diff --git a/swh/deposit/settings/production.py b/swh/deposit/settings/production.py
index 1427d079..e8a99bee 100644
--- a/swh/deposit/settings/production.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/settings/production.py
@@ -1,91 +1,91 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from .common import *  # noqa
 from .common import ALLOWED_HOSTS
 from swh.core import config
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS += ['deposit.softwareheritage.org']
 # Setup support for proxy headers
 USE_X_FORWARDED_HOST = True
 SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')
 
 DEBUG = False
 
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#databases
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#std:setting-DATABASES
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/deployment/checklist/#databases
 
 DEFAULT_PATH = 'deposit/private'
 
 private_conf = config.load_named_config(DEFAULT_PATH)
 
 if not private_conf:
     raise ValueError('Cannot run in production, missing private data file.')
 
-SECRET_KEY = private_conf['secret_key']
+SECRET_KEY = private_conf.get('secret_key', 'change me')
 
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#logging
 LOGGING = {
     'version': 1,
     'disable_existing_loggers': False,
     'formatters': {
         'standard': {
             'format': "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s [%(name)s:%(lineno)s] %(message)s",  # noqa
             'datefmt': "%d/%b/%Y %H:%M:%S"
         },
     },
     'handlers': {
         'console': {
             'level': 'INFO',
             'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
             'formatter': 'standard'
         },
     },
     'loggers': {
         'django': {
             'handlers': ['console'],
             'level': 'INFO',
             'propagate': True,
         },
     },
 }
 
 # database
 
-db_conf = private_conf['db']
+db_conf = private_conf.get('db', {'name': 'unset'})
 
 db = {
     'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
     'NAME': db_conf['name'],
 }
 
 db_user = db_conf.get('user')
 if db_user:
     db['USER'] = db_user
 
 
 db_pass = db_conf.get('password')
 if db_pass:
     db['PASSWORD'] = db_pass
 
 db_host = db_conf.get('host')
 if db_host:
     db['HOST'] = db_host
 
 db_port = db_conf.get('port')
 if db_port:
     db['PORT'] = db_port
 
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#databases
 DATABASES = {
     'default': db,
 }
 
 # Upload user directory
 
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#std:setting-MEDIA_ROOT
-MEDIA_ROOT = private_conf['media_root']
+MEDIA_ROOT = private_conf.get('media_root')