diff --git a/conf/.env.template b/conf/.env.template
index 85fe8b7..e71a919 100644
--- a/conf/.env.template
+++ b/conf/.env.template
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI="ldap://localhost:389"
 AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN=""
 AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=""
 AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE_DN="ou=users,dc=yunohost,dc=org"
-AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER_STR="(&(|(objectclass=posixAccount))(uid={{username}})(permission=cn=__APP__.main,ou=permission,dc=yunohost,dc=org))"
+AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER_STR="(&(|(objectclass=posixAccount))(uid=%(user)s)(permission=cn=__APP__.main,ou=permission,dc=yunohost,dc=org))"
 #AUTH_LDAP_TLS_CACERTFILE=
 
 # Enables exporting PDF (see export docs)
diff --git a/conf/settings.py b/conf/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56bb350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,456 @@
+"""
+Django settings for recipes project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.0.1.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/
+"""
+import ast
+import json
+import os
+import re
+
+from django.contrib import messages
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+# Get vars from .env files
+SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY') if os.getenv('SECRET_KEY') else 'INSECURE_STANDARD_KEY_SET_IN_ENV'
+
+DEBUG = bool(int(os.getenv('DEBUG', True)))
+
+SOCIAL_DEFAULT_ACCESS = bool(int(os.getenv('SOCIAL_DEFAULT_ACCESS', False)))
+SOCIAL_DEFAULT_GROUP = os.getenv('SOCIAL_DEFAULT_GROUP', 'guest')
+
+SPACE_DEFAULT_MAX_RECIPES = int(os.getenv('SPACE_DEFAULT_MAX_RECIPES', 0))
+SPACE_DEFAULT_MAX_USERS = int(os.getenv('SPACE_DEFAULT_MAX_USERS', 0))
+SPACE_DEFAULT_MAX_FILES = int(os.getenv('SPACE_DEFAULT_MAX_FILES', 0))
+SPACE_DEFAULT_ALLOW_SHARING = bool(int(os.getenv('SPACE_DEFAULT_ALLOW_SHARING', True)))
+
+INTERNAL_IPS = os.getenv('INTERNAL_IPS').split(',') if os.getenv('INTERNAL_IPS') else ['127.0.0.1']
+
+# allow djangos wsgi server to server mediafiles
+GUNICORN_MEDIA = bool(int(os.getenv('GUNICORN_MEDIA', True)))
+
+REVERSE_PROXY_AUTH = bool(int(os.getenv('REVERSE_PROXY_AUTH', False)))
+
+# default value for user preference 'comment'
+COMMENT_PREF_DEFAULT = bool(int(os.getenv('COMMENT_PREF_DEFAULT', True)))
+FRACTION_PREF_DEFAULT = bool(int(os.getenv('FRACTION_PREF_DEFAULT', False)))
+KJ_PREF_DEFAULT = bool(int(os.getenv('KJ_PREF_DEFAULT', False)))
+STICKY_NAV_PREF_DEFAULT = bool(int(os.getenv('STICKY_NAV_PREF_DEFAULT', True)))
+
+# minimum interval that users can set for automatic sync of shopping lists
+SHOPPING_MIN_AUTOSYNC_INTERVAL = int(os.getenv('SHOPPING_MIN_AUTOSYNC_INTERVAL', 5))
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS').split(',') if os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS') else ['*']
+
+if os.getenv('CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS'):
+    CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = os.getenv('CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS').split(',')
+
+CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = True
+
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "index"
+LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = "index"
+ACCOUNT_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = "index"
+ACCOUNT_EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_ANONYMOUS_REDIRECT_URL = "index"
+
+SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSE = False
+SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = 365 * 60 * 24 * 60
+
+CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = 'bootstrap4'
+DJANGO_TABLES2_TEMPLATE = 'cookbook/templates/generic/table_template.html'
+DJANGO_TABLES2_PAGE_RANGE = 8
+
+HCAPTCHA_SITEKEY = os.getenv('HCAPTCHA_SITEKEY', '')
+HCAPTCHA_SECRET = os.getenv('HCAPTCHA_SECRET', '')
+
+SHARING_ABUSE = bool(int(os.getenv('SHARING_ABUSE', False)))
+SHARING_LIMIT = int(os.getenv('SHARING_LIMIT', 0))
+
+ACCOUNT_SIGNUP_FORM_CLASS = 'cookbook.forms.AllAuthSignupForm'
+
+TERMS_URL = os.getenv('TERMS_URL', '')
+PRIVACY_URL = os.getenv('PRIVACY_URL', '')
+IMPRINT_URL = os.getenv('IMPRINT_URL', '')
+HOSTED = bool(int(os.getenv('HOSTED', False)))
+
+MESSAGE_TAGS = {
+    messages.ERROR: 'danger'
+}
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'dal',
+    'dal_select2',
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.sites',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'django.contrib.postgres',
