diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index d2d05c5..36e2610 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -4,29 +4,29 @@ verify_ssl = true
 name = "pypi"
 
 [packages]
-django = ">=4.1"
-pyld = ">=2.0.3"
-chembl-webresource-client = ">=0.10"
-django-admin-logs = ">=1.0"
-django-allauth = ">=0.51"
-django-debug-toolbar = ">=3.8"
-django-cors-headers = ">=3.13"
-django-crispy-forms = ">=1.14"
-djangorestframework = ">=3.13"
-mysqlclient = ">=2.1"
-pandas = ">=1.5.0"
-scipy = ">=1.9"
-pygithub = ">=1.55"
-urllib3 = ">=1.26"
-scyjava = ">=1.5.1"
-qwikidata = ">=0.4"
-pytest = ">=7.1"
-requests = ">=2.28.1"
-rdkit-pypi = "*"
-paramiko = "*"
-crossrefapi = "*"
+chembl-webresource-client = ">=0.10.0"
+crossrefapi = ">=1.6.0"
+django = ">=5.0.0"
+django-admin-logs = ">=1.2.0"
+django-allauth = ">=0.63.0"
+django-cors-headers = ">=4.4.0"
+django-crispy-forms = ">=2.2.0"
+django-debug-toolbar = ">=4.4.0"
+djangorestframework = ">=3.15.0"
+pandas = ">=2.2.0"
+paramiko = ">=3.4.0"
+pygithub = ">=2.3.0"
+pyld = ">=2.0.0"
+pymysql = "=>1.1.1"
+pytest = ">=8.2.0"
+qwikidata = ">=0.4.0"
+requests = ">=2.32.0"
+rdkit-pypi = ">=2024.3.1"
+scipy = ">=1.14.0"
+scyjava = ">=1.10.0"
+urllib3 = ">=1.26.0"
 
 [dev-packages]
 
 [requires]
-python_version = "3.10"
+python_version = "3.12"
diff --git a/sciflow/__init__.py b/sciflow/__init__.py
index e69de29..c45523b 100644
--- a/sciflow/__init__.py
+++ b/sciflow/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import pymysql
+pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sciflow/settings.py b/sciflow/settings.py
index 4d9991d..44b6dff 100644
--- a/sciflow/settings.py
+++ b/sciflow/settings.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['sds.coas.unf.edu', '127.0.0.1']
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['sds.coas.unf.edu', '127.0.0.1', 'localhost']
 
 # cors setup
 CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = False
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
     'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
+    'allauth.account.middleware.AccountMiddleware',
 ]
 
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {