diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/delete_and_import_all_permissions.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/delete_and_import_all_permissions.py
index 966ec5a11..09a7c1e0c 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/delete_and_import_all_permissions.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/delete_and_import_all_permissions.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 """Deletes all permissions and then re-imports from yaml file."""
-from spiffworkflow_backend import get_hacked_up_app_for_script
+from spiffworkflow_backend import create_app
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.authorization_service import AuthorizationService
 
 
 def main() -> None:
     """Main."""
-    app = get_hacked_up_app_for_script()
+    app = create_app()
     with app.app_context():
         AuthorizationService.delete_all_permissions()
         AuthorizationService.import_permissions_from_yaml_file()
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/import_tickets_for_command_line.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/import_tickets_for_command_line.py
index 3b8005892..bea05a61d 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/import_tickets_for_command_line.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/import_tickets_for_command_line.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Grabs tickets from csv and makes process instances."""
 import csv
 
-from spiffworkflow_backend import get_hacked_up_app_for_script
+from spiffworkflow_backend import create_app
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.db import db
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance import ProcessInstanceModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.user import UserModel
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.services.process_instance_service import ProcessInsta
 
 def main():
     """Main."""
-    app = get_hacked_up_app_for_script()
+    app = create_app()
     with app.app_context():
         process_model_identifier_ticket = "ticket"
         db.session.query(ProcessInstanceModel).filter(
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py
index 20d5992f1..d9285b9e0 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py
@@ -205,21 +205,6 @@ def _setup_prometheus_metrics(app: flask.app.Flask, connexion_app: connexion.app
         metrics.info("version_info", "Application Version Info", **version_info_data_normalized)
 
 
-def get_hacked_up_app_for_script() -> flask.app.Flask:
-    os.environ["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ENV"] = "local_development"
-    flask_env_key = "FLASK_SESSION_SECRET_KEY"
-    os.environ[flask_env_key] = "whatevs"
-    if "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR" not in os.environ:
-        home = os.environ["HOME"]
-        full_process_model_path = f"{home}/projects/github/sartography/sample-process-models"
-        if os.path.isdir(full_process_model_path):
-            os.environ["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"] = full_process_model_path
-        else:
-            raise Exception(f"Could not find {full_process_model_path}")
-    app = create_app()
-    return app
-
-
 def traces_sampler(sampling_context: Any) -> Any:
     # always inherit
     if sampling_context["parent_sampled"] is not None:
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/__init__.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/__init__.py
index a14986bb0..80db070e1 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/__init__.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/__init__.py
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ def setup_config(app: Flask) -> None:
 
     setup_database_configs(app)
     setup_logger(app)
+    app.logger.debug(
+        f"SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR: {app.config['SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR']}"
+    )
 
     if app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_DEFAULT_USER_GROUP"] == "":
         app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_DEFAULT_USER_GROUP"] = None