diff --git a/settings_new_askbot.py b/settings_new_askbot.py
index 9786bd1c91..8ff19cace5 100644
--- a/settings_new_askbot.py
+++ b/settings_new_askbot.py
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ execfile(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "settings.py"))
 # the site admins on every HTTP 500 error.
 # See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
 # more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
+
+pid = os.getpid()
+
 LOGGING = {
     'version': 1,
     'disable_existing_loggers': True,
@@ -163,23 +166,21 @@ LOGGING = {
             'level' : 'DEBUG' if DEBUG else 'INFO',
             'class' : 'logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler',
             'formatter' : 'standard',
-            'filename' : LOG_DIR + '/mitx.log', # temporary location for proof of concept
+            'filename' : '{0}/mitx.{1}.log'.format(LOG_DIR, pid),
             'encoding' : 'utf-8',
         },
         'app_err' : {
             'level' : 'WARNING',
             'class' : 'logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler',
             'formatter' : 'standard',
-            'filename' : LOG_DIR + '/mitx.err.log', # temporary location for proof of concept
+            'filename' : '{0}/mitx.err.{1}.log'.format(LOG_DIR, pid),
             'encoding' : 'utf-8',
         },
-        # We should actually use this for tracking:
-        #   http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ConcurrentLogHandler/0.8.2
         'tracking' : {
             'level' : 'INFO',
             'class' : 'logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler',
             'formatter' : 'raw',
-            'filename' : LOG_DIR + '/tracking.log',
+            'filename' : '{0}/tracking.{1}.log'.format(LOG_DIR, pid),
             'encoding' : 'utf-8',
         },
         'mail_admins' : {
diff --git a/settings_no_askbot.py b/settings_no_askbot.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e328f54617..0000000000
--- a/settings_no_askbot.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-ASKBOT_ENABLED = False
-execfile("settings_old_askbot.py")
diff --git a/settings_no_courseware.py b/settings_no_courseware.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 704afa17fc..0000000000
--- a/settings_no_courseware.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-COURSEWARE_ENABLED = False
-execfile("settings.py")
diff --git a/util/middleware.py b/util/middleware.py
index 3bda2c7873..fe73e67c7b 100644
--- a/util/middleware.py
+++ b/util/middleware.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
 log = logging.getLogger("mitx")
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ class ExceptionLoggingMiddleware(object):
     """Just here to log unchecked exceptions that go all the way up the Django 
     stack"""
 
-    def process_exception(self, request, exception):
-        log.exception(exception)
-        return HttpResponse("Server Error - Please try again later.")
+    if not settings.TEMPLATE_DEBUG:
+        def process_exception(self, request, exception):
+            log.exception(exception)
+            return HttpResponse("Server Error - Please try again later.")