diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 005b119e..70701acd 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ python_version = '3.6'
 awscli = "*"
 ipdb = "*"
 coverage = "*"
+django-silk = "*"
 
 [packages]
 factory-boy = "==2.11.0"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 5d8288a5..d9958437 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "e7807798e8b5c39d7c1bc57d61520f2c888da08d2b6061f07758e00b490fdbd6"
+            "sha256": "ca4f635dc983134e4569df2af8f0d73f488211bc2a97d11c194f76279f942977"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@
         },
         "boto3": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:27e221d3868f35687807e5c920f7e8d4872f722f64196a7fd274a06ad65beec0",
-                "sha256:8ff4e3d9e5d6a26dd7494afc68dc96afe6b7bda88130cca84cd58702d888ed27"
+                "sha256:629ce3be236b6e0aed52358146eea9ffa7679d6cd1cc9b3e12332226270d6499",
+                "sha256:b1351e62136fae29be8fcbb1c4890f1d72017d57e33051d435a8bf9f71212fde"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==1.11.10"
+            "version": "==1.11.14"
         },
         "botocore": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:cf3144994191847e30ef76781af867009bdc233b3f1f4736615e5330687a891e",
-                "sha256:f11ff8616f46ca04697df031e622c9ed50931b9d649d4e719f961e9d80771e8d"
+                "sha256:34ad4d73e6bef5c8ad956c66354611628cdebd431fe2927261ed9c068b9cfb7a",
+                "sha256:6570f2ba046956d5b548ab2346d32f713ecf8b8cb098a839d73fcf832ccfa223"
             ],
-            "version": "==1.14.10"
+            "version": "==1.14.14"
         },
         "certifi": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -535,10 +535,10 @@
         },
         "s3transfer": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:2525bae2a530195576da53671bae8ca8c55ee8e33bc2225a65e804476611ea5a",
-                "sha256:4924e10451cc37901945806423d16c2c2040a6530645a614ed87e995ccec764c"
+                "sha256:2482b4259524933a022d59da830f51bd746db62f047d6eb213f2f8855dcb8a13",
+                "sha256:921a37e2aefc64145e7b73d50c71bb4f26f46e4c9f414dc648c6245ff92cf7db"
             ],
-            "version": "==0.3.2"
+            "version": "==0.3.3"
         },
         "sendgrid": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@
                 "sha256:2f3db8b19923a873b3e5256dc9c2dedfa883e33d87c690d9c7913e1f40673cdc",
                 "sha256:87716c2d2a7121198ebcb7ce7cccf6ce5e9ba539041cfbaeecfb641dc0bf6acc"
             ],
+            "markers": "python_version != '3.4'",
             "version": "==1.25.8"
         },
         "wagtail": {
@@ -652,13 +653,26 @@
         }
     },
     "develop": {
+        "asgiref": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:7e06d934a7718bf3975acbf87780ba678957b87c7adc056f13b6215d610695a0",
+                "sha256:ea448f92fc35a0ef4b1508f53a04c4670255a3f33d22a81c8fc9c872036adbe5"
+            ],
+            "version": "==3.2.3"
+        },
+        "autopep8": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:0f592a0447acea0c2b0a9602be1e4e3d86db52badd2e3c84f0193bfd89fd3a43"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.5"
+        },
         "awscli": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:4c49f085fb827ca1aeba5e6e5e39f6005110a0059b5c772aeb1d51c4f33c4028",
-                "sha256:9459ac705c2a5d8724057492800c52084df714b624853eb3331087ecf8726a22"
+                "sha256:2748af4e77728ced50d7d5bda0fa980449bd71eedff90ee643bee86ed4283d2f",
+                "sha256:9118015f4bbab1c671d9c9927d07b6f7eadb7e1e8bbb2b06dc849c3de578d692"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==1.17.9"
+            "version": "==1.17.14"
         },
         "backcall": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -669,17 +683,32 @@
         },
