diff --git a/stude/config/asgi.py b/stude/config/asgi.py
index 1b71627..771a0e5 100644
--- a/stude/config/asgi.py
+++ b/stude/config/asgi.py
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-"""
-ASGI config for stude project.
-
-It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
-
-For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/asgi/
-"""
-
 import os
 
+from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter
 from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
 
 os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings')
+# Initialize Django ASGI application early to ensure the AppRegistry
+# is populated before importing code that may import ORM models.
+django_asgi_app = get_asgi_application()
 
-application = get_asgi_application()
+application = ProtocolTypeRouter({
+    "http": django_asgi_app,
+    # Just HTTP for now. (We can add other protocols later.)
+})
diff --git a/stude/config/settings.py b/stude/config/settings.py
index 4a89979..1ce5de9 100644
--- a/stude/config/settings.py
+++ b/stude/config/settings.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ else:
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'daphne',
+    'channels',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'config.urls'
 
+ASGI_APPLICATION = "config.asgi.application"
+
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',