diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b00f1b..9044aac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ celerybeat-schedule
 # virtualenv
 venv/
 ENV/
+.venv/
 
 # Spyder project settings
 .spyderproject
diff --git a/conduit/apps/articles/admin.py b/conduit/apps/articles/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56da068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conduit/apps/articles/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+from .models import *
+admin.site.register(Article)
+admin.site.register(Comment)
+admin.site.register(Tag)
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diff --git a/conduit/apps/articles/serializers.py b/conduit/apps/articles/serializers.py
index 167909b..a61ed67 100644
--- a/conduit/apps/articles/serializers.py
+++ b/conduit/apps/articles/serializers.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def get_favorited(self, instance):
         if request is None:
             return False
 
-        if not request.user.is_authenticated():
+        if not request.user.is_authenticated:
             return False
 
         return request.user.profile.has_favorited(instance)
diff --git a/conduit/apps/profiles/serializers.py b/conduit/apps/profiles/serializers.py
index b799082..4d2ee8c 100644
--- a/conduit/apps/profiles/serializers.py
+++ b/conduit/apps/profiles/serializers.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def get_following(self, instance):
         if request is None:
             return False
 
-        if not request.user.is_authenticated():
+        if not request.user.is_authenticated:
             return False
 
         follower = request.user.profile
diff --git a/conduit/urls.py b/conduit/urls.py
index 54612f9..ed6f90f 100644
--- a/conduit/urls.py
+++ b/conduit/urls.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
 
-    url(r'^api/', include('conduit.apps.articles.urls', namespace='articles')),
-    url(r'^api/', include('conduit.apps.authentication.urls', namespace='authentication')),
-    url(r'^api/', include('conduit.apps.profiles.urls', namespace='profiles')),
+    url(r'^api/', include(('conduit.apps.articles.urls','conduit.apps.articles') ,namespace='articles')),
+    url(r'^api/', include(('conduit.apps.authentication.urls','conduit.apps.authentication'), namespace='authentication')),
+    url(r'^api/', include(('conduit.apps.profiles.urls','conduit.apps.profiles'), namespace='profiles')),
 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6eb9d54..bec789a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-Django==1.10.5
-django-cors-middleware==1.3.1
-django-extensions==1.7.1
-djangorestframework==3.4.4
-PyJWT==1.4.2
-six==1.10.0
+asgiref==3.3.4
+Django==3.2.3
+django-cors-middleware==1.5.0
+django-extensions==3.1.3
+djangorestframework==3.12.4
+PyJWT==2.1.0
+pytz==2021.1
+six==1.16.0
+sqlparse==0.4.1
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