diff --git a/backend/secfit/requirements.txt b/backend/secfit/requirements.txt
index 9feb375bde1e8fb7befe6c102dd29beeee7c6940..7dc4fc4a8316f4d5482f4b3d959d5b89c1a4524b 100644
Binary files a/backend/secfit/requirements.txt and b/backend/secfit/requirements.txt differ
diff --git a/backend/secfit/secfit/settings.py b/backend/secfit/secfit/settings.py
index 1905ff74f591f9323f242ec7bce30ba68b29b39d..66aeca28f346d938e48c184a2f9f86b3758fc4d2 100644
--- a/backend/secfit/secfit/settings.py
+++ b/backend/secfit/secfit/settings.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/
 
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
+import django_heroku
 
 
 # Get the GROUPID variable to accept connections from the application server and NGINX
@@ -156,3 +157,5 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = "users.User"
 
 DEBUG = True
+
+django_heroku.settings(locals())
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