diff --git a/ordering/settings.py b/ordering/settings.py
index f570a48..e71d812 100644
--- a/ordering/settings.py
+++ b/ordering/settings.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 HOST = '0.0.0.0'
 PORT = 5000
 
-CACHE_TYPE = 'redis'
+DEBUG = os.getenv('FLASK_DEBUG', False)
+
+CACHE_TYPE = 'redis' if not DEBUG else 'null'
 CACHE_REDIS_URL = os.getenv('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379')
 
 SEND_FILE_MAX_AGE_DEFAULT = timedelta(weeks=1)
diff --git a/ordering/utils.py b/ordering/utils.py
index 488f4bb..406dda5 100644
--- a/ordering/utils.py
+++ b/ordering/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from concurrent.futures import as_completed, ThreadPoolExecutor
 from datetime import datetime
+
 from dateutil.parser import parse as parse_date_string
 from operator import itemgetter
 import re
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ def get_episode_list(series_soup, series):
                 date = row[-1]
                 reference = re.search(r'\[\d+\]$', row[-1])
                 date = date[:reference.start()] if reference else date
-                row[-1] = air_date = datetime.strptime(date, '%B %d, %Y').date()
+                row[-1] = air_date = parse_date_string(date).date()
             except ValueError:
                 continue
 
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index b1b1875..a9961eb 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FLASK_APP=./ordering/ flask run
+FLASK_ENV=development FLASK_DEBUG=1 FLASK_APP=./ordering/ flask run