diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9746730..bdb0e4a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ubuntu:14.04
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
 
 # Enable production settings by default; for development, this can be set to 
 # `false` in `docker run --env`
@@ -17,16 +17,15 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libmysqlclient-dev \
     mysql-server \
     nginx \
-    python-dev \
-    python-mysqldb \
-    python-setuptools \
+    python3-dev \
+    python3-mysqldb \
+    python3-setuptools \
     supervisor \
     vim
-RUN easy_install pip
+RUN easy_install3 pip
 
-# Handle urllib3 InsecurePlatformWarning
-RUN apt-get install -y libffi-dev libssl-dev libpython2.7-dev
-RUN pip install urllib3[security] requests[security] ndg-httpsclient pyasn1
+# Install Python libraries
+RUN pip3 install urllib3 requests[security] ndg-httpsclient pyasn1
 
 # Configure Django project
 ADD . /code
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ RUN mkdir /logs
 RUN mkdir /logs/nginx
 RUN mkdir /logs/gunicorn
 WORKDIR /code
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 RUN chmod ug+x /code/initialize.sh
 
 # Expose ports
diff --git a/django_docker/db.sqlite3 b/django_docker/db.sqlite3
deleted file mode 100644
index a1a057f..0000000
Binary files a/django_docker/db.sqlite3 and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/django_docker/django_docker/settings.py b/django_docker/django_docker/settings.py
index 8f1901b..0ef0e60 100644
--- a/django_docker/django_docker/settings.py
+++ b/django_docker/django_docker/settings.py
@@ -1,73 +1,111 @@
 """
-Django settings for django_docker project.
+Django settings for django-docker project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.0.2.
 
 For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/settings/
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/settings/
 
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/
 """
 
-# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 import os
-BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
-# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/deployment/checklist/
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = 'w5-iqfj^5cl6tj0_8*xmgnj5r^@&p@n+)=6g1-!^i0&sohyicg'
+SECRET_KEY = 'v#2ucc=3gt!((n96ngvk&5272+igyx-pwboe%zkjc+03k)=o4a'
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
+
 # Application definition
 
-INSTALLED_APPS = (
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
-    'hello_world',
-)
+]
 
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
-)
+]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'django_docker.urls'
 
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
+        '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 = 'django_docker.wsgi.application'
 
 
 # Database
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/#databases
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
-        'NAME': 'devdb',                      # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
-        # The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+        'NAME': 'devdb',
         'USER': 'devuser',
-        'PASSWORD': 'devpass', # Entered via fab command; leave blank if using SQLite
-        'HOST': '',                      # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
-        'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default.
+        'PASSWORD': 'devpass',
+        'HOST': '',
+        'PORT': '',
     }
 }
 
 
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/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',
+    },
+]
+
+
 # Internationalization
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/i18n/
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/i18n/
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
@@ -81,41 +119,6 @@
 
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/static-files/
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
-
-STATICFILES_DIRS = (
-    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
-)
-
-STATIC_ROOT = '/static/';
-
-TEMPLATES = [
-    {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [
-            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
-        ],
-        'APP_DIRS': True,
-        'OPTIONS': {
-            'context_processors': [
-                # Insert your TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS here or use this
-                # list if you haven't customized them:
-                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
-                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
-                'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
-                'django.template.context_processors.media',
-                'django.template.context_processors.static',
-                'django.template.context_processors.tz',
-                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
-            ],
-            'debug': True,
-        },
-    },
-]
-
-# Import production settings if the environment variable DJANGO_PRODUCTION is true
-# (It's set to True by default in the Dockerfile, but you can override it with `docker run` for development)
-if os.environ['DJANGO_PRODUCTION'] == 'true':
-    from settings_production import *
diff --git a/django_docker/django_docker/settings_production.py b/django_docker/django_docker/settings_production.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ea5a937..0000000
--- a/django_docker/django_docker/settings_production.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/deployment/checklist/
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
-DEBUG = False
-
-# The values below are loaded from environment variables
-import os
-
-SECRET_KEY = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']
-
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
-        'NAME': os.environ['DATABASE_NAME'],                      # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
-        # The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
-        'USER': os.environ['DATABASE_USERNAME'],
-        'PASSWORD': os.environ['DATABASE_PASSWORD'], # Entered via fab command; leave blank if using SQLite
-        'HOST': os.environ['DATABASE_HOST'],                      # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
-        'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default.
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/django_docker/django_docker/urls.py b/django_docker/django_docker/urls.py
index e8763d9..52c6605 100644
--- a/django_docker/django_docker/urls.py
+++ b/django_docker/django_docker/urls.py
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
-from django.conf.urls import include, url
-from hello_world import views as hello_world_views
+"""django_docker URL Configuration
 
