diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0300057..a070c55 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ pylint==3.3.*
 pylint-django==2.6.*
 djangorestframework==3.15.*
 psycopg==3.2.*
+channels==4.2.*
 pylablib==1.4.*
diff --git a/wlm_server/wlm_server/settings.py b/wlm_server/wlm_server/settings.py
index 402211f..945301a 100644
--- a/wlm_server/wlm_server/settings.py
+++ b/wlm_server/wlm_server/settings.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'channels',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
@@ -82,7 +83,15 @@
     },
 ]
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'wlm_server.wsgi.application'
+ASGI_APPLICATION = 'wlm_server.asgi.application'
+
+CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
+    'default': {
+        'BACKEND': 'channels.layers.InMemoryChannelLayer',
+    },
+}
+
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'user.User'
 
 
 # Database
@@ -140,6 +149,7 @@
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 
-AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'user.User'
+
+# Global variables
 
 MESSAGE_QUEUE = MessageQueue()