         "botocore": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:cf3144994191847e30ef76781af867009bdc233b3f1f4736615e5330687a891e",
-                "sha256:f11ff8616f46ca04697df031e622c9ed50931b9d649d4e719f961e9d80771e8d"
+                "sha256:34ad4d73e6bef5c8ad956c66354611628cdebd431fe2927261ed9c068b9cfb7a",
+                "sha256:6570f2ba046956d5b548ab2346d32f713ecf8b8cb098a839d73fcf832ccfa223"
             ],
-            "version": "==1.14.10"
+            "version": "==1.14.14"
+        },
+        "certifi": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:017c25db2a153ce562900032d5bc68e9f191e44e9a0f762f373977de9df1fbb3",
+                "sha256:25b64c7da4cd7479594d035c08c2d809eb4aab3a26e5a990ea98cc450c320f1f"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2019.11.28"
+        },
+        "chardet": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:84ab92ed1c4d4f16916e05906b6b75a6c0fb5db821cc65e70cbd64a3e2a5eaae",
+                "sha256:fc323ffcaeaed0e0a02bf4d117757b98aed530d9ed4531e3e15460124c106691"
+            ],
+            "version": "==3.0.4"
         },
         "colorama": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:05eed71e2e327246ad6b38c540c4a3117230b19679b875190486ddd2d721422d",
-                "sha256:f8ac84de7840f5b9c4e3347b3c1eaa50f7e49c2b07596221daec5edaabbd7c48"
+                "sha256:7d73d2a99753107a36ac6b455ee49046802e59d9d076ef8e47b61499fa29afff",
+                "sha256:e96da0d330793e2cb9485e9ddfd918d456036c7149416295932478192f4436a1"
             ],
-            "version": "==0.4.1"
+            "markers": "python_version != '3.4'",
+            "version": "==0.4.3"
         },
         "coverage": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -725,6 +754,22 @@
             ],
             "version": "==4.4.1"
         },
+        "django": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:48522428f4a285cf265af969f4744c5ebb027c7f41958ba48b639ace2068ffe7",
+                "sha256:a794f7a2f4b7c928eecfbc4ebad03712ff27fb545abe269bf01aa8500781eb1c"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.1.15"
+        },
+        "django-silk": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:9d5d66628689230288d1020de186b86e6f38583f611b5dd796ec988bb6a6333e",
+                "sha256:b0033ec3713882a5abb8b3db2b4392a746b83ce164ab7be568f0eeec4ba78a98"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==4.0.0"
+        },
         "docutils": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:6c4f696463b79f1fb8ba0c594b63840ebd41f059e92b31957c46b74a4599b6d0",
@@ -733,6 +778,19 @@
             ],
             "version": "==0.15.2"
         },
+        "gprof2dot": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:b43fe04ebb3dfe181a612bbfc69e90555b8957022ad6a466f0308ed9c7f22e99"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2019.11.30"
+        },
+        "idna": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:c357b3f628cf53ae2c4c05627ecc484553142ca23264e593d327bcde5e9c3407",
+                "sha256:ea8b7f6188e6fa117537c3df7da9fc686d485087abf6ac197f9c46432f7e4a3c"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.8"
+        },
         "ipdb": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:5d9a4a0e3b7027a158fc6f2929934341045b9c3b0b86ed5d7e84e409653f72fd"
@@ -762,6 +820,13 @@
             ],
             "version": "==0.16.0"
         },
+        "jinja2": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:93187ffbc7808079673ef52771baa950426fd664d3aad1d0fa3e95644360e250",
+                "sha256:b0eaf100007721b5c16c1fc1eecb87409464edc10469ddc9a22a27a99123be49"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.11.1"
+        },
         "jmespath": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:3720a4b1bd659dd2eecad0666459b9788813e032b83e7ba58578e48254e0a0e6",
@@ -769,6 +834,44 @@
             ],
             "version": "==0.9.4"
         },
