diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 6d788f8d..2b11b4ab 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def create_app(config_name):
     mail.init_app(app)
     scheduler.init_app(app)
     scheduler.start()
-    socketio.init_app(app)
+    socketio.init_app(app, message_qeue='redis://')
 
     from .auth import auth as auth_blueprint
     app.register_blueprint(auth_blueprint, url_prefix='/auth')
diff --git a/opaque.py b/opaque.py
index 2b61164b..7ed970fd 100644
--- a/opaque.py
+++ b/opaque.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import eventlet
+eventlet.monkey_patch()
+
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 load_dotenv()