diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 222d028..7d3e23f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ venv
 .env_dev_heroku
 .env_prod_heroku
 
+# Ignoring requirements.txt for this app, because of miniconda:
+requirements.txt
+
 # Utility scripts for Kelly (and Gist):
 config.codekit
 .codekit-cache
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index dc67eb3..d8512be 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,32 +1,53 @@
+"""Configuration for tower app."""
 import os
 
 basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 
+def make_mongo_uri(
+        host='localhost',
+        port=27017,
+        database='default',
+        replica_set=None,
+        username=None,
+        password=None):
+    """Make the mongo connection URI."""
+    uri = 'mongodb://'
+    if username is not None and password is not None:
+        uri += username + ':' + password + '@'
+    if ',' in host:
+        host = host.split(',')
+    if not isinstance(host, basestring):
+        if port is not None:
+            host = [x + ':' + str(port) for x in host]
+        uri += ",".join(host)
+    else:
+        uri += host
+        if port is not None:
+            uri += ':' + str(port)
+    if database is not None:
+        uri += '/' + database
+    if replica_set is not None:
+        uri += '?replicaSet=' + replica_set
+    return uri
+
+
 class Config:
+    """Configuration class for tower app."""
+
     SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('APP_SECRET')
     ROOT_DIR = os.environ.get('ROOT_DIR')
     SLACK_TOKEN = os.environ.get('SLACK_TOKEN')
 
     @staticmethod
     def init_app(app):
+        """Initialize the config."""
         pass
 
-    def mongo_url(self):
-
-        if self.MONGODB_SETTINGS['username'] is '':
-            return 'mongodb://' + self.MONGODB_SETTINGS['host'] + \
-                ':' + str(self.MONGODB_SETTINGS['port']) + \
-                '/' + self.MONGODB_SETTINGS['db']
-        else:
-            return 'mongodb://' + self.MONGODB_SETTINGS['username'] + \
-                ':' + self.MONGODB_SETTINGS['password'] + \
-                '@' + self.MONGODB_SETTINGS['host'] + \
-                ':' + str(self.MONGODB_SETTINGS['port']) + \
-                '/' + self.MONGODB_SETTINGS['db']
-
 
 class TestingConfig(Config):
+    """Test configuration settings."""
+
     TESTING = True
     SERVER_NAME = '0.0.0.0:5000'
     MONGODB_SETTINGS = {
@@ -39,20 +60,20 @@ class TestingConfig(Config):
 
 
 class DevelopmentConfig(Config):
+    """Development configuration settings."""
+
     ROOT_DIR = os.environ.get('ROOT_DIR')
     SERVER_NAME = 'mpala.herokuapp.com'
     DEBUG = True
-    # MONGODB_DB = os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_DATABASE')
-    # MONGODB_USERNAME = os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_USER')
-    # MONGODB_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_PASSWORD')
-    # MONGODB_HOST = os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_HOST')
-    # MONGODB_PORT = int(os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_PORT'))
     MONGODB_SETTINGS = {
-        "db": os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_DATABASE'),
-        "username": os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_USER'),
-        "password": os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_PASSWORD'),
-        "host": os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_HOST'),
-        "port": int(os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_PORT'))
+        "HOST": make_mongo_uri(
+            host=os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_HOST'),
+            port=int(os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_PORT')),
+            database=os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_DATABASE'),
+            username=os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_USER'),
+            password=os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_PASSWORD'),
+            replica_set=os.environ.get('MONGODB_DEV_REPLICASET')
+        )
     }
 
 config = {
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 82bb877..97834f5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
-Flask==0.10.1
-Flask-Bootstrap==3.3.2.1
-Flask-Bower==1.1.1
-Flask-Login==0.3.2
-Flask-Moment==0.4.0
-Flask-Script==2.0.5
-Flask-WTF==0.11
-Jinja2==2.7.3
-MarkupSafe==0.23
-WTForms==2.0.2
-Werkzeug==0.10.4
-amqp==1.4.9
-anyjson==0.3.3
-billiard==3.3.0.23
-celery==3.1.23
+# Flask==0.10.1
+# Flask-Bootstrap==3.3.2.1
+# Flask-Bower==1.1.1
+# Flask-Login==0.3.2
+# Flask-Moment==0.4.0
+# Flask-Script==2.0.5
+# Flask-WTF==0.11
+# Jinja2==2.7.3
+# MarkupSafe==0.23
+# WTForms==2.0.2
+# Werkzeug==0.10.4
+# amqp==1.4.9
+# anyjson==0.3.3
+# billiard==3.3.0.23
+# celery==3.1.23
 # cffi==1.1.2
-cryptography==0.9.1
-docopt==0.6.2
-dropbox==2.2.0
-enum34==1.0.4
-fake-factory==0.5.0
-flask-mongoengine==0.7.1
-idna==2.0
-ipaddress==1.0.7
-itsdangerous==0.24
-kombu==3.0.35
-mglob==0.4
-mongoengine==0.9.0
-ndg-httpsclient==0.4.0
+# cryptography==0.9.1
+# docopt==0.6.2
+# dropbox==2.2.0
+# enum34==1.0.4
+# fake-factory==0.5.0
+# flask-mongoengine==0.7.1
+# idna==2.0
+# ipaddress==1.0.7
+# itsdangerous==0.24
+# kombu==3.0.35
+# mglob==0.4
+# mongoengine==0.9.0
+# ndg-httpsclient==0.4.0
 # netCDF4==1.1.7.1
-nose==1.3.6
+# nose==1.3.6
 # numpy==1.8.0
 # pandas==0.16.0
-pip-pop==0.1.0
-pyOpenSSL==0.15.1
-pyandoc==0.0.1
-pyasn1==0.1.8
-pycparser==2.14
-pymongo==2.8
-python-dateutil==2.4.2
-pytz==2015.2
-redis==2.10.5
-requests==2.7.0
+# pip-pop==0.1.0
+# pyOpenSSL==0.15.1
+# pyandoc==0.0.1
+# pyasn1==0.1.8
+# pycparser==2.14
+# pymongo==2.8
+# python-dateutil==2.4.2
+# pytz==2015.2
+# redis==2.10.5
+# requests==2.7.0
 # scipy==0.15.1
-six==1.9.0
-slacker==0.6.2
-urllib3==1.10.3
-waitress==0.8.9
-wsgiref==0.1.2
+# six==1.9.0
+# slacker==0.6.2
+# urllib3==1.10.3
+# waitress==0.8.9
+# wsgiref==0.1.2
 # xarray==0.7.2
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 187fbde..75e3ede 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -58,3 +58,9 @@ def create_metadata_task(self, year, doy):
         doy=doy,
         files=find_files(year=year, doy=doy)
     ).generate_metadata()
+
+
+@celery.task(bind=True)
+def process_smap_data(self):
+    """Update SMAP data and upload to FTP server."""
+    self.update_state(state='PROGRESS')