diff --git a/gracedb/buildVOEvent.py b/gracedb/buildVOEvent.py
index 3d0270e758a448ff9998398523491a937c15b34f..5305db2fa4909c16e831dbb256575abfb81304df 100755
--- a/gracedb/buildVOEvent.py
+++ b/gracedb/buildVOEvent.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from gracedb.VOEventLib.Vutil import *
 import sys, os
 
 from gracedb.utils import gpsToUtc
+from django.conf import settings
 
 def buildVOEvent(gevent):
 
@@ -20,9 +21,9 @@ def buildVOEvent(gevent):
 
     ############ VOEvent header ############################
     v = VOEvent.VOEvent(version="2.0")
-    v.set_ivorn("ivo://ligo.org/gracedb#%s-dev" % objid)
-    v.set_role("test")
-    v.set_Description("LIGO / Virgo trigger")
+    v.set_ivorn(settings.SKYALERT_IVORN_PATTERN % objid)
+    v.set_role(settings.SKYALERT_ROLE)
+    v.set_Description(settings.SKYALERT_DESCRIPTION)
 
     ############ Who ############################
     w = Who()
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index b271128c08521c38b120c08ad62341d0c72ebb32..32772a49ae96b552d626c07551d11bda367c1500 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ ADMINS = (
 
 MANAGERS = ADMINS
 
-SKYALERT_SUBMITTERS = ['Patrick Brady', 'Brian Moe']
-
 ALERT_EMAIL_FROM = "GraCEDb <gracedb@archie.phys.uwm.edu>"
 ALERT_EMAIL_TO = [
                   "gracedb@listserv.ligo.org",
@@ -50,6 +48,14 @@ DATABASE_HOST = ''             # Set to empty string for localhost.
 DATABASE_PORT = ''             # Set to empty string for default.
 
 
+# SkyAlert
+
+SKYALERT_IVORN_PATTERN = "ivo://ligo.org/gracedb#%s"
+SKYALERT_ROLE          = "test"
+SKYALERT_DESCRIPTION   = "LIGO / Virgo trigger"
+SKYALERT_SUBMITTERS = ['Patrick Brady', 'Brian Moe']
+
+
 # Latency histograms.  Where they go and max latency to bin.
 LATENCY_REPORT_DEST_DIR = "/home/gracedb/data/latency"
 LATENCY_MAXIMUM_CHARTED = 1800
diff --git a/settings_dev.py b/settings_dev.py
index 97157756265464656eff4d4bef8df6a4ab35ed01..21410556b53a058be3e697f0f7506c2fc2294eb6 100644
--- a/settings_dev.py
+++ b/settings_dev.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ ADMINS = (
 
 MANAGERS = ADMINS
 
-SKYALERT_SUBMITTERS = ['Patrick Brady', 'Brian Moe']
-
 ALERT_EMAIL_FROM = "Dev Alert <root@moe.phys.uwm.edu>"
 ALERT_EMAIL_TO = [
     "Brian Moe <bmoe@gravity.phys.uwm.edu>",
@@ -37,6 +35,15 @@ DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'redrum4x'
 DATABASE_HOST = ''             # Set to empty string for localhost.
 DATABASE_PORT = ''             # Set to empty string for default.
 
+
+# SkyAlert
+
+SKYALERT_IVORN_PATTERN = "ivo://ligo.org/gracedb#%s-dev"
+SKYALERT_ROLE          = "test"
+SKYALERT_DESCRIPTION   = "LIGO / Virgo trigger"
+SKYALERT_SUBMITTERS = ['Patrick Brady', 'Brian Moe']
+
+
 # Latency histograms.  Where they go and max latency to bin.
 LATENCY_REPORT_DEST_DIR = "/home/bmoe/django/data/latency"
 LATENCY_MAXIMUM_CHARTED = 1800