diff --git a/app/api/api/settings.py b/app/api/api/settings.py
index 7f30aff4a..5d03f3f52 100644
--- a/app/api/api/settings.py
+++ b/app/api/api/settings.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
     x.strip()[1:-1] for x in os.environ.get("ALLOWED_HOSTS")[1:-1].split(",")
 ]
+SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
+SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
 
 
 # Application definition
diff --git a/app/api/pyproject.toml b/app/api/pyproject.toml
index a39f6d9f9..f576476ea 100644
--- a/app/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/app/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 minversion = "6.0"
 addopts = "-ra -q"
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "api.settings"
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "test.settings"
diff --git a/app/api/test/settings.py b/app/api/test/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cc1d8ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/api/test/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from api.settings import *
+
+SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = False