diff --git a/src/Vervis/Application.hs b/src/Vervis/Application.hs
index 35ecece..9422b09 100644
--- a/src/Vervis/Application.hs
+++ b/src/Vervis/Application.hs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ makeFoundation appSettings = do
     appLogger <- newStdoutLoggerSet defaultBufSize >>= makeYesodLogger
     appStatic <-
         (if appMutableStatic appSettings then staticDevel else static)
-        (appStaticDir appSettings)
+        appStaticDir
 
     appMailQueue <-
         case appMail appSettings of
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ appMain = do
     settings <- loadYamlSettingsArgs
         -- Fall back to compile-time values, set to [] to require values at
         -- runtime
-        [configSettingsYmlValue]
+        --[configSettingsYmlValue]
+        []
 
         -- Allow environment variables to override
         useEnv
diff --git a/src/Vervis/Foundation.hs b/src/Vervis/Foundation.hs
index 93182a5..d1857cc 100644
--- a/src/Vervis/Foundation.hs
+++ b/src/Vervis/Foundation.hs
@@ -486,11 +486,10 @@ instance Yesod App where
     -- users receiving stale content.
     addStaticContent ext mime content = do
         master <- getYesod
-        let staticDir = appStaticDir $ appSettings master
         addStaticContentExternal
             discardm
             genFileName
-            staticDir
+            appStaticDir
             (StaticR . flip StaticRoute [])
             ext
             mime
diff --git a/src/Vervis/Settings.hs b/src/Vervis/Settings.hs
index 5193055..d4eafb1 100644
--- a/src/Vervis/Settings.hs
+++ b/src/Vervis/Settings.hs
@@ -50,14 +50,34 @@ import qualified Data.Text as T
 
 import Yesod.Mail.Send (MailSettings)
 
+developmentMode :: Bool
+developmentMode =
+#if DEVELOPMENT
+    True
+#else
+    False
+#endif
+
+-- | Directory from which to serve static files.
+appStaticDir :: String
+appStaticDir = "static"
+
+-- | Use the reload version of templates
+appReloadTemplates :: Bool
+appReloadTemplates = developmentMode
+
+-- | Perform no stylesheet/script combining
+appSkipCombining :: Bool
+appSkipCombining = developmentMode
+
 -- | Runtime settings to configure this application. These settings can be
 -- loaded from various sources: defaults, environment variables, config files,
 -- theoretically even a database.
 data AppSettings = AppSettings
     { -- | Directory from which to serve static files.
-      appStaticDir              :: String
+      --appStaticDir              :: String
       -- | Configuration settings for accessing the database.
-    , appDatabaseConf           :: PostgresConf
+      appDatabaseConf           :: PostgresConf
       -- | Maximal number of remote instance-scope keys to cache in our local
       -- database per instance.
     , appMaxInstanceKeys        :: Maybe Int
@@ -93,11 +113,11 @@ data AppSettings = AppSettings
       -- | Should all log messages be displayed?
     , appShouldLogAll           :: Bool
       -- | Use the reload version of templates
-    , appReloadTemplates        :: Bool
+    --, appReloadTemplates        :: Bool
       -- | Assume that files in the static dir may change after compilation
     , appMutableStatic          :: Bool
       -- | Perform no stylesheet/script combining
-    , appSkipCombining          :: Bool
+    --, appSkipCombining          :: Bool
 
       -- | Load SVG font file from the data file path of the @SVGFonts@
       -- library, instead of the app's production runtime data directory.
@@ -166,18 +186,10 @@ data AppSettings = AppSettings
     , appHighlightStyle           :: Text
     }
 
-developmentMode :: Bool
-developmentMode =
-#if DEVELOPMENT
-    True
-#else
-    False
-#endif
-
 instance FromJSON AppSettings where
     parseJSON = withObject "AppSettings" $ \ o -> do
         let defaultDev = developmentMode
-        appStaticDir              <- o .: "static-dir"
+        --appStaticDir              <- o .: "static-dir"
         appDatabaseConf           <- o .: "database"
         appMaxInstanceKeys        <- o .:? "max-instance-keys"
         appMaxActorKeys           <- o .:? "max-actor-keys"
@@ -194,9 +206,9 @@ instance FromJSON AppSettings where
 
         appDetailedRequestLogging <- o .:? "detailed-logging" .!= defaultDev
         appShouldLogAll           <- o .:? "should-log-all"   .!= defaultDev
-        appReloadTemplates        <- o .:? "reload-templates" .!= defaultDev
+        --appReloadTemplates        <- o .:? "reload-templates" .!= defaultDev
         appMutableStatic          <- o .:? "mutable-static"   .!= defaultDev
-        appSkipCombining          <- o .:? "skip-combining"   .!= defaultDev
+        --appSkipCombining          <- o .:? "skip-combining"   .!= defaultDev
 
         appLoadFontFromLibData    <- o .:? "load-font-from-lib-data" .!= defaultDev
 
@@ -249,11 +261,12 @@ combineSettings = def
 widgetFile :: String -> Q Exp
 widgetFile =
     let wf =
-            if appReloadTemplates compileTimeAppSettings
+            if appReloadTemplates
                 then widgetFileReload
                 else widgetFileNoReload
     in  wf widgetFileSettings
 
+{-
 -- | Raw bytes at compile time of @config/settings.yml@
 configSettingsYmlBS :: ByteString
 configSettingsYmlBS = $(embedFile configSettingsYml)
@@ -269,6 +282,7 @@ compileTimeAppSettings =
     case fromJSON $ applyEnvValue False mempty configSettingsYmlValue of
         Error e          -> error e
         Success settings -> settings
+-}
 
 -- The following two functions can be used to combine multiple CSS or JS files
 -- at compile time to decrease the number of http requests.
@@ -279,11 +293,11 @@ compileTimeAppSettings =
 combineStylesheets :: Name -> [Route Static] -> Q Exp
 combineStylesheets =
     combineStylesheets'
-        (appSkipCombining compileTimeAppSettings)
+        appSkipCombining
         combineSettings
 
 combineScripts :: Name -> [Route Static] -> Q Exp
 combineScripts =
     combineScripts'
-        (appSkipCombining compileTimeAppSettings)
+        appSkipCombining
         combineSettings
diff --git a/src/Vervis/Settings/StaticFiles.hs b/src/Vervis/Settings/StaticFiles.hs
index f9a73d3..9df69cb 100644
--- a/src/Vervis/Settings/StaticFiles.hs
+++ b/src/Vervis/Settings/StaticFiles.hs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 module Vervis.Settings.StaticFiles where
 
-import Vervis.Settings (appStaticDir, compileTimeAppSettings)
+import Vervis.Settings (appStaticDir)
 import Yesod.Static (staticFiles)
 
 -- This generates easy references to files in the static directory at compile time,
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ import Yesod.Static (staticFiles)
 -- If the identifier is not available, you may use:
 --
 --     StaticFile ["js", "script.js"] []
-staticFiles (appStaticDir compileTimeAppSettings)
+staticFiles appStaticDir