diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index bc258c75..f7cc514c 100755
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ BASE_URL = 'http://pokeapi.co'
 
 # Hosts/domain names that are valid for this site; required if DEBUG is False
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['.pokeapi.co', 'localhost']
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['.pokeapi.co', 'localhost', '127.0.0.1']
 
 TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/London'
 
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
 ]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'config.urls'
diff --git a/data/v2/__init__.py b/data/v2/__init__.py
index 49fa5896..edae34fb 100644
--- a/data/v2/__init__.py
+++ b/data/v2/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from build import *  # NOQA
+from .build import *  # NOQA
diff --git a/data/v2/build.py b/data/v2/build.py
index fce028a1..82cacef2 100644
--- a/data/v2/build.py
+++ b/data/v2/build.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def with_iter(context, iterable=None):
 
 def load_data(fileName):
     # with_iter closes the file when it has finished
-    return csv.reader(with_iter(open(DATA_LOCATION + fileName, 'rt')), delimiter=',')
+    return csv.reader(with_iter(open(DATA_LOCATION + fileName, 'rt', encoding="utf8")), delimiter=',')
 
 
 def clear_table(model):
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def build_generic(model_classes, file_name, csv_record_to_objects):
                 model_class.objects.bulk_create(batches[model_class])
                 batches[model_class] = []
 
-    for model_class, batch in batches.iteritems():
+    for model_class, batch in batches.items():
         model_class.objects.bulk_create(batch)
 
 
diff --git a/pokemon_v2/serializers.py b/pokemon_v2/serializers.py
index 65c3a5db..21755b2e 100644
--- a/pokemon_v2/serializers.py
+++ b/pokemon_v2/serializers.py
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ class ItemDetailSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         sprites_data = json.loads(sprites_data['sprites'])
         host = 'raw.githubusercontent.com/PokeAPI/sprites/master/'
 
-        for key, val in sprites_data.iteritems():
+        for key, val in sprites_data.items():
             if sprites_data[key]:
                 sprites_data[key] = 'https://' + host + sprites_data[key].replace('/media/', '')
 
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ class PokemonFormDetailSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
         host = 'raw.githubusercontent.com/PokeAPI/sprites/master/'
 
-        for key, val in sprites_data.iteritems():
+        for key, val in sprites_data.items():
             if sprites_data[key]:
                 sprites_data[key] = 'https://' + host + sprites_data[key].replace('/media/', '')
 
@@ -2525,7 +2525,7 @@ class PokemonDetailSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         sprites_data = json.loads(sprites_data['sprites'])
         host = 'raw.githubusercontent.com/PokeAPI/sprites/master/'
 
-        for key, val in sprites_data.iteritems():
+        for key, val in sprites_data.items():
             if sprites_data[key]:
                 sprites_data[key] = 'https://' + host + sprites_data[key].replace('/media/', '')
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d4c8c16f..6cc3a47e 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
-Django==1.11
+Django==2.0
 Pillow==2.6.1
 Unipath==1.1
-coverage==3.6
-django-appconf==0.6
+coverage==4.5.1
+django-appconf==1.0.2
 django-cors-headers==2.4.0
-django-discover-runner==0.4
-django-imagekit==4.0.1
-django-redis==4.8.0
-django-cachalot==1.5.0
-django-tastypie==0.14.0
-djangorestframework==3.6.4
+django-discover-runner==1.0
+django-imagekit==4.0.2
+django-redis==4.9.0
+django-cachalot==2.1.0
+django-tastypie==0.14.2
+djangorestframework==3.9.0
 drf-ujson==1.2.0
-gunicorn==19.4.5
+gunicorn==19.9.0
 mimeparse==0.1.3
 pilkit==2.0
 psycopg2==2.7.5
-python-dateutil==2.6.1
+python-dateutil==2.7.3
 python-mimeparse==1.6.0
-simplejson==3.11.1
+simplejson==3.16.0
 six==1.11.0
-wsgiref==0.1.2