diff --git a/frontend/.env.production b/frontend/.env.production
index 398f6df..f442165 100644
--- a/frontend/.env.production
+++ b/frontend/.env.production
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Production environment variables
 # Use relative API URL - will use same origin as the page
-VITE_API_URL=/api
+VITE_API_URL=https://api.smoothschedule.com
diff --git a/smoothschedule/compose/production/django/start b/smoothschedule/compose/production/django/start
index 53bf12a..efcee29 100644
--- a/smoothschedule/compose/production/django/start
+++ b/smoothschedule/compose/production/django/start
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ set -o nounset
 
 python /app/manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 
-exec gunicorn config.wsgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app
+# Start Daphne (ASGI) instead of Gunicorn (WSGI) to support WebSockets
+exec daphne -b 0.0.0.0 -p 5000 config.asgi:application