diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31496a5..6b0c651 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,4 +59,7 @@ docs/_build/
 target/
 
 # Pycharm
-.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea
+
+# Mac
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 74ba3fc..fa0a234 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ You will be asked for some basic information regarding your project (name, proje
 $ cd <app_dir>
 $ python -m venv env
 $ source env/bin/activate
-$ pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
-$ pip-sync dev_requirements.txt requirements.txt
 ```
+
+Follow the initial setup steps included in the project.
+
 #### Run tests
 ```
-$ export ENVIRONMENT=test && pytest -v
+$ env ENVIRONMENT=test pytest -v
 ```
 
 #### Using the management script
@@ -44,8 +45,12 @@ MIT Licensed.
 
 ## Changelog
 
+### 0.3.0 (01/27/2019)
+- Added migrations.
+- Changed testing fixtures.
+
 ### 0.2.0 (01/15/2019)
-- Added TOML settings file and .coveragerc file
+- Added TOML settings file and .coveragerc file.
 
 ### 0.1.0 (12/09/2018)
-- Initial release
\ No newline at end of file
+- Initial release.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 6970bfd..4149f80 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@
   "project_name": "molten-app",
   "project_slug": "{{ cookiecutter.project_name.lower().strip().replace(' ', '_').replace('-','_')}}",
   "description": "An molten project templated by cookiecutter-molten",
+  "cors_support": "n",
+  "static_support": "n",
   "open_source_license": ["MIT license", "BSD license", "ISC license", "Apache Software License 2.0", "GNU General Public License v3", "Not open source"]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md
index 83c8eb5..445a667 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,64 @@
 # {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}
 
-{{cookiecutter.description}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{cookiecutter.description}}
+
+## First time setup
+
+Create a virtual environment and activate it. Now from the root project directory run `./scripts/bootstrap`. This will install `pip-tools` and sync any dependencies for the first time.
+
+To run the app you will need a [postgres] database. Create a development and a test database. Update the connection strings within the `{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.settings.toml`. At this time, if you choose to, you can remove the demo `Todo` code and replace it with your own Model. Otherwise create your first [alembic] migration using the `alembic revision --autogenerate -m "your revision message"` command. Finally, apply your first migration with `alembic upgrade head`. 
+
+
+## Running the developement server
+A `manage.py` script has been included with a collection of [click] cli functions to assist in development.
+ 
+__Note__: the developement server command is not a production webserver. You will need to c
+
+```
+python manage.py runserver
+```
+
+## Using the interactive interpreter
+The `manage.py` script can be used to open an interactive interpreter with a configured molten application from your project.
+```
+python manage.py shell
+```
+
+## Dependency management
+
+Dependencies are managed via [pip-tools].
+
+### Adding a dependency
+
+To add a dependency, edit `requirements.in` (or `dev_requirements.in`
+for dev dependencies) and add your dependency then run `pip-compile
+requirements.in`.
+
+### Syncing dependencies
+
+Run `pip-sync requirements.txt dev_requirements.txt`.
+
+
+## Migrations
+
+Migrations are managed using [alembic].
+
+### Generating new migrations
+
+    alembic revision --autogenerate -m 'message'
+
+### Running the migrations
+
+    alembic upgrade head  # to upgrade the local db
+    env ENVIRONMENT=test alembic upgrade head  # to upgrade the test db
+    env ENVIRONMENT=prod alembic upgrade head  # to upgrade prod
+    
+## Testing
+
+Run the tests by invoking `py.test` in the project root.  Make sure you
+run any pending migrations beforehand.
+
+[alembic]: http://alembic.zzzcomputing.com/en/latest/
+[click]: https://click.palletsprojects.com
+[pip-tools]: https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools
+[postgres]: https://www.postgresql.org/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/alembic.ini b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/alembic.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c614a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/alembic.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[alembic]
+script_location = migrations
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/dev_requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/dev_requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 178b283..0000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/dev_requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
-# To update, run:
-#
-#    pip-compile --output-file dev_requirements.txt dev_requirements.in
-#
---trusted-host pypi.python.org
-
-appdirs==1.4.3            # via black
-atomicwrites==1.2.1       # via pytest
-attrs==18.2.0             # via black, pytest
-black==18.9b0
-bumpversion==0.5.3
-click==7.0                # via black, pip-tools
-coverage==4.5.2           # via pytest-cov
-flake8==3.6.0
-mccabe==0.6.1             # via flake8
-more-itertools==4.3.0     # via pytest
-pip-tools==3.1.0
-pluggy==0.8.0             # via pytest
-py==1.7.0                 # via pytest
-pycodestyle==2.4.0        # via flake8
-pyflakes==2.0.0           # via flake8
-pytest-cov==2.6.0
-pytest==4.0.1
-six==1.11.0               # via more-itertools, pip-tools, pytest
-toml==0.10.0              # via black
-werkzeug==0.14.1
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/manage.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/manage.py
index fff14da..a98fe13 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/manage.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/manage.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import click
 from molten.contrib.sqlalchemy import EngineData
 from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.index import create_app
 
-app = create_app()
+_, app = create_app()
 
 
 @click.group()
@@ -47,14 +47,15 @@ def initdb():
     """
     Initialize database
     """
-    from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.db import Base
-
-    def _init(engine_data: EngineData):
-        Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine_data.engine)
-
-    click.echo("Creating database")
-    app.injector.get_resolver().resolve(_init)()
-    click.echo("Database created")
+    click.echo("This feature has been commented out. Please use alembic to manage your database initialization and changes.")
