diff --git a/dev/user.clj b/dev/user.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb43b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/user.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(ns user)
+
+;; Place some code for the repl here
diff --git a/src/ldview/handler.clj b/src/ldview/handler.clj
index 137c414..948ad15 100644
--- a/src/ldview/handler.clj
+++ b/src/ldview/handler.clj
@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@
   (route/resources "/")
   (route/not-found "Not Found"))
 
-(defn init
-  "init will be called once when
-   app is deployed as a servlet on
-   an app server such as Tomcat
-   put any initialization code here"
-  []
+(defn init []
   (timbre/set-config!
     [:appenders :rotor]
     {:min-level :info
@@ -33,10 +28,7 @@
   (if-not (schema/initialized?) (schema/create-tables))
   (timbre/info "ldview started successfully"))
 
-(defn destroy
-  "destroy will be called when your application
-   shuts down, put any clean up code here"
-  []
+(defn destroy []
   (timbre/info "ldview is shutting down..."))
 
 (def app (middleware/app-handler
@@ -50,5 +42,3 @@
            ;; available formats:
            ;; :json :json-kw :yaml :yaml-kw :edn :yaml-in-html
            :formats [:json-kw :edn]))
-
-(def war-handler (middleware/war-handler app))