diff --git a/flask_website/openid_auth.py b/flask_website/openid_auth.py
index 9895a9a9..47a3a0df 100644
--- a/flask_website/openid_auth.py
+++ b/flask_website/openid_auth.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-from __future__ import with_statement
-
 from time import time
 from hashlib import sha1
-from contextlib import closing
 
 from openid.association import Association
 from openid.store.interface import OpenIDStore
@@ -10,8 +7,10 @@ from openid.consumer.consumer import Consumer, SUCCESS, CANCEL
 from openid.consumer import discover
 from openid.store import nonce
 
-from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session
-from sqlalchemy.exceptions import SQLError
+# python-openid is a really stupid library in that regard, we have
+# to disable logging by monkey patching
+from openid import oidutil
+oidutil.log = lambda *a, **kw: None
 
 from flask import request, redirect, abort, url_for, flash, session
 from flask_website.database import User, db_session, OpenIDAssociation, \
diff --git a/sync-librelist.py b/sync-librelist.py
index 606a4729..0f8b9dab 100644
--- a/sync-librelist.py
+++ b/sync-librelist.py
@@ -23,13 +23,8 @@ from subprocess import Popen
 
 from flask import json
 from werkzeug import Headers, parse_date
-
-
-INCOMING_MAIL_FOLDER = '_mailinglist/incoming'
-THREAD_FOLDER = '_mailinglist/threads'
-LIST_NAME = 'flask'
-RSYNC_PATH = 'librelist.com::json/%s'
-SUBJECT_PREFIX = '[flask]'
+from websiteconfig import INCOMING_MAIL_FOLDER, THREAD_FOLDER, \
+     LIST_NAME, RSYNC_PATH, SUBJECT_PREFIX
 
 
 _punctuation_re = re.compile(r'[\t !"#$%&\'()*\-/<=>?@\[\\\]^_`{|},.:]+')
diff --git a/websiteconfig.py b/websiteconfig.py
index 7e7f7021..37ee8ad7 100644
--- a/websiteconfig.py
+++ b/websiteconfig.py
@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@ import os
 _basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 DEBUG = False
+
 SECRET_KEY = 'testkey'
 DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(_basedir, 'flask-website.db')
-MAILINGLIST_PATH = os.path.join(_basedir, '_mailinglist')
+
 THREADS_PER_PAGE = 15
+MAILINGLIST_PATH = os.path.join(_basedir, '_mailinglist')
+INCOMING_MAIL_FOLDER = '_mailinglist/incoming'
+THREAD_FOLDER = '_mailinglist/threads'
+LIST_NAME = 'flask'
+RSYNC_PATH = 'librelist.com::json/%s'
+SUBJECT_PREFIX = '[flask]'
 
 del os