+        "markupsafe": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:00bc623926325b26bb9605ae9eae8a215691f33cae5df11ca5424f06f2d1f473",
+                "sha256:09027a7803a62ca78792ad89403b1b7a73a01c8cb65909cd876f7fcebd79b161",
+                "sha256:09c4b7f37d6c648cb13f9230d847adf22f8171b1ccc4d5682398e77f40309235",
+                "sha256:1027c282dad077d0bae18be6794e6b6b8c91d58ed8a8d89a89d59693b9131db5",
+                "sha256:13d3144e1e340870b25e7b10b98d779608c02016d5184cfb9927a9f10c689f42",
+                "sha256:24982cc2533820871eba85ba648cd53d8623687ff11cbb805be4ff7b4c971aff",
+                "sha256:29872e92839765e546828bb7754a68c418d927cd064fd4708fab9fe9c8bb116b",
+                "sha256:43a55c2930bbc139570ac2452adf3d70cdbb3cfe5912c71cdce1c2c6bbd9c5d1",
+                "sha256:46c99d2de99945ec5cb54f23c8cd5689f6d7177305ebff350a58ce5f8de1669e",
+                "sha256:500d4957e52ddc3351cabf489e79c91c17f6e0899158447047588650b5e69183",
+                "sha256:535f6fc4d397c1563d08b88e485c3496cf5784e927af890fb3c3aac7f933ec66",
+                "sha256:596510de112c685489095da617b5bcbbac7dd6384aeebeda4df6025d0256a81b",
+                "sha256:62fe6c95e3ec8a7fad637b7f3d372c15ec1caa01ab47926cfdf7a75b40e0eac1",
+                "sha256:6788b695d50a51edb699cb55e35487e430fa21f1ed838122d722e0ff0ac5ba15",
+                "sha256:6dd73240d2af64df90aa7c4e7481e23825ea70af4b4922f8ede5b9e35f78a3b1",
+                "sha256:717ba8fe3ae9cc0006d7c451f0bb265ee07739daf76355d06366154ee68d221e",
+                "sha256:79855e1c5b8da654cf486b830bd42c06e8780cea587384cf6545b7d9ac013a0b",
+                "sha256:7c1699dfe0cf8ff607dbdcc1e9b9af1755371f92a68f706051cc8c37d447c905",
+                "sha256:88e5fcfb52ee7b911e8bb6d6aa2fd21fbecc674eadd44118a9cc3863f938e735",
+                "sha256:8defac2f2ccd6805ebf65f5eeb132adcf2ab57aa11fdf4c0dd5169a004710e7d",
+                "sha256:98c7086708b163d425c67c7a91bad6e466bb99d797aa64f965e9d25c12111a5e",
+                "sha256:9add70b36c5666a2ed02b43b335fe19002ee5235efd4b8a89bfcf9005bebac0d",
+                "sha256:9bf40443012702a1d2070043cb6291650a0841ece432556f784f004937f0f32c",
+                "sha256:ade5e387d2ad0d7ebf59146cc00c8044acbd863725f887353a10df825fc8ae21",
+                "sha256:b00c1de48212e4cc9603895652c5c410df699856a2853135b3967591e4beebc2",
+                "sha256:b1282f8c00509d99fef04d8ba936b156d419be841854fe901d8ae224c59f0be5",
+                "sha256:b2051432115498d3562c084a49bba65d97cf251f5a331c64a12ee7e04dacc51b",
+                "sha256:ba59edeaa2fc6114428f1637ffff42da1e311e29382d81b339c1817d37ec93c6",
+                "sha256:c8716a48d94b06bb3b2524c2b77e055fb313aeb4ea620c8dd03a105574ba704f",
+                "sha256:cd5df75523866410809ca100dc9681e301e3c27567cf498077e8551b6d20e42f",
+                "sha256:cdb132fc825c38e1aeec2c8aa9338310d29d337bebbd7baa06889d09a60a1fa2",
+                "sha256:e249096428b3ae81b08327a63a485ad0878de3fb939049038579ac0ef61e17e7",
+                "sha256:e8313f01ba26fbbe36c7be1966a7b7424942f670f38e666995b88d012765b9be"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.1.1"
+        },
         "parso": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:56b2105a80e9c4df49de85e125feb6be69f49920e121406f15e7acde6c9dfc57",
@@ -812,6 +915,13 @@
             ],
             "version": "==0.4.8"
         },
+        "pycodestyle": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:95a2219d12372f05704562a14ec30bc76b05a5b297b21a5dfe3f6fac3491ae56",
+                "sha256:e40a936c9a450ad81df37f549d676d127b1b66000a6c500caa2b085bc0ca976c"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.5.0"
+        },
         "pygments": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:2a3fe295e54a20164a9df49c75fa58526d3be48e14aceba6d6b1e8ac0bfd6f1b",
@@ -826,6 +936,13 @@
             ],
             "version": "==2.8.1"
         },
