diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index bb0853e..6b2a4e6 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 """
 
 import environ
-import ldap
-from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch, GroupOfNamesType
 
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -82,36 +80,8 @@
 # AUTHENTICATION
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
-    'django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend',
-    # 'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
+    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
 ]
-
-AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = "ldap://127.0.0.1:10389/"
-
-AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = ""
-AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = ""
-AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH = LDAPSearch(
-    "ou=users,dc=example,dc=com", ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, "(uid=%(user)s)")
-
-AUTH_LDAP_FIND_GROUP_PERMS = True
-AUTH_LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH = LDAPSearch(
-    'ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com',
-    ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
-    '(objectClass=groupOfNames)',
-)
-AUTH_LDAP_GROUP_TYPE = GroupOfNamesType(name_attr='cn')
-
-AUTH_LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP = {
-    'first_name': 'givenName',
-    'last_name': 'sn',
-    'email': 'mail',
-}
-
-AUTH_LDAP_USER_FLAGS_BY_GROUP = {
-    'is_staff': 'cn=staff,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com',
-    'is_superuser': 'cn=superuser,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com',
-}
-
 # AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'users.User'
 # LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'users:redirect'
 # LOGIN_URL = 'account_login'
@@ -124,20 +94,20 @@
     'django.contrib.auth.hashers.BCryptSHA256PasswordHasher',
     'django.contrib.auth.hashers.BCryptPasswordHasher',
 ]
-# 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',
-#     },
-# ]
+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',
+    },
+]
 
 # MIDDLEWARE
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/config/settings/production.py b/config/settings/production.py
index b71f582..b60e3f9 100644
--- a/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/config/settings/production.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import ldap
+from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch, GroupOfNamesType
+
 from .base import *  # noqa
 from .base import env
 
@@ -29,6 +32,38 @@
     }
 }
 
+# AUTHENTICATION
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
+    'django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend',
+    # 'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
+]
+
+AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = "ldap://127.0.0.1:10389/"
+
+AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = ""
+AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = ""
+AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH = LDAPSearch(
+    "ou=users,dc=example,dc=com", ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, "(uid=%(user)s)")
+
+AUTH_LDAP_FIND_GROUP_PERMS = True
+AUTH_LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH = LDAPSearch(
+    'ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com',
+    ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
+    '(objectClass=groupOfNames)',
+)
+AUTH_LDAP_GROUP_TYPE = GroupOfNamesType(name_attr='cn')
+
+AUTH_LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP = {
+    'first_name': 'givenName',
+    'last_name': 'sn',
+    'email': 'mail',
+}
+
+AUTH_LDAP_USER_FLAGS_BY_GROUP = {
+    'is_staff': 'cn=staff,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com',
+    'is_superuser': 'cn=superuser,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com',
+}
+
 # SECURITY
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-proxy-ssl-header