diff --git a/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/__init__.py b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..79be19769ae97150245e7a86e93d6cf04eb2f7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .development import *
diff --git a/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings.py b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py
similarity index 89%
rename from castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings.py
rename to castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py
index ae4c7d7c1c415d631798b6682acb4809f1829933..ae241d5a41439d4c2311690301af127b74e5cb30 100644
--- a/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings.py
+++ b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ import os
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
-SECRET_KEY = 'i#$kwk(s24ysn+l%+c!*z9u4+45)oex!-s#!bux#wf2pv2cc0d'
-
-DEBUG = True
-
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 
 
@@ -54,16 +50,6 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'castellum_core.wsgi.application'
 
 
-# Database
-
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
-    }
-}
-
-
 # Password validation
 
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
diff --git a/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/development.py b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/development.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b59aa343f2eaf60000c244ee17dae98886aa49d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/development.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from .default import *
+
+
+SECRET_KEY = 'i#$kwk(s24ysn+l%+c!*z9u4+45)oex!-s#!bux#wf2pv2cc0d'
+
+DEBUG = True
+
+
+# Database
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+    }
+}