diff --git a/ffplayout/ffplayout/settings/common.py b/ffplayout/ffplayout/settings/common.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33995081
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+++ b/ffplayout/ffplayout/settings/common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+"""
+Django settings for ffplayout project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.0.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+import os
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'django_filters',
+    'rest_framework',
+    'corsheaders',
+    'api'
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'ffplayout.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        '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',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'ffplayout.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    }
+]
+
+# simple JWT auth settings
+SIMPLE_JWT = {
+    'ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(minutes=5),
+    'REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(days=7),
+}
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+STATIC_ROOT = '/var/www/ffplayout/ffplayout/static/'
+
+# ffmpeg filter node, needs to be edit only when the filter chain changes
+DRAW_TEXT_NODE = 'Parsed_drawtext_2'
+
+# zmq settings
+REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 1000
diff --git a/ffplayout/ffplayout/settings/development.py b/ffplayout/ffplayout/settings/development.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c45dce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ffplayout/ffplayout/settings/development.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from daswort.settings.common import *
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = 'dhgfk(gl&16krnt_7*dp(9b3w*ft%nbsg-h2)&ihbte4le#o4f'
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
+
+# REST API
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+    ],
+    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': (
+        'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated',
+    )
+}
+
+CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = (
+    'http://localhost:3000',
+    'http://localhost:8000',
+    'http://ffplayout.local'
+)
diff --git a/ffplayout/ffplayout/settings/production.py b/ffplayout/ffplayout/settings/production.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65768961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ffplayout/ffplayout/settings/production.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from daswort.settings.common import *
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = '---a-very-important-secret-key:-generate-it-new---'
+DEBUG = False
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost']
+
+# REST API
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+    ],
+    'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
+        'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',
+    ),
+    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': (
+        'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated',
+    )
+}
+
+CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = (
+    'http://ffplayout.local',
+)
diff --git a/ffplayout/ffplayout/wsgi.py b/ffplayout/ffplayout/wsgi.py
index d8860f12..be3474a1 100644
--- a/ffplayout/ffplayout/wsgi.py
+++ b/ffplayout/ffplayout/wsgi.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import os
 
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
 
-os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'ffplayout.settings')
+os.environ.setdefault(
+    'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'ffplayout.settings.development')
 
 application = get_wsgi_application()