diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 41aabca..9ac2b70 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ EOF
 
 [ "$NAME" = "Python/Django" ] || exit 0
 
-SETTINGS_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find . -type f -name 'settings.py' | head -1)
-MANAGE_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find . -type f -name 'manage.py' | head -1)
+SETTINGS_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name 'settings.py' | head -1)
+MANAGE_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name 'manage.py' | head -1)
 PROJECT=$(dirname $MANAGE_FILE)
 
 cat <<EOF
diff --git a/bin/steps/django b/bin/steps/django
index a1be582..b7a54a9 100755
--- a/bin/steps/django
+++ b/bin/steps/django
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 echo "-----> Injecting Django settings..."
 
-SETTINGS_FILE=$(find . -type f -name 'settings.py' | head -1)
+SETTINGS_FILE=$(find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name 'settings.py' | head -1)
 PROJECT=$(dirname $SETTINGS_FILE)
 
 echo "Injecting code into $SETTINGS_FILE to read from DATABASE_URL" | indent