+    # from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.db import Base
+    #
+    # def _init(engine_data: EngineData):
+    #     Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine_data.engine)
+    #
+    # click.echo("Creating database")
+    # app.injector.get_resolver().resolve(_init)()
+    # click.echo("Database created")
 
 
 @cli.command()
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/migrations/README b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/migrations/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98e4f9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/migrations/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Generic single-database configuration.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/migrations/env.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/migrations/env.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c65cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/migrations/env.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""isort:skip_file
+"""
+import os
+import sys; sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), ".."))  # noqa
+
+from alembic import context
+from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.index import create_app
+from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.db import Base
+from molten.contrib.sqlalchemy import EngineData
+
+_, app = create_app()
+
+
+def run_migrations_online(engine_data: EngineData):
+    with engine_data.engine.connect() as connection:
+        context.configure(connection=connection, target_metadata=Base.metadata)
+        with context.begin_transaction():
+            context.run_migrations()
+
+
+app.injector.get_resolver().resolve(run_migrations_online)()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/migrations/script.py.mako b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/migrations/script.py.mako
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c01563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/migrations/script.py.mako
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""${message}
+
+Revision ID: ${up_revision}
+Revises: ${down_revision | comma,n}
+Create Date: ${create_date}
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+${imports if imports else ""}
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = ${repr(up_revision)}
+down_revision = ${repr(down_revision)}
+branch_labels = ${repr(branch_labels)}
+depends_on = ${repr(depends_on)}
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    ${upgrades if upgrades else "pass"}
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    ${downgrades if downgrades else "pass"}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.in b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.in
index 21c792d..ff7462a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.in
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.in
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 click
 molten
 sqlalchemy
-psycopg2-binary
\ No newline at end of file
+psycopg2-binary
+alembic
+{% if cookiecutter.cors_support == 'y' %}wsgicors{% endif %}
+{% if cookiecutter.static_support == 'y' %}whitenoise{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a3d39f3..0000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
-# To update, run:
-#
-#    pip-compile --output-file requirements.txt requirements.in
-#
---trusted-host pypi.python.org
-
-click==7.0
-molten==0.7.3
-mypy-extensions==0.4.1    # via typing-inspect
-psycopg2-binary==2.7.6.1
-sqlalchemy==1.2.14
-typing-extensions==3.6.6  # via molten
-typing-inspect==0.3.1     # via molten
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..38e8a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# setting -e to exit immediately on a command failure.
+# setting -o pipefail sets the exit code of a pipeline to that of the rightmost command to exit with a non-zero status, or to zero if all commands of the pipeline exit successfully.
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
+    echo "warning: you are not in a virtualenv"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+pip install -U pip pip-tools
+pip-compile requirements.in
+pip-compile dev_requirements.in
+pip-sync requirements.txt dev_requirements.txt
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tests/conftest.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tests/conftest.py
index 495394e..5bba6d3 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,42 +1,51 @@
 import pytest
 
 from molten import testing
-from molten.contrib.sqlalchemy import EngineData
+from molten.contrib.sqlalchemy import Session
 
 from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.index import create_app
-from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.db import Base
 
 
+def truncate_all_tables(session: Session):
+    table_names = session.execute("""
+        select table_name from information_schema.tables
+        where table_schema = 'public'
+        and table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
+        and table_name != 'alembic_version'
+    """)
+    for (table_name,) in table_names:
+        # "truncate" can deadlock so we use delete which is guaranteed not to.
+        session.execute(f"delete from {table_name}")
+    session.commit()
 
-# requires function scope so that database is removed on every tests
-@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
-def app():
-    app = create_app()
-    yield app
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def create_db(app):
-    """Creates a test database with session scope"""
-    def _retrieve_engine(engine_data: EngineData):
-        return engine_data.engine
 
-    engine = app.injector.get_resolver().resolve(_retrieve_engine)()
-
-    Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def app_global():
+    _, app = create_app()
+    yield app
 
-    yield
 
-    Base.metadata.drop_all(bind=engine)
+@pytest.fixture
+def app(app_global):
+    # This is a little "clever"/piggy. We only want a single instance
+    # of the app to ever be created, but we also want to ensure that
+    # the DB is cleared after every test hence "app_global" being a
+    # session-scoped fixture and this one being test-scoped.
