diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f301200..46ca335 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ install==1.3.5
 pytz==2023.3.post1
 sqlparse==0.4.4
 channels==3.0.5
+daphne
diff --git a/trancendence/asgi.py b/trancendence/asgi.py
index eaaad8a..5608a42 100644
--- a/trancendence/asgi.py
+++ b/trancendence/asgi.py
@@ -8,9 +8,20 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/asgi/
 """
 
 import os
+from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter, URLRouter
+from channels.auth import AuthMiddlewareStack
+import frontend.routing
 
 from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
 
 os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'trancendence.settings')
 
-application = get_asgi_application()
+application = ProtocolTypeRouter({
+	'http':get_asgi_application(),
+	'websocket':AuthMiddlewareStack(
+		URLRouter(
+			frontend.routing.websocket_urlpatterns
+		)
+	)
+})
+
diff --git a/trancendence/settings.py b/trancendence/settings.py
index a8d3760..2c57c6a 100644
--- a/trancendence/settings.py
+++ b/trancendence/settings.py
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = (
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
+	'channels',
+	'daphne',
+
     'accounts.apps.AccountsConfig',
     'profiles.apps.ProfilesConfig',
     'frontend.apps.FrontendConfig',
@@ -52,6 +55,14 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 ]
 
+ASGI_APPLICATION = 'trancendence.asgi.application'
+
+CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
+	'default' :{
+		'BACKEND':'channels.layers.InMemoryChannelLayer'
+	}
+}
+
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',