diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 8bb6a6a4..6e5eccd6 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 venv
+tmp
 **/*/node_modules
+pygeppetto-django
+static
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 06e9a912..87a504d5 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -1,22 +1,26 @@
-django==1.11.23
-psycopg2==2.7.7
-channels==2.1.2
+django==1.11.29
+psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
+channels==2.3.1
 djangorestframework==3.7.1
 drf-writable-nested
 django-filter==1.1.0
+django-timezone-field==3.1
 # djangorestframework-jwt
-django-extensions
+django-extensions==2.1.6
 django-dotenv
 rest-framework-cache
 django-material
-celery[redis]
-django-celery-beat
-django-celery-results
+celery[redis]==4.2.2
+django-celery-beat==1.4.0
+django-celery-results==1.0.4
 django-db-logger
-git+git://github.com/scidash/neuronunit@metacell#egg=neuronunit
-git+git://github.com/MetaCell/scidash-api.git@master#egg=scidash_api
-wheel==0.33.6
-sentry-sdk==1.0.0
+neo==0.5.2
+pynn==0.9.5
+Jinja2==2.11.3 
+git+git://github.com/scidash/neuronunit@metacell
+git+git://github.com/MetaCell/scidash-api.git@master
+wheel
+sentry-sdk
 django-ckeditor==5.9.0
 django-admin-sortable2==0.7.5
-# social-auth-app-django==4.0.0  # will be installed through install script install-backend
+social-auth-app-django==4.0.0  # will be installed through install script install-backend
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 14745d2e..87a504d5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,112 +1,26 @@
-#
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
-# To update, run:
-#
-#    pip-compile requirements.in
-#
-amqp==2.4.2               # via kombu
-asgiref==2.3.2            # via channels
-async-timeout==3.0.1      # via asgiref
-attrs==19.1.0             # via automat, twisted
-autobahn==19.3.3          # via daphne
-automat==0.7.0            # via twisted
-billiard==3.5.0.5         # via celery
+django==1.11.29
+psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
+channels==2.3.1
+djangorestframework==3.7.1
+drf-writable-nested
+django-filter==1.1.0
+django-timezone-field==3.1
+# djangorestframework-jwt
+django-extensions==2.1.6
+django-dotenv
+rest-framework-cache
+django-material
 celery[redis]==4.2.2
-channels==2.1.2
-constantly==15.1.0        # via twisted
-daphne==2.2.5             # via channels
-dask[complete]==2.9.0     # via distributed
-deap==1.3.0
-decorator==4.4.1          # via ipyparallel, ipython, networkx, traitlets, validators
-defusedxml==0.6.0         # via nbconvert
-distributed==2.9.0        # via dask
-django-admin-sortable2==0.7.5
 django-celery-beat==1.4.0
 django-celery-results==1.0.4
-django-ckeditor==5.9.0
-django-db-logger==0.1.7
-django-dotenv==1.4.2
-django-extensions==2.1.6
-django-filter==1.1.0
-django-material==1.5.2
-django-timezone-field==3.0  # via django-celery-beat
-django==1.11.23
-# djangorestframework-jwt==1.11.0
-djangorestframework==3.7.1
-drf-writable-nested==0.5.1
-git+git://github.com/scidash/neuronunit@metacell#egg=neuronunit
-git+git://github.com/MetaCell/scidash-api.git@master#egg=scidash_api
-hyperlink==18.0.0         # via twisted
-idna==2.8                 # via hyperlink, requests
-igor==0.3
-imageio==2.6.1            # via scikit-image
-importlib-metadata==1.3.0  # via jsonschema
-incremental==17.5.0       # via twisted
-ipykernel==5.1.3          # via ipyparallel
-ipyparallel==6.2.4
-ipython-genutils==0.2.0   # via ipyparallel, nbformat, traitlets
-ipython==7.10.2           # via ipykernel, ipyparallel
-jedi==0.15.2              # via ipython
-jinja2==2.11.3            # via allensdk, bokeh, nbconvert
-jsonschema==3.2.0         # via nbformat
-jupyter-client==5.3.4     # via ipykernel, ipyparallel
-jupyter-core==4.6.1       # via jupyter-client, nbconvert, nbformat
-kiwisolver==1.1.0         # via matplotlib
-kombu==4.3.0              # via celery
-lazyarray==0.3.3          # via pynn
-libneuroml==0.2.47
-llvmlite==0.30.0          # via numba
-lmfit==1.0.0
-locket==0.2.0             # via partd
-lxml==4.4.2               # via libneuroml
-markupsafe==1.1.1         # via jinja2
-matplotlib==3.1.2         # via allensdk, scikit-image
-mistune==0.8.4            # via nbconvert
-more-itertools==8.0.2     # via zipp
-msgpack==0.6.2            # via distributed
-nbconvert==5.6.1
-nbformat==4.4.0           # via nbconvert
-neo==0.5.2                # via elephant, pynn
-networkx==2.4             # via scikit-image
-neuromllite==0.1.9
-numba==0.46.0
-numpy==1.18.0             # via allensdk, bokeh, dask, deap, efel, elephant, h5py, imageio, lazyarray, lmfit, matplotlib, neo, numba, pandas, patsy, pynn, pynrrd, pywavelets, scipy, statsmodels
-packaging==19.2           # via bokeh
-pandas==0.25.3            # via allensdk, dask, statsmodels
-pandocfilters==1.4.2      # via nbconvert
-parso==0.5.2              # via jedi
-partd==1.1.0              # via dask
-patsy==0.5.1              # via statsmodels
-pexpect==4.7.0            # via ipython
-pickleshare==0.7.5        # via ipython
-pillow==6.2.1             # via bokeh, imageio, scikit-image
-prompt-toolkit==3.0.2     # via ipython
-psutil==5.6.7             # via distributed
-psycopg2==2.7.7
-pyhamcrest==1.9.0         # via twisted
-pyjwt==1.7.1              # via djangorestframework-jwt
-pylems==0.4.9.3
-git+https://github.com/rgerkin/pyneuroml@master#egg=pyneuroml-9999
+django-db-logger
+neo==0.5.2
 pynn==0.9.5
-pynrrd==0.4.1             # via allensdk
-pyparsing==2.4.6          # via matplotlib, packaging
-pyrsistent==0.15.6        # via jsonschema
-python-crontab==2.3.6     # via django-celery-beat
-python-dateutil==2.8.0    # via python-crontab
-pytz==2018.9              # via celery, django, django-timezone-field
-redis==2.10.6             # via celery
-rest-framework-cache==0.1
-sentry-sdk==1.0.0
-six==1.12.0               # via autobahn, automat, django-extensions, pyhamcrest, python-dateutil, txaio
-twisted==18.9.0           # via daphne
-txaio==18.8.1             # via autobahn
-vine==1.3.0               # via amqp
-wcwidth==0.1.7            # via prompt-toolkit
-webencodings==0.5.1       # via bleach
-wheel==0.33.6
-zict==1.0.0               # via distributed
-zipp==0.6.0               # via importlib-metadata
-zope.interface==4.6.0     # via twisted
-
-# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-# setuptools
+Jinja2==2.11.3 
+git+git://github.com/scidash/neuronunit@metacell
+git+git://github.com/MetaCell/scidash-api.git@master
+wheel
+sentry-sdk
+django-ckeditor==5.9.0
+django-admin-sortable2==0.7.5
+social-auth-app-django==4.0.0  # will be installed through install script install-backend
diff --git a/scidash/main/settings.py b/scidash/main/settings.py
index 714a27a4..d9ed014a 100644
--- a/scidash/main/settings.py
+++ b/scidash/main/settings.py
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@
 