+    yield app_global
+    resolver = app_global.injector.get_resolver()
+    resolver.resolve(truncate_all_tables)()
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+@pytest.fixture
 def client(app):
     """Creates a testing client"""
     return testing.TestClient(app)
 
 
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
-def session():
-    pass
\ No newline at end of file
+@pytest.fixture
+def load_component(app):
+    def load(annotation):
+        def loader(c: annotation):
+            return c
+        return app.injector.get_resolver().resolve(loader)()
+    return load
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/index.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/index.py
index 1e8ee94..f64c33b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/index.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/index.py
@@ -4,12 +4,19 @@ from molten.http import HTTP_404, Request
 from molten.openapi import Metadata, OpenAPIHandler, OpenAPIUIHandler
 from molten.settings import SettingsComponent
 from molten.contrib.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemyMiddleware, SQLAlchemyEngineComponent, SQLAlchemySessionComponent
+{%- if cookiecutter.cors_support == 'y' %}
+from wsgicors import CORS
+{%- endif %}
+{%- if cookiecutter.static_support == 'y' %}
+from whitenoise import WhiteNoise
+{%- endif %}
 
 from .api.welcome import welcome
 from .api.todo import TodoManagerComponent, todo_routes
 from .common import ExtJSONRenderer
+from .logging import setup_logging
 from .schema import APIResponse
-from .settings import SETTINGS
+from . import settings
 
 get_schema = OpenAPIHandler(
     metadata=Metadata(
@@ -22,7 +29,7 @@ get_schema = OpenAPIHandler(
 get_docs = OpenAPIUIHandler()
 
 components = [
-    SettingsComponent(SETTINGS),
+    SettingsComponent(settings),
     SQLAlchemyEngineComponent(),
     SQLAlchemySessionComponent(),
     TodoManagerComponent(),
@@ -63,12 +70,23 @@ class ExtApp(App):
 
 def create_app(_components=None, _middleware=None, _routes=None, _renderers=None):
     """
-    Factory function for the creation of a `molten.App` instance
+    Factory function for the creation of a `molten.App`.
     """
-    app = ExtApp(
+    setup_logging()
+
+    wrapped_app = app = ExtApp(
         components=_components or components,
         middleware=_middleware or middleware,
         routes=_routes or routes,
         renderers=_renderers or renderers
     )
-    return app
+
+    {%- if cookiecutter.cors_support == 'y' %}
+    wrapped_app = CORS(wrapped_app,  **settings.strict_get("wsgicors"))
+    {%- endif %}
+
+    {%- if cookiecutter.static_support == 'y' %}
+    wrapped_app = WhiteNoise(wrapped_app, **settings.strict_get("whitenoise"))
+    {%- endif %}
+
+    return wrapped_app, app
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/logging.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb36de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import logging.config
+import sys
+
+FORMAT = "[%(asctime)s] [PID %(process)d] [%(threadName)s] [%(request_id)s] [%(name)s] [%(levelname)s] %(message)s"  # noqa
+
+
+def setup_logging():
+    logging.config.dictConfig(
+        {
+            "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+            "version": 1,
+            "filters": {
+                "request_id": {"()": "molten.contrib.request_id.RequestIdFilter"}
+            },
+            "formatters": {"console": {"format": FORMAT}},
+            "handlers": {
+                "default": {
+                    "level": "DEBUG",
+                    "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+                    "stream": sys.stderr,
+                    "formatter": "console",
+                    "filters": ["request_id"],
+                }
+            },
+            "loggers": {
+                "": {"handlers": ["default"], "level": "DEBUG", "propagate": False}
+            },
+        }
+    )
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/settings.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/settings.toml
index e42cc8e..01723ff 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/settings.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/settings.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 [common]
 database_engine_dsn = "postgresql://molten:local@localhost/cookiecutter"
 
+[common.wsgicors]
+headers="*"
+methods="*"
+maxage="180"
+origin="*"
+
+[common.whitenoise]
+root = "static"
+prefix = "/static"
+autorefresh = true
+
 [dev]
 database_engine_params.echo = true
 database_engine_params.connect_args.options = "-c timezone=utc"
 
 [test]
 database_engine_dsn = "postgresql://molten:local@localhost/test_cookiecutter"
-database_engine_params.echo = true
\ No newline at end of file
+database_engine_params.echo = true
+
+[prod.whitenoise]
+root = "static"
+prefix = "/static"
+autorefresh = false
\ No newline at end of file