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
 from django.contrib import admin
-admin.autodiscover()
+from django.urls import path
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
-    url(r'^$', hello_world_views.hello_world, name='hello_world'),
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
 ]
diff --git a/django_docker/django_docker/views.py b/django_docker/django_docker/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ecb0ce3..0000000
--- a/django_docker/django_docker/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-from django.http import render
-
-def hello_world(request):
-    return render(request, 'hello_world/index.html')
diff --git a/django_docker/django_docker/wsgi.py b/django_docker/django_docker/wsgi.py
index 605b5f6..6422d34 100644
--- a/django_docker/django_docker/wsgi.py
+++ b/django_docker/django_docker/wsgi.py
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 """
-WSGI config for django_docker project.
+WSGI config for django-docker project.
 
 It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
 
 For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/deployment/wsgi/
 """
 
 import os
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "django_docker.settings")
 
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "django_docker.settings")
+
 application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/django_docker/hello_world/__init__.py b/django_docker/hello_world/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/django_docker/hello_world/admin.py b/django_docker/hello_world/admin.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c38f3f..0000000
--- a/django_docker/hello_world/admin.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.contrib import admin
-
-# Register your models here.
diff --git a/django_docker/hello_world/models.py b/django_docker/hello_world/models.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 71a8362..0000000
--- a/django_docker/hello_world/models.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.db import models
-
-# Create your models here.
diff --git a/django_docker/hello_world/templates/hello_world/index.html b/django_docker/hello_world/templates/hello_world/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 4380434..0000000
--- a/django_docker/hello_world/templates/hello_world/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{% extends 'base.html' %}
-
-{% load staticfiles %}
-
-{% block content %}
-<p class="hello-world">Hello, world!</p>
-{% endblock content %} 
diff --git a/django_docker/hello_world/tests.py b/django_docker/hello_world/tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce503c..0000000
--- a/django_docker/hello_world/tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.test import TestCase
-
-# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/django_docker/hello_world/views.py b/django_docker/hello_world/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 62e9001..0000000
--- a/django_docker/hello_world/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
-
-def hello_world(request):
-    return render(request, 'hello_world/index.html')
diff --git a/django_docker/manage.py b/django_docker/manage.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index edb63a9..1662d4a
--- a/django_docker/manage.py
+++ b/django_docker/manage.py
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "django_docker.settings")
-
-    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
-
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/django_docker/static/css/style.css b/django_docker/static/css/style.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fea22f..0000000
--- a/django_docker/static/css/style.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-p.hello-world {
-    font-family: 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
-    font-size: 36px;
-    margin: 100px auto;
-    text-align: center;
-}
diff --git a/django_docker/templates/base.html b/django_docker/templates/base.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cd2572..0000000
--- a/django_docker/templates/base.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{% load staticfiles %}
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-<head>
-    <meta charset="utf-8">
-    <title></title>
-    <link href="{% static 'css/style.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
-    <!--[if lt IE 9]>  
-    <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>  
-    <![endif]--> 
-</head>
-<body>
-    {% block content %}{% endblock content %} 
-</body>
-</html>
-
-
-
diff --git a/supervisord.conf b/supervisord.conf
index 67fdf47..5b14f7f 100644
--- a/supervisord.conf
+++ b/supervisord.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ nodaemon=true
 
 [program:mysql]
 ; Don't start the MySQL daemon if we're in production
-command=/bin/bash -c 'if [ "$DJANGO_PRODUCTION" != "true" ]; then /usr/bin/mysqld_safe; fi'
+command=/bin/bash -c 'if [ "$DJANGO_PRODUCTION" != "true" ]; then /usr/bin/pidproxy /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid /usr/sbin/mysqld; fi'
 autostart=true
 exitcodes=0
 startsecs=0