diff --git a/config/cable.yml b/config/cable.yml
index 0bbde6f7..34eb5cdc 100644
--- a/config/cable.yml
+++ b/config/cable.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ test:
 
 production:
   adapter: redis
-  url: redis://localhost:6379/1
+  url: <%= ENV['REDISTOGO_URL'] %>
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index ab4769b6..fd7ff05a 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Rails.application.configure do
   # Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/application.rb
 
+  config.action_cable.allowed_request_origins = ['https://metamaps.herokuapp.com', 'http://metamaps.herokuapp.com', 'https://metamaps.cc']
+
   # log to stdout
   logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
   logger.formatter = config.log_formatter