diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 6e5a135..c235739 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ python-dotenv = "*"
 djoser = "*"
 pillow = "*"
 whitenoise = "*"
+djangochannelsrestframework = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
 
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index af0eb49..b67ebf8 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "7a186c2a779282b0072d0634e264e5e70842a4c9676dfc4d1e18e564860e87c8"
+            "sha256": "231f11224ec1ef1ad1406ac5644ebcdfac020af9478f407d577553bb05c637df"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@
             ],
             "version": "==1.15.1"
         },
+        "channels": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:0ce53507a7da7b148eaa454526e0e05f7da5e5d1c23440e4886cf146981d8420",
+                "sha256:2253334ac76f67cba68c2072273f7e0e67dbdac77eeb7e318f511d2f9a53c5e4"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
+            "version": "==4.0.0"
+        },
         "charset-normalizer": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:04afa6387e2b282cf78ff3dbce20f0cc071c12dc8f685bd40960cc68644cfea6",
@@ -230,6 +238,14 @@
             ],
             "version": "==1.1.1"
         },
+        "djangochannelsrestframework": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:937260996b78fad66ddf4aa03dc61434b81b21a757897a899cd541d0f197c4ce",
+                "sha256:ca37fb96bb2f746129972a81dafed42d9785a37a2db36827dbf17848a0a9df96"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==1.1.0"
+        },
         "djangorestframework": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:579a333e6256b09489cbe0a067e66abe55c6595d8926be6b99423786334350c8",
diff --git a/stude/accounts/serializers.py b/stude/accounts/serializers.py
index 79b3298..89f8487 100644
--- a/stude/accounts/serializers.py
+++ b/stude/accounts/serializers.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 from djoser.serializers import UserCreateSerializer as BaseUserRegistrationSerializer
 from djoser.serializers import UserSerializer as BaseUserSerializer
+from django.core import exceptions as django_exceptions
+from rest_framework import exceptions as drf_exceptions
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from accounts.models import CustomUser
 from student_status.serializers import StudentStatusSerializer
 from student_status.models import StudentStatus
+from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+from django.contrib.auth.password_validation import validate_password
 
 
 class CustomUserSerializer(BaseUserSerializer):
@@ -15,20 +19,38 @@ class CustomUserSerializer(BaseUserSerializer):
         fields = ('username', 'email', 'password',
                   'student_id_number', 'year_level', 'semester', 'course', 'subjects', 'avatar', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'is_banned', 'user_status')
 
+# The model from your custom user
 
-class UserRegistrationSerializer(BaseUserRegistrationSerializer):
-    class Meta(BaseUserRegistrationSerializer.Meta):
-        fields = ('username', 'email', 'password',
-                  'student_id_number', 'year_level', 'semester', 'course', 'subjects', 'avatar', 'first_name', 'last_name')
+
+class UserRegistrationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    email = serializers.EmailField(required=True)
+    student_id_number = serializers.CharField(required=True)
+    password = serializers.CharField(write_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = CustomUser    # Use your custom user model here
+        fields = ('username', 'email', 'password', 'student_id_number',
+                  'year_level', 'semester', 'course', 'subjects', 'avatar',
+                  'first_name', 'last_name')
+
+    def validate(self, attrs):
+        user = self.Meta.model(**attrs)
+        password = attrs.get("password")
+        try:
+            validate_password(password, user)
+        except django_exceptions.ValidationError as e:
+            serializer_error = serializers.as_serializer_error(e)
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                {"password": serializer_error[api_settings.NON_FIELD_ERRORS_KEY]}
+            )
+
+        return super().validate(attrs)
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
-        # Get the user's year_level and semester from the user model instance
         user = self.Meta.model(**validated_data)
+        user.set_password(validated_data['password'])
+        user.save()
 
-        # Create a new user using the base serializer's create() method
-        user = super().create(validated_data)
-
-        # Create a student_status object for the user
         StudentStatus.objects.create(
             user=user,
             active=False,
@@ -36,5 +58,4 @@ class UserRegistrationSerializer(BaseUserRegistrationSerializer):
             y=None,
             subject=None
         )
-
         return user
diff --git a/stude/config/settings.py b/stude/config/settings.py
index cd1dc15..3a18cd8 100644
--- a/stude/config/settings.py
+++ b/stude/config/settings.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = str(os.getenv('SECRET_KEY'))
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost']
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*', '127.0.0.1', 'localhost', '10.0.10.32', '10.0.10.8']
 
 # Email credentials
 EMAIL_HOST = ''