 # TWITTER
 # https://python-social-auth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/twitter.html
-SOCIAL_AUTH_TWITTER_KEY = ''
-SOCIAL_AUTH_TWITTER_SECRET = ''
+SOCIAL_AUTH_TWITTER_KEY = 'YLbWDorRWSsO1FQo5kanraUzt'
+SOCIAL_AUTH_TWITTER_SECRET = '2D8ICyjXOMssEdfaw0v8Qtyb2vEGpFUYTjLdIZ1YiMJE0TR0rx'
+# twitter bearer token: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPJuPgEAAAAAhP2wPOYLMrjP0RNRzfFGj%2BUgJrE%3DlEjIikC9mLUfDpQsVMyPuAK4f5k4TNHQHLXVGqmkeDVEzbPkv2
 
 # GITHUB
 # https://python-social-auth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/github.html
diff --git a/service/docker/Dockerfile-scidash b/service/docker/Dockerfile-scidash
index 7b656377..9c8781ad 100644
--- a/service/docker/Dockerfile-scidash
+++ b/service/docker/Dockerfile-scidash
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RUN apt-get install -y gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libc
     libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 \
     libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 \
     libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 \
-    lsb-release xdg-utils wget curl llvm python3-tk 
+    lsb-release xdg-utils wget curl llvm python3-tk
 RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | bash
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install nodejs
 RUN curl https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ RUN git config --global user.email "scidash@metacell.us"
 RUN git config --global user.name "SciDash"
 
 WORKDIR $APP_DIR/scidash
-RUN virtualenv venv-py -p python3.6
 
 WORKDIR $APP_DIR/scidash
 RUN make ARGS="-b $targetBranch" install-backend-with-env
diff --git a/service/scripts/install-backend.sh b/service/scripts/install-backend.sh
index 4df359d0..ad9f051f 100755
--- a/service/scripts/install-backend.sh
+++ b/service/scripts/install-backend.sh
@@ -29,17 +29,14 @@ done
 set -- "${POSITIONAL[@]}" # restore positional parameters
 
 if [ "$virtualenv" = true ] ; then
-    virtualenv -p python3.6 ./venv;
-    source ./venv/bin/activate;
+    python -m venv venv
+    source ./venv/bin/activate
 fi
 
-python -m pip install pip==9.0.3
-pip install -r requirements.txt;
+# python -m pip install pip==9.0.3
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-
-# pip3 install social-auth-app-django==4.0.0
-# pip uninstall -y sciunit
-# pip install git+git://github.com/ddelpiano/sciunit@4.0.0#egg=sciunit
+pip install Jinja2==2.11.3 --no-cache-dir
+pip install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
 
 git ls-remote --heads --tags $pygeppetto_django_repo | grep -E 'refs/(heads|tags)/'$pygeppetto_branch > /dev/null