diff --git a/muzak/settings.py b/muzak/settings.py
index 67f7ac8..a074ac5 100644
--- a/muzak/settings.py
+++ b/muzak/settings.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'django_htmx',
+    'rest_framework'
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -85,6 +86,13 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
     'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
 )
 
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
+        'mozilla_django_oidc.contrib.drf.OIDCAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+    ],
+}
+
 OIDC_RP_CLIENT_ID = os.getenv('OIDC_RP_CLIENT_ID')
 OIDC_RP_CLIENT_SECRET = os.getenv('OIDC_RP_CLIENT_SECRET')
 OIDC_OP_AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT = os.getenv('OIDC_OP_AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3b3b36b..b3f7a79 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ python-dotenv
 mozilla-django-oidc
 django-htmx
 celery
+djangorestframework
+markdown
+PyYAML
+Pygments