diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 38d23bdc..113dc83f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ django-model-utils==4.3.1
 django-redis==5.2.0
 django-timezone-field==5.0
 djangorestframework==3.14.0
-channels==3.0.4
-channels-redis==3.3.1
+channels==4.0.0
+channels-redis==4.1.0
 celery==5.2.7
 grpcio==1.54.0
 googleapis-common-protos==1.59.0
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ SQLAlchemy==2.0.12
 django-import-export==3.2.0
 requests[socks]
 python-gnupg==0.5.0
-daphne==3.0.2
+daphne==4.0.0
 drf-spectacular==0.26.2
 drf-spectacular-sidecar==2023.4.1
-black==23.3.0
+black==22.8.0
 isort==5.12.0
 flake8==6.0.0
 pyflakes==3.0.1
diff --git a/robosats/routing.py b/robosats/routing.py
index 61d0282e..2ee7126d 100644
--- a/robosats/routing.py
+++ b/robosats/routing.py
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
+import os
+
 from channels.auth import AuthMiddlewareStack
 from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter, URLRouter
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
 
 import chat.routing
 
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "robosats.settings")
+# Initialize Django ASGI application early to ensure the AppRegistry
+# is populated before importing code that may import ORM models.
+django_asgi_app = get_asgi_application()
+
 application = ProtocolTypeRouter(
     {
+        "http": django_asgi_app,
         "websocket": AuthMiddlewareStack(
             URLRouter(
                 chat.routing.websocket_urlpatterns,
diff --git a/robosats/settings.py b/robosats/settings.py
index 9ef23ca3..28c739e9 100644
--- a/robosats/settings.py
+++ b/robosats/settings.py
@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
     config("I2P_LONG"),
     config("LOCAL_ALIAS"),
     "127.0.0.1",
+    "localhost",
 ]
 
 CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = True
+CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = ["http://*", "https://*"]
 
 # Allows Session Cookie to be read by Javascript on Client side.
 SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = False
@@ -81,15 +83,16 @@ if os.environ.get("LOG_TO_CONSOLE"):
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    "daphne",
     "django.contrib.admin",
     "django.contrib.auth",
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
     "django.contrib.sessions",
     "django.contrib.messages",
+    "channels",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "corsheaders",
     "rest_framework",
-    "channels",
     "django_celery_beat",
     "django_celery_results",
     "import_export",