": true
-    },
-    "EMAIL_HOST": {
-      "required": true
-    },
-    "EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD": {
-      "required": true
-    },
-    "EMAIL_HOST_USER": {
-      "required": true
-    },
-    "EMAIL_PORT": {
-      "required": true
-    },
-    "EMAIL_USE_SSL": {
-      "required": true
-    },
-    "RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY": {
-      "required": true
-    },
-    "RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY": {
-      "required": true
-    },
-    "SECRET_KEY": {
-      "generator": "secret"
-    }
-  },
-  "formation": {
-    "web": {
-      "quantity": 1
-    }
-  },
-  "addons": [
-    "heroku-postgresql"
-  ],
-  "buildpacks": [
-    {
-      "url": "heroku/nodejs"
-    },
-    {
-      "url": "heroku/python"
-    }
-  ]
-}