+    'oauth2_provider',
+    'django_prometheus',
+    'django_tables2',
+    'corsheaders',
+    'crispy_forms',
+    'rest_framework',
+    'rest_framework.authtoken',
+    'django_cleanup.apps.CleanupConfig',
+    'webpack_loader',
+    'django_js_reverse',
+    'hcaptcha',
+    'allauth',
+    'allauth.account',
+    'allauth.socialaccount',
+    'cookbook.apps.CookbookConfig',
+    'treebeard',
+]
+
+SOCIAL_PROVIDERS = os.getenv('SOCIAL_PROVIDERS').split(',') if os.getenv('SOCIAL_PROVIDERS') else []
+SOCIALACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = 'none'
+INSTALLED_APPS = INSTALLED_APPS + SOCIAL_PROVIDERS
+
+ACCOUNT_SIGNUP_EMAIL_ENTER_TWICE = True
+ACCOUNT_MAX_EMAIL_ADDRESSES = 3
+ACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED = True
+ACCOUNT_EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_EXPIRE_DAYS = 90
+ACCOUNT_LOGOUT_ON_GET = True
+
+try:
+    SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS = ast.literal_eval(
+        os.getenv('SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS') if os.getenv('SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS') else '{}')
+except ValueError:
+    SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS = json.loads(
+        os.getenv('SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS').replace("'", '"') if os.getenv('SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS') else '{}')
+
+SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN = os.getenv('SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN', None)
+SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = os.getenv('SESSION_COOKIE_NAME', 'sessionid')
+
+ENABLE_SIGNUP = bool(int(os.getenv('ENABLE_SIGNUP', False)))
+
+ENABLE_METRICS = bool(int(os.getenv('ENABLE_METRICS', False)))
+
+ENABLE_PDF_EXPORT = bool(int(os.getenv('ENABLE_PDF_EXPORT', False)))
+EXPORT_FILE_CACHE_DURATION = int(os.getenv('EXPORT_FILE_CACHE_DURATION', 600))
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
+    '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.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    'cookbook.helper.scope_middleware.ScopeMiddleware',
+]
+
+SORT_TREE_BY_NAME = bool(int(os.getenv('SORT_TREE_BY_NAME', False)))
+DISABLE_TREE_FIX_STARTUP = bool(int(os.getenv('DISABLE_TREE_FIX_STARTUP', False)))
+
+if bool(int(os.getenv('SQL_DEBUG', False))):
+    MIDDLEWARE += ('recipes.middleware.SqlPrintingMiddleware',)
+
+if ENABLE_METRICS:
+    MIDDLEWARE += 'django_prometheus.middleware.PrometheusAfterMiddleware',
+
+# Auth related settings
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = []
+
+# LDAP
+LDAP_AUTH = bool(os.getenv('LDAP_AUTH', False))
+if LDAP_AUTH:
+    import ldap
+    from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch
+
+    AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS.append('django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend')
+    AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = os.getenv('AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI')
+    AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = os.getenv('AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN')
+    AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = os.getenv('AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD')
+    AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH = LDAPSearch(
+        os.getenv('AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE_DN'),
+        ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
+        os.getenv('AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH_FILTER_STR', '(uid=%(user)s)'),
+    )
+    AUTH_LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP = ast.literal_eval(os.getenv('AUTH_LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP')) if os.getenv('AUTH_LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP') else {
+        'first_name': 'givenName',
+        'last_name': 'sn',
+        'email': 'mail',
+    }
+    AUTH_LDAP_ALWAYS_UPDATE_USER = bool(int(os.getenv('AUTH_LDAP_ALWAYS_UPDATE_USER', True)))
+    AUTH_LDAP_CACHE_TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv('AUTH_LDAP_CACHE_TIMEOUT', 3600))
+    if 'AUTH_LDAP_TLS_CACERTFILE' in os.environ:
+        AUTH_LDAP_GLOBAL_OPTIONS = {ldap.OPT_X_TLS_CACERTFILE: os.getenv('AUTH_LDAP_TLS_CACERTFILE')}
+    if DEBUG:
+        LOGGING = {
+            "version": 1,
