diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7b39be5e..406c2b84 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ end
 
 group :production do #this is used on heroku
  #gem 'rmagick'
+ gem 'rails_12factor'
 end
 
 group :development, :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5a181952..8bd00a57 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ GEM
       loofah (~> 2.0)
     rails3-jquery-autocomplete (1.0.15)
       rails (>= 3.2)
+    rails_12factor (0.0.3)
+      rails_serve_static_assets
+      rails_stdout_logging
+    rails_serve_static_assets (0.0.4)
+    rails_stdout_logging (0.0.4)
     railties (4.2.4)
       actionpack (= 4.2.4)
       activesupport (= 4.2.4)
@@ -213,6 +218,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   quiet_assets
   rails (= 4.2.4)
   rails3-jquery-autocomplete
+  rails_12factor
   redis
   sass-rails
   uglifier
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 251e12ab..53e8b4fb 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Metamaps::Application.configure do
   # Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/application.rb
 
+  config.log_level = :info
   config.eager_load = false
 
   # In the development environment your application's code is reloaded on
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 17773071..a515b4ca 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Metamaps::Application.configure do
   # Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/application.rb
 
+  config.log_level = :warn
   config.eager_load = true
   config.assets.js_compressor = :uglifier
 
@@ -12,7 +13,9 @@ Metamaps::Application.configure do
   config.action_controller.perform_caching = true
 
   # Disable Rails's static asset server (Apache or nginx will already do this)
-  config.serve_static_assets = false
+  config.serve_static_files = true
+
+  config.assets.compile = true
 
   # Compress JavaScripts and CSS
   config.assets.compress = true