diff --git a/nio-server/build.sbt b/nio-server/build.sbt
index d30c620..78fa276 100644
--- a/nio-server/build.sbt
+++ b/nio-server/build.sbt
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ dependencyOverrides ++= Seq(
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   ws,
+  "org.apache.pekko"         %% "pekko-stream"              % pekko,
+  "org.apache.pekko"         %% "pekko-actor-typed"         % pekko,
+  "org.apache.pekko"         %% "pekko-slf4j"               % pekko,
+  "org.apache.pekko"         %% "pekko-slf4j"               % pekko,
+  "org.apache.pekko"         %% "pekko-serialization-jackson" % pekko,
   "org.apache.pekko"         %% "pekko-http"                % "1.1.0",
   "org.apache.pekko"         %% "pekko-http-xml"            % "1.1.0",
   "org.reactivemongo"        %% "reactivemongo"             % s"$reactiveMongoVersion-pekko.RC13",
@@ -57,12 +62,12 @@ scalacOptions ++= Seq(
 
 /// ASSEMBLY CONFIG
 
-parallelExecution in Test := false
-mainClass in assembly := Some("play.core.server.ProdServerStart")
-test in assembly := {}
-assemblyJarName in assembly := "nio.jar"
-fullClasspath in assembly += Attributed.blank(PlayKeys.playPackageAssets.value)
-assemblyMergeStrategy in assembly := {
+Test / parallelExecution := false
+assembly / mainClass := Some("play.core.server.ProdServerStart")
+assembly / test := {}
+assembly / assemblyJarName := "nio.jar"
+assembly / fullClasspath += Attributed.blank(PlayKeys.playPackageAssets.value)
+assembly / assemblyMergeStrategy := {
   case PathList("javax", xs @ _*)                                             => MergeStrategy.first
   case PathList("META-INF", "native", xs @ _*)                                => MergeStrategy.first
   case PathList("org", "apache", "commons", "logging", xs @ _*)               => MergeStrategy.discard
diff --git a/nio-server/conf/application.conf b/nio-server/conf/application.conf
index b31cc0d..a5f3ccf 100644
--- a/nio-server/conf/application.conf
+++ b/nio-server/conf/application.conf
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ S3-dispatcher {
   throughput = 1
 }
 
-play.http.secret.key = "nioSecret"
+play.http.secret.key = "nioSecretnioSecretnioSecretnioSecretnioSecretnioSecretnioSecretnioSecretnioSecret"
 play.http.secret.key = ${?APPLICATION_SECRET}
 http.port=9000
 http.port=${?HTTP_PORT}
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 8bdbefd..fe6ce87 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 object Dependencies {
-  val playJsonJodaVersion  = "2.9.1"
   val reactiveMongoVersion = "1.1.0"
-  val pekkoKafka      = "1.1.0"
+  val pekko                = "1.1.1"
+  val pekkoKafka           = "1.1.0"
   val pureConfig           = "0.14.0"
   val scalaticVersion      = "3.2.0"
   val catsVersion          = "2.2.0"