diff --git a/etc/init/pandora-backgroundtasks.conf b/etc/init/pandora-backgroundtasks.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc2955d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/init/pandora-backgroundtasks.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# pandora background server
+#
+
+description	"pandora background server"
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+respawn
+
+chdir /srv/pandora/pandora
+
+exec /bin/su pandora -s /usr/bin/python2.6 /srv/pandora/pandora/bin/pandora-backgroundtasks
+
diff --git a/etc/init/pandora-encoder.conf b/etc/init/pandora-encoder.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61d2ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/init/pandora-encoder.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# pandora background server
+#
+
+description	"pandora background server"
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+respawn
+
+chdir /srv/pandora/pandora
+
+exec /bin/su pandora -s /usr/bin/python2.6 /srv/pandora/pandora/bin/pandora-encoder
+
diff --git a/pandora/bin/pandora-backgroundtasks b/pandora/bin/pandora-backgroundtasks
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2041410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandora/bin/pandora-backgroundtasks
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+import os
+import sys
+import site
+ 
+project_module = 'pandora'
+
+root_dir = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..')))
+
+#using virtualenv's activate_this.py to reorder sys.path
+activate_this = os.path.join(root_dir, 'bin', 'activate_this.py')
+execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))
+
+sys.path.append(root_dir)
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(root_dir, project_module))
+
+from django.core.management import execute_manager
+
+import settings
+execute_manager(settings, ['backgroundtasks', 'backgroundtasks'])
+
diff --git a/pandora/bin/pandora-encoder b/pandora/bin/pandora-encoder
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..efd91dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandora/bin/pandora-encoder
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+import os
+import sys
+import site
+ 
+project_module = 'pandora'
+
+root_dir = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..')))
+
+#using virtualenv's activate_this.py to reorder sys.path
+activate_this = os.path.join(root_dir, 'bin', 'activate_this.py')
+execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))
+
+sys.path.append(root_dir)
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(root_dir, project_module))
+
+from django.core.management import execute_manager
+
+import settings
+execute_manager(settings, ['pandora-encoder', 'encoder'])
+
diff --git a/pandora/oxuser/templates/contact_email.txt b/pandora/oxuser/templates/contact_email.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43243d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandora/oxuser/templates/contact_email.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Hi {{sitename}} admin,
+
+someone sent you a message:
+{{message}}
diff --git a/wsgi/django.wsgi b/wsgi/django.wsgi
index 0a06636..3ab73e0 100644
--- a/wsgi/django.wsgi
+++ b/wsgi/django.wsgi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import site
  
-project_module = 'oxdb'
+project_module = 'pandora'
 
 root_dir = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..')))