diff --git a/conduit/apps/articles/admin.py b/conduit/apps/articles/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a859fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conduit/apps/articles/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+from .models import Article, Comment, Tag
+
+admin.site.register(Article)
+admin.site.register(Comment)
+admin.site.register(Tag)
diff --git a/conduit/apps/authentication/admin.py b/conduit/apps/authentication/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4a654c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conduit/apps/authentication/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+from .models import User
+
+admin.site.register(User)
diff --git a/conduit/apps/authentication/serializers.py b/conduit/apps/authentication/serializers.py
index d9894ce..cb5e324 100644
--- a/conduit/apps/authentication/serializers.py
+++ b/conduit/apps/authentication/serializers.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def validate(self, data):
 class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     """Handles serialization and deserialization of User objects."""
 
-    # Passwords must be at least 8 characters, but no more than 128 
+    # Passwords must be at least 8 characters, but no more than 128
     # characters. These values are the default provided by Django. We could
     # change them, but that would create extra work while introducing no real
     # benefit, so let's just stick with the defaults.
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     # so. Moreover, `UserSerializer` should never expose profile information,
     # so we set `write_only=True`.
     profile = ProfileSerializer(write_only=True)
-    
+
     # We want to get the `bio` and `image` fields from the related Profile
     # model.
     bio = serializers.CharField(source='profile.bio', read_only=True)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = User
         fields = (
-            'email', 'username', 'password', 'token', 'profile', 'bio', 
+            'email', 'username', 'password', 'token', 'profile', 'bio',
             'image',
         )
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Meta:
         # specifying the field with `read_only=True` like we did for password
         # above. The reason we want to use `read_only_fields` here is because
         # we don't need to specify anything else about the field. For the
-        # password field, we needed to specify the `min_length` and 
+        # password field, we needed to specify the `min_length` and
         # `max_length` properties too, but that isn't the case for the token
         # field.
         read_only_fields = ('token',)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def update(self, instance, validated_data):
             # We're doing the same thing as above, but this time we're making
             # changes to the Profile model.
             setattr(instance.profile, key, value)
-            
+
         # Save the profile just like we saved the user.
         instance.profile.save()
 
diff --git a/conduit/apps/authentication/views.py b/conduit/apps/authentication/views.py
index b12d867..112c62f 100644
--- a/conduit/apps/authentication/views.py
+++ b/conduit/apps/authentication/views.py
@@ -82,4 +82,3 @@ def update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         serializer.save()
 
         return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
-
diff --git a/conduit/apps/core/admin.py b/conduit/apps/core/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8800038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conduit/apps/core/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+from .models import TimestampedModel
+
+# admin.site.register(TimestampedModel)
diff --git a/conduit/apps/profiles/admin.py b/conduit/apps/profiles/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d914f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conduit/apps/profiles/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+from .models import Profile
+
+admin.site.register(Profile)
diff --git a/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0004_auto_20190930_2347.py b/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0004_auto_20190930_2347.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b55615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0004_auto_20190930_2347.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2019-09-30 18:17
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('profiles', '0003_profile_favorites'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='profile',
+            name='image',
+            field=models.FileField(blank=True, upload_to='profile_pictures'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0005_auto_20190930_2355.py b/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0005_auto_20190930_2355.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17b0933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0005_auto_20190930_2355.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2019-09-30 18:25
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('profiles', '0004_auto_20190930_2347'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='profile',
+            name='favorites',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, related_name='favorited_by', to='articles.Article'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='profile',
+            name='follows',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, related_name='followed_by', to='profiles.Profile'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0006_auto_20191001_0059.py b/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0006_auto_20191001_0059.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5febd26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0006_auto_20191001_0059.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2019-09-30 19:29
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('profiles', '0005_auto_20190930_2355'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='profile',
+            name='image',
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0007_auto_20191001_0105.py b/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0007_auto_20191001_0105.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a97f10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0007_auto_20191001_0105.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2019-09-30 19:35
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('profiles', '0006_auto_20191001_0059'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='profile',
+            name='image',
+            field=models.FileField(blank=True, upload_to='profile_pictures'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0008_auto_20191001_0108.py b/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0008_auto_20191001_0108.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98717d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conduit/apps/profiles/migrations/0008_auto_20191001_0108.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2019-09-30 19:38
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('profiles', '0007_auto_20191001_0105'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='profile',
+            name='image',
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/conduit/apps/profiles/models.py b/conduit/apps/profiles/models.py
index 6c47aa8..1a3409f 100644
--- a/conduit/apps/profiles/models.py
+++ b/conduit/apps/profiles/models.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Profile(TimestampedModel):
     # In addition to the `bio` field, each user may have a profile image or
     # avatar. Similar to `bio`, this field is not required. It may be blank.
     image = models.URLField(blank=True)
+    #image=models.FileField(upload_to='profile_pictures', blank=True)
 
     # This is an example of a Many-To-Many relationship where both sides of the
     # relationship are of the same model. In this case, the model is `Profile`.
@@ -29,12 +30,14 @@ class Profile(TimestampedModel):
     follows = models.ManyToManyField(
         'self',
         related_name='followed_by',
-        symmetrical=False
+        symmetrical=False,
+        blank=True
     )
 
     favorites = models.ManyToManyField(
         'articles.Article',
-        related_name='favorited_by'
+        related_name='favorited_by',
+        blank=True
     )
 
 
diff --git a/conduit/apps/profiles/serializers.py b/conduit/apps/profiles/serializers.py
index b799082..3f7d21f 100644
--- a/conduit/apps/profiles/serializers.py
+++ b/conduit/apps/profiles/serializers.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 class ProfileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     username = serializers.CharField(source='user.username')
     bio = serializers.CharField(allow_blank=True, required=False)
-    image = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     following = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
 
     class Meta:
@@ -14,12 +13,6 @@ class Meta:
         fields = ('username', 'bio', 'image', 'following',)
         read_only_fields = ('username',)
 
-    def get_image(self, obj):
-        if obj.image:
-            return obj.image
-
-        return 'https://static.productionready.io/images/smiley-cyrus.jpg'
-
     def get_following(self, instance):
         request = self.context.get('request', None)
 
diff --git a/conduit/settings.py b/conduit/settings.py
index 17b2df7..9fc0218 100644
--- a/conduit/settings.py
+++ b/conduit/settings.py
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 SECRET_KEY = '2^f+3@v7$v1f8yt0!s)3-1t$)tlp+xm17=*g))_xoi&&9m#2a&'
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = False
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
 
 # Application definition
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
+
 CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = (
     '0.0.0.0:4000',
     'localhost:4000',