diff --git a/src/moore/settings/base.py b/src/moore/settings/base.py
index 49f6ad17..ddc4117a 100644
--- a/src/moore/settings/base.py
+++ b/src/moore/settings/base.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     'captcha',
     'jsonschemaform',
     'django_select2',  # Custom select2 widget
-    'django_hosts',  # Subdomains for admin site
+    'django_hosts',  # Subdomain for admin site
 
     'django.contrib.admin',  # Used for wagtail admin filters
     'django.contrib.auth',
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
-    'django_hosts.middleware.HostsRequestMiddleware',  # Needed django_hosts
+    # Subdomain for admin site. Needed by django_hosts
+    'django_hosts.middleware.HostsRequestMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@
     'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
 
     'wagtail.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectMiddleware',
-    'django_hosts.middleware.HostsResponseMiddleware',  # Needed django_hosts
+    # Subdomain for admin site. Needed by django_hosts
+    'django_hosts.middleware.HostsResponseMiddleware',
 ]
 
 DATABASES = {
@@ -106,7 +108,9 @@
 }
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'moore.urls'
+# Needed for django hosts, enables us to publish wagtail admin on subdomain.
 ROOT_HOSTCONF = 'moore.settings.hosts'
+DEFAULT_HOST = 'default'
 
 
 TEMPLATES = [
diff --git a/src/moore/settings/dev.py b/src/moore/settings/dev.py
index f736853b..7939ef09 100644
--- a/src/moore/settings/dev.py
+++ b/src/moore/settings/dev.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 # backend - e.g. in notification emails. Don't include '/admin' or a
 # trailing slash
 BASE_URL = 'http://localhost:8000'
-DEFAULT_HOST = 'www'
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['admin.localhost', 'localhost']
 # Email
diff --git a/src/moore/settings/hosts.py b/src/moore/settings/hosts.py
index 9743f07b..ff68aa72 100644
--- a/src/moore/settings/hosts.py
+++ b/src/moore/settings/hosts.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 host_patterns = patterns(
     '',
-    host(r'www', settings.ROOT_URLCONF, name='www'),
+    host(r'', settings.ROOT_URLCONF, name='default'),
     host(r'admin', 'admin.urls', name='admin'),
 )