diff --git a/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py b/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
index b8ea3fcec..f9ba639f7 100644
--- a/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
+++ b/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Gunicorn config"""
+import os
 import warnings
 from multiprocessing import cpu_count
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ worker_class = "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker"
 # Docker containers don't have /tmp as tmpfs
 worker_tmp_dir = "/dev/shm"
 
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "passbook.root.settings")
+
 logconfig_dict = {
     "version": 1,
     "disable_existing_loggers": False,
diff --git a/passbook/lib/sentry.py b/passbook/lib/sentry.py
index dfaceed8a..598eb7a69 100644
--- a/passbook/lib/sentry.py
+++ b/passbook/lib/sentry.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """passbook sentry integration"""
-from aioredis.errors import ReplyError
+from aioredis.errors import ReplyError, ConnectionClosedError
 from billiard.exceptions import WorkerLostError
 from botocore.client import ClientError
 from celery.exceptions import CeleryError
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def before_send(event, hint):
         RedisError,
         ResponseError,
         ReplyError,
+        ConnectionClosedError,
         # websocket errors
         ChannelFull,
         WebSocketException,
diff --git a/passbook/root/asgi.py b/passbook/root/asgi.py
index 92b235b1a..29099f0bf 100644
--- a/passbook/root/asgi.py
+++ b/passbook/root/asgi.py
@@ -6,19 +6,21 @@ It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
 For more information on this file, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/asgi/
 """
-import os
 import typing
 from time import time
 from typing import Any, ByteString, Dict
 
 import django
 from asgiref.compatibility import guarantee_single_callable
+from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter, URLRouter
 from defusedxml import defuse_stdlib
 from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.asgi import SentryAsgiMiddleware
 from structlog import get_logger
 
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "passbook.root.settings")
+from passbook.root import websocket
+
+# DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is set in gunicorn.conf.py
 
 defuse_stdlib()
 django.setup()
@@ -129,5 +131,14 @@ class ASGILogger:
 
 
 application = ASGILogger(
-    guarantee_single_callable(SentryAsgiMiddleware(get_asgi_application()))
+    guarantee_single_callable(
+        SentryAsgiMiddleware(
+            ProtocolTypeRouter(
+                {
+                    "http": get_asgi_application(),
+                    "websocket": URLRouter(websocket.websocket_urlpatterns),
+                }
+            )
+        )
+    )
 )
diff --git a/passbook/root/routing.py b/passbook/root/routing.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cdeeed39..000000000
--- a/passbook/root/routing.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-"""root Websocket URLS"""
-from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter, URLRouter
-from django.urls import path
-
-from passbook.outposts.channels import OutpostConsumer
-
-application = ProtocolTypeRouter(
-    {
-        # (http->django views is added by default)
-        "websocket": URLRouter(
-            [path("ws/outpost/<uuid:pk>/", OutpostConsumer.as_asgi())]
-        ),
-    }
-)
diff --git a/passbook/root/settings.py b/passbook/root/settings.py
index 279a18343..c3d7c5547 100644
--- a/passbook/root/settings.py
+++ b/passbook/root/settings.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
     },
 ]
 
-ASGI_APPLICATION = "passbook.root.routing.application"
+ASGI_APPLICATION = "passbook.root.asgi.application"
 
 CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
     "default": {
diff --git a/passbook/root/websocket.py b/passbook/root/websocket.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..005de97f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/passbook/root/websocket.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""root Websocket URLS"""
+from django.urls import path
+
+from passbook.outposts.channels import OutpostConsumer
+
+websocket_urlpatterns = [path("ws/outpost/<uuid:pk>/", OutpostConsumer.as_asgi())]