Solid point. My purpose here was more to start a discussion around this problem and what we did about it rather than to say this is the only or best solution.

Solid point. My purpose here was more to start a discussion around this problem and what we did about it rather than to say this is the only or best solution. Also I was sure other people must be having this issue on Heroku and couldn't find any other solutions that would work despite spending a good amount of time searching for one.