diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/realtime.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/realtime.js.coffee
index 9efcd6b1..8fa52024 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/realtime.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/realtime.js.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 window.app.realtime =
   connect : () ->
-    #window.app.socket = io.connect('http://localhost:5001');
-    #window.app.socket.on 'connect', () ->
-      #subscribeToRooms()
-      #console.log('socket connected')
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+    window.app.socket = io.connect('http://gentle-savannah-1303.herokuapp.com:5001');
+    window.app.socket.on 'connect', () ->
+      subscribeToRooms()
+      console.log('socket connected')
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diff --git a/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb
index e65dcdfa..b0a5f03c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class MappingsController < ApplicationController
       @mapping.save()
       
       #push add to map to realtime viewers of the map
-      #@mapping.message 'create',@user.id
+      @mapping.message 'create',@user.id
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb b/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb
index ecf79626..69350057 100644
--- a/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/maps_controller.rb
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class MapsController < ApplicationController
           @mapping.save
           
           #push realtime update for location on map
-          #@mapping.message 'update',@user.id
+          @mapping.message 'update',@user.id
         end
       end
       @map.arranged = true
diff --git a/app/controllers/synapses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/synapses_controller.rb
index 6c99bfc9..37102afb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/synapses_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/synapses_controller.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class SynapsesController < ApplicationController
       @mapping.save
       
       #push add to map to realtime viewers of the map
-      #@mapping.message 'create',@user.id
+      @mapping.message 'create',@user.id
       
       # set the permission of the synapse to whatever the permission of the 
       #map is
@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@ class SynapsesController < ApplicationController
       #push notify to anyone viewing this synapse on a map in realtime (see mapping.rb to understand the 'message' action)
       # if the topic was private and is being switched to PU or CO it is the same as being created for other viewers
       if @permissionBefore == "private" and @permissionAfter != "private"
-        #@synapse.message 'create',@current.id
+        @synapse.message 'create',@current.id
       elsif @permissionBefore != "private" and @permissionAfter == "private"
-        #@synapse.message 'destroy',@current.id
+        @synapse.message 'destroy',@current.id
       else 
-        #@synapse.message 'update',@current.id
+        @synapse.message 'update',@current.id
       end
     end
 	
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class SynapsesController < ApplicationController
     @mapping = Mapping.find_by_synapse_id_and_map_id(params[:synapse_id],params[:map_id])
     
     #push notify to anyone viewing same map in realtime (see mapping.rb to understand the 'message' action)
-    #@mapping.message 'destroy',@user.id
+    @mapping.message 'destroy',@user.id
     
     @mapping.delete
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class SynapsesController < ApplicationController
 
     @synapse.mappings.each do |m|
       #push notify to anyone viewing same map in realtime (see mapping.rb to understand the 'message' action)
-      #m.message 'destroy',@current.id
+      m.message 'destroy',@current.id
     
       m.delete
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
index 0a5d0ea4..f3cb46c6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
       @mapping.save
       
       #push add to map to realtime viewers of the map
-      #@mapping.message 'create',@user.id
+      @mapping.message 'create',@user.id
     end
     
     respond_to do |format|
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
       #push notify to anyone viewing this topic on a map in realtime (see mapping.rb to understand the 'message' action)
       # if the topic was private and is being switched to PU or CO it is the same as being created for other viewers
       if @permissionBefore == "private" and @permissionAfter != "private"
-        #@topic.message 'create',@current.id
+        @topic.message 'create',@current.id
       elsif @permissionBefore != "private" and @permissionAfter == "private"
-        #@topic.message 'destroy',@current.id
+        @topic.message 'destroy',@current.id
       else 
-        #@topic.message 'update',@current.id
+        @topic.message 'update',@current.id
       end
     end
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
     @mappings.each do |m|
     
       #push notify to anyone viewing same map in realtime (see mapping.rb to understand the 'message' action)
-      #m.message 'destroy',@current.id
+      m.message 'destroy',@current.id
       
       m.delete
     end
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
       @synapses.each do |synapse| 
         synapse.mappings.each do |m|
           #push notify to anyone viewing same map in realtime (see mapping.rb to understand the 'message' action)
-          #m.message 'destroy',@current.id
+          m.message 'destroy',@current.id
         
           m.delete
         end
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
     
       @mappings.each do |mapping| 
         #push notify to anyone viewing a map with this topic in realtime (see mapping.rb to understand the 'message' action)
-        #mapping.message 'destroy',@current.id
+        mapping.message 'destroy',@current.id
       
         mapping.delete
       end
diff --git a/config/initializers/redis.rb b/config/initializers/redis.rb
index ed4b92e0..edc3f2f2 100644
--- a/config/initializers/redis.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/redis.rb
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-$redis = Redis.new(:host => 'localhost', :port=> 6379)
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+if Rails.env.development?
+  $redis = Redis.new(:host => 'localhost', :port=> 6379)
+elsif Rails.env.production?
+  uri = URI.parse(ENV["REDISTOGO_URL"])
+  $redis = Redis.new(:host => uri.host, :port => uri.port, :password => uri.password)
+end
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