diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -208,11 +208,13 @@
       - swh-idx-storage
     environment:
       VERBOSITY: 3
-      DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: swh.web.settings.development
+      DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: localsettings
       SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME: /web.yml
-      PYTHONPATH: /tmp/swh
+      PYTHONPATH: /srv/softwareheritage
+    entrypoint: /entrypoint.sh
     volumes:
       - "./conf/web.yml:/web.yml:ro"
+      - "./services/swh-web/settings.py:/srv/softwareheritage/localsettings.py:ro"
 
   swh-deposit-db:
     image: postgres:11
diff --git a/services/swh-web/settings.py b/services/swh-web/settings.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/swh-web/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import os
+from django.core.cache import cache
+
+from swh.web.settings.common import * # noqa
+MIDDLEWARE += ['swh.web.common.middlewares.HtmlPrettifyMiddleware']
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = []  # disable any pwd validation mechanism
+
+DATABASES['default']['NAME'] = os.path.join(
+    os.environ.get('HOME', '/tmp'), 'db.sqlite3')
+
+cache.clear()