+            "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+            "handlers": {"console": {"class": "logging.StreamHandler"}},
+            "loggers": {"django_auth_ldap": {"level": "DEBUG", "handlers": ["console"]}},
+        }
+
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS += [
+    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
+    'allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend',
+]
+
+# django allauth site id
+SITE_ID = int(os.getenv('ALLAUTH_SITE_ID', 1))
+
+ACCOUNT_ADAPTER = 'cookbook.helper.AllAuthCustomAdapter'
+
+if REVERSE_PROXY_AUTH:
+    MIDDLEWARE.insert(8, 'recipes.middleware.CustomRemoteUser')
+    AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS.append('django.contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend')
+
+# 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',
+    },
+]
+
+SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')
+
+OAUTH2_PROVIDER = {
+    'SCOPES': {'read': 'Read scope', 'write': 'Write scope', 'bookmarklet': 'only access to bookmarklet'}
+}
+READ_SCOPE = 'read'
+WRITE_SCOPE = 'write'
+
+
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+        'oauth2_provider.contrib.rest_framework.OAuth2Authentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication',
+    ),
+    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated',
+    ],
+}
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'recipes.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'), os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'cookbook', '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',
+                'django.template.context_processors.media',
+                'cookbook.helper.context_processors.context_settings',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'recipes.wsgi.application'
+
+# Database
+# Load settings from env files
+if os.getenv('DATABASE_URL'):
+    match = re.match(
+        r'(?P<schema>\w+):\/\/(?P<user>[\w\d_-]+)(:(?P<password>[^@]+))?@(?P<host>[^:/]+)(:(?P<port>\d+))?(\/(?P<database>[\w\d\/\._-]+))?',
+        os.getenv('DATABASE_URL')
+    )
+    settings = match.groupdict()
+    schema = settings['schema']
+    if schema.startswith('postgres'):
+        engine = 'django.db.backends.postgresql'
+    elif schema == 'sqlite':
+        engine = 'django.db.backends.sqlite3'
+    else:
+        raise Exception("Unsupported database schema: '%s'" % schema)
+
+    DATABASES = {
+        'default': {
+            'ENGINE': engine,
+            'OPTIONS': ast.literal_eval(os.getenv('DB_OPTIONS')) if os.getenv('DB_OPTIONS') else {},
+            'HOST': settings['host'],
+            'PORT': settings['port'],
+            'USER': settings['user'],
+            'PASSWORD': settings['password'],
+            'NAME': settings['database'],
+            'CONN_MAX_AGE': 600,
+        }
+    }
+else:
+    DATABASES = {
+        'default': {
+            'ENGINE': os.getenv('DB_ENGINE') if os.getenv('DB_ENGINE') else 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+            'OPTIONS': ast.literal_eval(os.getenv('DB_OPTIONS')) if os.getenv('DB_OPTIONS') else {},
+            'HOST': os.getenv('POSTGRES_HOST'),
+            'PORT': os.getenv('POSTGRES_PORT'),
+            'USER': os.getenv('POSTGRES_USER'),
+            'PASSWORD': os.getenv('POSTGRES_PASSWORD'),
+            'NAME': os.getenv('POSTGRES_DB') if os.getenv('POSTGRES_DB') else 'db.sqlite3',
+            'CONN_MAX_AGE': 60,
+        }
+    }
+
+# Local testing DB
+# DATABASES = {
+#     'default': {
+#         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+#         'HOST': 'localhost',
+#         'PORT': 5432,
+#         'USER': 'postgres',
+#         'PASSWORD': 'postgres', # set to local pw
+#         'NAME': 'postgres',
+#         'CONN_MAX_AGE': 600,
+#     }
+# }
+
+# SQLite testing DB
+# DATABASES = {
+#     'default': {
+#         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+#         'OPTIONS': ast.literal_eval(os.getenv('DB_OPTIONS')) if os.getenv('DB_OPTIONS') else {},
+#         'NAME': 'db.sqlite3',
+#         'CONN_MAX_AGE': 600,
+#     }
+# }
+
+CACHES = {
+    'default': {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',
+        'LOCATION': 'default',
+    }
+}
+
+# Vue webpack settings
+VUE_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'vue')
+
+WEBPACK_LOADER = {
+    'DEFAULT': {
+        'CACHE': not DEBUG,
+        'BUNDLE_DIR_NAME': 'vue/',  # must end with slash
