diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index aac8ce41ae98f7da6909119e6499ac247408d994..6124f342fe5b699d4d3b418fb426564cd0a455a7 100755
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-from django.core.management import execute_manager
+import os, sys
 
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "settings")
 
-try:
-    import settings # Assumed to be in the same directory.
-except ImportError:
-    import sys
-    sys.stderr.write("Error: Can't find the file 'settings.py' in the directory containing %r. It appears you've customized things.\nYou'll have to run django-admin.py, passing it your settings module.\n(If the file settings.py does indeed exist, it's causing an ImportError somehow.)\n" % __file__)
-    sys.exit(1)
+    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    execute_manager(settings)
diff --git a/settings/default.py b/settings/default.py
index 18ab31b2f0b4258ee7d6e27c068129d0abe91e67..f83235d7e45dd2584fb1511dc8715c225d2c503b 100644
--- a/settings/default.py
+++ b/settings/default.py
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
     #'django.template.loaders.filesystem.load_template_source',
     # replaced by...
     'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
-    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source',
+    # Upgrade to 1.4
+    #'django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source',
+    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
 #     'django.template.loaders.eggs.load_template_source',
 )