diff --git a/django_app/settings_dev.py b/django_app/settings_dev.py
index a6afef56..1c7ee484 100644
--- a/django_app/settings_dev.py
+++ b/django_app/settings_dev.py
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 # settings for dev.py
    
 import environ
 
 # If using in your own project, update the project namespace below
 from django_app.settings import *
 
 env = environ.Env(
     # set casting, default value
     DEBUG=(bool, False)
 )
 # False if not in os.environ
 DEBUG = env('DEBUG')
 
 # Raises django's ImproperlyConfigured exception if SECRET_KEY not in os.environ
 SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY')
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = '*'
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
 # Parse database connection url strings like psql://user:pass@127.0.0.1:8458/db
 # DATABASES = {
 #     # read os.environ['DATABASE_URL'] and raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if not found
 #     'default': env.db(),
 #     {
 #         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
 #         'DBNAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'mysql'),
 #         'DBUSER': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'mysql'),
 #         'DBPASSWORD': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'mysql'),
 #         'DBHOST': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db'),
 #         'PORT': 5432,
 
 #     }
     
 # }
 DATABASES = {
     # read os.environ['DATABASE_URL'] and raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if not found
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': django.db.backends.mysql,
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
         'DBNAME': env('DBNAME'),
         'DBUSER': env('DBUSER'),
         'DBPASSWORD': env('DBPASSWORD'),
         'DBHOST': env('DBHOST'),
         'PORT': 5432,
 
 
     }
     
             
 }
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