diff --git a/README.md.tmpl b/README.md.tmpl
index e87c78b..00aea86 100644
--- a/README.md.tmpl
+++ b/README.md.tmpl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ This app uses [Alembic](http://alembic.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) to manage dat
 
 Use this command every time you or somebody in your team has updated the database schema:
 
-    $  python manage.py syncdb
+    $  alembig upgrade head
 
 https://sqlalchemy-searchable.readthedocs.org/en/latest/alembic_migrations.html
 
@@ -46,16 +46,11 @@ If you add anything by hand remember to modify both the upgrade and downgrade me
 
 Do:
 
-    $  python manage.py syncdb
+    $  alembig upgrade head
 
 to run the generated migration on your local database.
 
 
-### Manually Run the Migrations
-
-    $  alembic upgrade head
-
-
 ### Reset Migrations
 
 To prune old migration files, simply delete the files. Then, in the earliest, still-remaining migration file, set down_revision to None:
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index abd1d5f..84594d3 100644
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -2,38 +2,13 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import io
 import os
-from os.path import dirname, join
 
-from alembic import command
-from alembic.config import Config
 import baker
 
 from webapp.main import app
 from webapp.auth import manage
 
 
-@baker.command
-def syncdb(revision='head'):
-    """Run the database migrations
-    """
-    print('\n-- Updating to the latest revision --')
-    alembic_cfg = Config(join(dirname(__file__), 'alembic.ini'))
-    command.upgrade(alembic_cfg, revision)
-
-    print('\n-- Done. --\n')
-
-
-@baker.command
-def revertdb(revision):
-    """Revert the database to the given revision
-    """
-    print('\n-- Downgrade --')
-    alembic_cfg = Config(join(dirname(__file__), 'alembic.ini'))
-    command.downgrade(alembic_cfg, revision)
-
-    print('\n-- Done. --\n')
-
-
 @baker.command
 def run(host='0.0.0.0', port=None, **kwargs):
     """Runs the application on the local development server.
diff --git a/webapp/config/common.py.tmpl b/webapp/config/common.py.tmpl
index a9e2079..4b07ff7 100644
--- a/webapp/config/common.py.tmpl
+++ b/webapp/config/common.py.tmpl
@@ -109,3 +109,5 @@ LOGGING_CONFIG = {
 }
 
 MEMCHACHED_SERVERS = []
+
+DEBUG_TB_INTERCEPT_REDIRECTS = False