diff --git a/kpi/management/commands/grant_default_permissions_per_user.py b/kpi/management/commands/grant_default_permissions_per_user.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ab7b22257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kpi/management/commands/grant_default_permissions_per_user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import sys
+from optparse import make_option
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from kpi.utils.permissions import grant_default_model_level_perms
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('--username',
+                    action='store',
+                    dest='username',
+                    default=False,
+                    help="Add username i.e --username <username>")
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        username = options.get('username')
+        if username:
+            users = User.objects.filter(username=username)
+            if users:
+                grant_default_model_level_perms(users[0])
+                sys.stdout.write("done")
+            else:
+                sys.stdout.write("user does not exist")
+        else:
+            sys.stdout.write("please provide a username")
diff --git a/kpi/utils/ona_authentication.py b/kpi/utils/ona_authentication.py
index c103831009..bcffba9077 100644
--- a/kpi/utils/ona_authentication.py
+++ b/kpi/utils/ona_authentication.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ def get_api_token(json_web_token):
     try:
         jwt_payload = jwt.decode(
             json_web_token,
-            settings.get("JWT_SECRET_KEY", ""),
-            algorithms=[settings.get("JWT_ALGORITHM", "HS256")]
+            getattr(settings, "JWT_SECRET_KEY", ""),
+            algorithms=[getattr(settings, "JWT_ALGORITHM", "HS256")]
         )
 
         api_token = Token.objects.using("kobocat").select_related('user').get(
diff --git a/kpi/views/__init__.py b/kpi/views/__init__.py
index 28ca80307b..2362ae75cf 100644
--- a/kpi/views/__init__.py
+++ b/kpi/views/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 
 def home(request):
-    return HttpResponseRedirect(settings.get("ONADATA_HOME"))
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(getattr(settings, "ONADATA_HOME", "https://onadata.com"))
 
 
 def browser_tests(request):