diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8be52bddb0d4f3c4e38f164add77640d61c95228..8c060f8e441a21ac91ce0010886a15095dd369e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ deploy-latest.sh
 .DS_Store
 *~
 media/*
-venv
\ No newline at end of file
+venv
+celerybeat-*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/migrate-to-3.5.sql b/migrate-to-3.5.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a88ee9bcd8251203a39abbd482552177b8b81ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrate-to-3.5.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+alter table auth_user rename to helios_auth_user;
+drop table celery_taskmeta;
+drop table celery_tasksetmeta;
+drop table djkombu_message;
+drop table djkombu_queue;
+delete from south_migrationhistory where app_name='auth';
diff --git a/migrate-to-3.5.txt b/migrate-to-3.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8211783288d64363b4bb41ca4ee7604af5e0923c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrate-to-3.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+- direct DB changes
+
+migrate-to-3.5.sql
+
+- fake a migration
+
+heroku run python manage.py migrate helios_auth --fake
+
+- do the rest of the migrations
+
+heroku run python manage.py migrate