+        'STATS_FILE': os.path.join(VUE_DIR, 'webpack-stats.json'),
+        'POLL_INTERVAL': 0.1,
+        'TIMEOUT': None,
+        'IGNORE': [r'.+\.hot-update.js', r'.+\.map'],
+    }
+}
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en'
+
+TIME_ZONE = os.getenv('TIMEZONE') if os.getenv('TIMEZONE') else 'Europe/Berlin'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+LANGUAGES = [
+    ('hy', _('Armenian ')),
+    ('bg', _('Bulgarian')),
+    ('ca', _('Catalan')),
+    ('cs', _('Czech')),
+    ('da', _('Danish')),
+    ('nl', _('Dutch')),
+    ('en', _('English')),
+    ('fr', _('French')),
+    ('de', _('German')),
+    ('it', _('Italian')),
+    ('lv', _('Latvian')),
+    ('pl', _('Polish')),
+    ('ru', _('Russian')),
+    ('es', _('Spanish')),
+    ('sv', _('Swedish')),
+]
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/static-files/
+
+SCRIPT_NAME = os.getenv('SCRIPT_NAME', '')
+# path for django_js_reverse to generate the javascript file containing all urls. Only done because the default command (collectstatic_js_reverse) fails to update the manifest
+JS_REVERSE_OUTPUT_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "cookbook/static/django_js_reverse")
+JS_REVERSE_SCRIPT_PREFIX = os.getenv('JS_REVERSE_SCRIPT_PREFIX', SCRIPT_NAME)
+
+STATIC_URL = os.getenv('STATIC_URL', '/static/')
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "staticfiles")
+
+AWS_ENABLED = True if os.getenv('S3_ACCESS_KEY', False) else False
+
+if os.getenv('S3_ACCESS_KEY', ''):
+    DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'cookbook.helper.CustomStorageClass.CachedS3Boto3Storage'
+
+    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = os.getenv('S3_ACCESS_KEY', '')
+    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = os.getenv('S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY', '')
+    AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = os.getenv('S3_BUCKET_NAME', '')
+    AWS_QUERYSTRING_AUTH = bool(int(os.getenv('S3_QUERYSTRING_AUTH', True)))
+    AWS_QUERYSTRING_EXPIRE = int(os.getenv('S3_QUERYSTRING_EXPIRE', 3600))
+    AWS_S3_SIGNATURE_VERSION = os.getenv('S3_SIGNATURE_VERSION', 's3v4')
+    AWS_S3_REGION_NAME = os.getenv('S3_REGION_NAME', None)
+
+    if os.getenv('S3_ENDPOINT_URL', ''):
+        AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL = os.getenv('S3_ENDPOINT_URL', '')
+    if os.getenv('S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN', ''):
+        AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN = os.getenv('S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN', '')
+
+    MEDIA_URL = os.getenv('MEDIA_URL', '/media/')
+    MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "mediafiles")
+else:
+    MEDIA_URL = os.getenv('MEDIA_URL', '/media/')
+    MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "mediafiles")
+
+# Serve static files with gzip
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+
+TEST_RUNNER = "cookbook.helper.CustomTestRunner.CustomTestRunner"
+
+# settings for cross site origin (CORS)
+# all origins allowed to support bookmarklet
+# all of this may or may not work with nginx or other web servers
+# TODO make this user configurable - enable or disable bookmarklets
+# TODO since token auth is enabled - this all should be https by default
+CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = True
+
+# enable CORS only for bookmarklet api and only for posts, get and options
+CORS_URLS_REGEX = r'^/api/bookmarklet-import.*$'
+CORS_ALLOW_METHODS = ['GET', 'OPTIONS', 'POST']
+# future versions of django will make undeclared default django.db.models.BigAutoField which will force migrations on all models
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.AutoField'
+
+EMAIL_HOST = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST', '')
+EMAIL_PORT = int(os.getenv('EMAIL_PORT', 25))
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_USER', '')
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD', '')
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = bool(int(os.getenv('EMAIL_USE_TLS', False)))
+EMAIL_USE_SSL = bool(int(os.getenv('EMAIL_USE_SSL', False)))
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = os.getenv('DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL', 'webmaster@localhost')
+ACCOUNT_EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = os.getenv('ACCOUNT_EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX', '[Tandoor Recipes] ')  # allauth sender prefix