diff --git a/newrelic.js b/newrelic.js
index 7763ba2269..682f608e42 100644
--- a/newrelic.js
+++ b/newrelic.js
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ exports.config = {
      * issues with the agent, 'info' and higher will impose the least overhead on
      * production applications.
      */
-    level : 'trace'
+    level : 'warning'
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 0dec3210ac..fb76862fad 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-// Only do the minimal amount of work before forking just in case of a dyno restart
 var nconf = require('nconf');
+var utils = require('./utils');
+utils.setupConfig();
 
 require('coffee-script') // remove this once we've fully converted over
 var express = require("express");
@@ -8,18 +9,12 @@ var path = require("path");
 var domainMiddleware = require('domain-middleware');
 var swagger = require("swagger-node-express");
 
-var utils = require('./utils');
 var middleware = require('./middleware');
 
 var TWO_WEEKS = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 14;
 var app = express();
 var server;
 
-// ------------ Setup configurations ------------
-utils.setupConfig();
-if (nconf.get('NODE_ENV') === 'production')
-  require('newrelic');
-
 // ------------  MongoDB Configuration ------------
 mongoose = require('mongoose');
 require('./models/user'); //load up the user schema - TODO is this necessary?
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 791ba3c57c..e903b3b91c 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ module.exports.setupConfig = function(){
   if (nconf.get('NODE_ENV') === "development") {
     Error.stackTraceLimit = Infinity;
   }
+  if (nconf.get('NODE_ENV') === 'production') require('newrelic');
 };