diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index d5655b04c8e8b281f5371d60f4c88dd0f9d25b2e..a1c45203c6c68226256fd5ce663cb9cf317e0a6e 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ EOF
 
 [ "$NAME" = "Python/Django" ] || exit 0
 
-SETTINGS_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && ls **/settings.py | head -1)
-MANAGE_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && ls **/manage.py | head -1)
+SETTINGS_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find settings.py | head -1)
+MANAGE_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find manage.py | head -1)
 PROJECT=$(dirname $MANAGE_FILE)
 
 cat <<EOF
diff --git a/bin/steps/django b/bin/steps/django
index 1252ee776abb5d8b3595a2e358bb8e6e2a26e1cd..bc23051866fc272a946dee4e702565169dc5bb2d 100755
--- a/bin/steps/django
+++ b/bin/steps/django
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 echo "-----> Injecting Django settings..."
 
-SETTINGS_FILE=$(ls **/settings.py | head -1)
+SETTINGS_FILE=$(find settings.py | head -1)
 PROJECT=$(dirname $SETTINGS_FILE)
 
 echo "Injecting code into $SETTINGS_FILE to read from DATABASE_URL" | indent