diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0aef02..893fa58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ Boilerplate application for a Flask JWT Backend and a React/Redux Front-End with
 ```sh
 $ export DATABASE_URL="postgresql://localhost/yourdb"
 $ python manage.py create_db
-$ python manage.py db init
+$ python manage.py db upgrade
 $ python manage.py db migrate
+```
+
+To update database after creating new migrations, use:
+
+```sh
 $ python manage.py db upgrade
 ```
 
diff --git a/application/app.py b/application/app.py
index 9263689..b35e148 100644
--- a/application/app.py
+++ b/application/app.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from flask import request, render_template, jsonify, url_for, redirect, g
-from models import User
+from .models import User
 from index import app, db
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
-from utils.auth import generate_token, requires_auth, verify_token
+from .utils.auth import generate_token, requires_auth, verify_token
 
 
 @app.route('/', methods=['GET'])
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index be8d066..fa060d0 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
     SECRET_KEY = "SO_SECURE"
     DEBUG = True
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ['DATABASE_URL']
+    SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = True
 
 
 class TestingConfig(object):
diff --git a/index.py b/index.py
index 810173a..9ed25c2 100644
--- a/index.py
+++ b/index.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from flask import Flask
-from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from config import BaseConfig
-from flask.ext.bcrypt import Bcrypt
+from flask_bcrypt import Bcrypt
 
 app = Flask(__name__, static_folder="./static/dist", template_folder="./static")
 app.config.from_object(BaseConfig)
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 1cb2ac3..a3365a3 100644
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from flask.ext.script import Manager
-from flask.ext.migrate import Migrate, MigrateCommand
+from flask_script import Manager
+from flask_migrate import Migrate, MigrateCommand
 
 from application.app import app, db
 
diff --git a/migrations/versions/ed657e16ce20_.py b/migrations/versions/ed657e16ce20_.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb88b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/ed657e16ce20_.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""empty message
+
+Revision ID: ed657e16ce20
+Revises: 41c073a46b63
+Create Date: 2016-08-28 11:50:20.973452
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = 'ed657e16ce20'
+down_revision = '41c073a46b63'
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    pass
+    ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    pass
+    ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/testing_config.py b/testing_config.py
index 9cd85b0..32e49c6 100644
--- a/testing_config.py
+++ b/testing_config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from flask.ext.testing import TestCase
+from flask_testing import TestCase
 from application.app import app, db
 from application.models import User
 import os