diff --git a/conf/syncserver.ini b/conf/syncserver.ini
index 95ec708..fd5ffa3 100644
--- a/conf/syncserver.ini
+++ b/conf/syncserver.ini
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [server:main]
 use = egg:gunicorn
-host = 127.0.0.1
+host = 0.0.0.0
 port = 5000
-workers = 2
-timeout = 60
+workers = 1
+timeout = 30
 
 [app:main]
 use = egg:syncserver
@@ -29,8 +29,16 @@ secret = changesecret
 # Only request by existing accounts will be honoured.
 allow_new_users = true
 
+# Set this to "true" to work around a mismatch between public_url and
+# the application URL as seen by python, which can happen in certain reverse-
+# proxy hosting setups.  It will overwrite the WSGI environ dict with the
+# details from public_url.  This could have security implications if e.g.
+# you tell the app that it's on HTTPS but it's really on HTTP, so it should
+# only be used as a last resort and after careful checking of server config.
+force_wsgi_environ = true
+
 # Uncomment and edit the following to use a local BrowserID verifier
-# rather than posing assertions to the mozilla-hosted verifier.
+# rather than posting assertions to the mozilla-hosted verifier.
 # Audiences should be set to your public_url without a trailing slash.
 #[browserid]
 #backend = tokenserver.verifiers.LocalVerifier
diff --git a/sources/Makefile b/sources/Makefile
index 5f0b0c9..2efa163 100644
--- a/sources/Makefile
+++ b/sources/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test: | $(TOOLS)
 	# $(ENV)/bin/nosetests -s tokenserver.tests
 	
 	# Test against a running server
-	$(ENV)/bin/pserve syncserver/tests.ini 2> /dev/null & SERVER_PID=$$!; \
+	$(ENV)/bin/gunicorn --paste syncserver/tests.ini 2> /dev/null & SERVER_PID=$$!; \
 	sleep 2; \
 	$(ENV)/bin/python -m syncstorage.tests.functional.test_storage \
 		--use-token-server http://localhost:5000/token/1.0/sync/1.5; \
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ $(TOOLS): | $(ENV)/COMPLETE
 
 .PHONY: serve
 serve: | $(ENV)/COMPLETE
-	$(ENV)/bin/pserve ./syncserver.ini
+	$(ENV)/bin/gunicorn --paste ./syncserver.ini
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
diff --git a/sources/requirements.txt b/sources/requirements.txt
index c1a19f9..2980219 100644
--- a/sources/requirements.txt
+++ b/sources/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cornice==0.16.2
 gunicorn==19.1.1
 pyramid==1.5
-requests==2.2.1
+requests==2.7
 simplejson==3.4
 SQLAlchemy==0.9.4
 unittest2==0.5.1
diff --git a/sources/setup.py b/sources/setup.py
index 76d6405..8340912 100644
--- a/sources/setup.py
+++ b/sources/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ main = syncserver:main
 
 setup(
     name='syncserver',
-    version="1.5.1",
+    version="1.5.2",
     packages=['syncserver'],
     entry_points=entry_points
 )
diff --git a/sources/syncserver.ini b/sources/syncserver.ini
index aa7105f..7672182 100644
--- a/sources/syncserver.ini
+++ b/sources/syncserver.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 [server:main]
-use = egg:Paste#http
+use = egg:gunicorn
 host = 0.0.0.0
 port = 5000
+workers = 1
+timeout = 30
 
 [app:main]
 use = egg:syncserver
diff --git a/sources/syncserver/tests.ini b/sources/syncserver/tests.ini
index 50b7776..fc9ea4b 100644
--- a/sources/syncserver/tests.ini
+++ b/sources/syncserver/tests.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 [server:main]
-use = egg:Paste#http
+use = egg:gunicorn
 host = 0.0.0.0
 port = 5000
+workers = 1
+timeout = 30
 
 [app:main]
 use = egg:SyncServer