+        "pytz": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:1c557d7d0e871de1f5ccd5833f60fb2550652da6be2693c1e02300743d21500d",
+                "sha256:b02c06db6cf09c12dd25137e563b31700d3b80fcc4ad23abb7a315f2789819be"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2019.3"
+        },
         "pyyaml": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:0e7f69397d53155e55d10ff68fdfb2cf630a35e6daf65cf0bdeaf04f127c09dc",
@@ -842,6 +959,14 @@
             ],
             "version": "==5.2"
         },
+        "requests": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:11e007a8a2aa0323f5a921e9e6a2d7e4e67d9877e85773fba9ba6419025cbeb4",
+                "sha256:9cf5292fcd0f598c671cfc1e0d7d1a7f13bb8085e9a590f48c010551dc6c4b31"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.22.0"
+        },
         "rsa": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:25df4e10c263fb88b5ace923dd84bf9aa7f5019687b5e55382ffcdb8bede9db5",
@@ -851,10 +976,10 @@
         },
         "s3transfer": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:2525bae2a530195576da53671bae8ca8c55ee8e33bc2225a65e804476611ea5a",
-                "sha256:4924e10451cc37901945806423d16c2c2040a6530645a614ed87e995ccec764c"
+                "sha256:2482b4259524933a022d59da830f51bd746db62f047d6eb213f2f8855dcb8a13",
+                "sha256:921a37e2aefc64145e7b73d50c71bb4f26f46e4c9f414dc648c6245ff92cf7db"
             ],
-            "version": "==0.3.2"
+            "version": "==0.3.3"
         },
         "six": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -863,6 +988,13 @@
             ],
             "version": "==1.14.0"
         },
+        "sqlparse": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:40afe6b8d4b1117e7dff5504d7a8ce07d9a1b15aeeade8a2d10f130a834f8177",
+                "sha256:7c3dca29c022744e95b547e867cee89f4fce4373f3549ccd8797d8eb52cdb873"
+            ],
+            "version": "==0.3.0"
+        },
         "traitlets": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:70b4c6a1d9019d7b4f6846832288f86998aa3b9207c6821f3578a6a6a467fe44",
@@ -875,6 +1007,7 @@
                 "sha256:2f3db8b19923a873b3e5256dc9c2dedfa883e33d87c690d9c7913e1f40673cdc",
                 "sha256:87716c2d2a7121198ebcb7ce7cccf6ce5e9ba539041cfbaeecfb641dc0bf6acc"
             ],
+            "markers": "python_version != '3.4'",
             "version": "==1.25.8"
         },
         "wcwidth": {
diff --git a/server/core/settings.py b/server/core/settings.py
index 6d20ef89..a8b0b58c 100644
--- a/server/core/settings.py
+++ b/server/core/settings.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ SIGNING_SECRET = os.environ.get('SIGNING_SECRET')
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = bool_value(os.environ.get('DEBUG', ''))
 TEST = 'test' in sys.argv
+ENABLE_SILKY = bool_value(os.environ.get('ENABLE_SILKY', ''))
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
@@ -107,6 +108,11 @@ if DEBUG:
     )
     CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS = True
 
+    # enable silk for performance measuring
+    if ENABLE_SILKY:
+        INSTALLED_APPS += ['silk']
+        MIDDLEWARE += ['silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware', ]
+
 MIDDLEWARE += [
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
diff --git a/server/core/urls.py b/server/core/urls.py
index ef247798..80718205 100644
--- a/server/core/urls.py
+++ b/server/core/urls.py
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ if settings.DEBUG and not settings.USE_AWS:
 if settings.DEBUG:
     urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
 
+    if settings.ENABLE_SILKY:
+        urlpatterns += [url(r'^silk/', include('silk.urls', namespace='silk'))]
+
 # actually we use the cms in headless mode but need the url pattern to get the wagtail_serve function
 urlpatterns += [url(r'pages/', include(wagtail_urls)), ]