diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03831b55..c8153498 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "sorl-thumbnail===12.11.0",
     "sentry-sdk==2.19.0",
     "python-slugify==1.2.4",
+    "requests>=2.32.3",
 ]
 
 [tool.uv]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 750aeb8f..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# This file is intentionally left empty so that `sam build` can process this directory successfully.
diff --git a/template.yaml b/template.yaml
index 572f3772..bd55ebc3 100644
--- a/template.yaml
+++ b/template.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Parameters:
     # guidance!
     Description: "The DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable passed to the app."
     Type: String
-    Default: "democracy_club.settings.base_lambda"
+    Default: "electionleaflets.settings.base_lambda"
 
   AppIsBehindCloudFront:
     Description: "The APP_IS_BEHIND_CLOUDFRONT environment variable passed to the app, which modifies various path- and host-related settings."
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index bf4afba0..20206ccf 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pillow" },
     { name = "psycopg2-binary" },
     { name = "python-slugify" },
+    { name = "requests" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk" },
     { name = "sorl-thumbnail" },
 ]
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pillow", specifier = "==10.4.0" },
     { name = "psycopg2-binary", specifier = "==2.9.10" },
     { name = "python-slugify", specifier = "==1.2.4" },
+    { name = "requests", specifier = ">=2.32.3" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk", specifier = "==2.19.0" },
     { name = "sorl-thumbnail", specifier = "===12.11.0" },
 ]