diff --git a/web/requirements.txt b/web/requirements.txt
index 03afb7a..da7a778 100644
--- a/web/requirements.txt
+++ b/web/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Django==5.0
-djangorestframework==3.16.0
+Django==5.1.10
+djangorestframework==3.16.1
 django-filter==25.1
 Markdown
 gunicorn
diff --git a/web/settings.py b/web/settings.py
index 771bbd5..a9e4e15 100644
--- a/web/settings.py
+++ b/web/settings.py
@@ -193,3 +193,6 @@
 
 # CSRF trusted origins
 CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = os.getenv("DJANGO_CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS", "").split(",")
+
+# To direct django admin login into the built-in admin login page
+LOGIN_URL = "/admin/login/"
diff --git a/web/urls.py b/web/urls.py
index 784c649..07b34d8 100644
--- a/web/urls.py
+++ b/web/urls.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
 from django.urls import path
+from views import DRFLoginView
 
 admin.autodiscover()
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
     path("api/", include("services.urls")),
     # should be in services/urls.py
+    path("api-auth/login/", DRFLoginView.as_view(), name="rest_login"),
     path("api-auth/", include("rest_framework.urls", namespace="rest_framework")),
     path("", RedirectView.as_view(url="/api/", permanent=True)),
 ]
diff --git a/web/views.py b/web/views.py
index 5487643..f9a1b71 100644
--- a/web/views.py
+++ b/web/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.contrib.auth.views import LoginView
 
 
 def home(request):
-    return render_to_response("home/home.html")
+    return render(request, "home/home.html")
+
+
+class DRFLoginView(LoginView):
+    template_name = "rest_framework/login.html"
+
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        context = {
+            "form": self.get_form(),
+            "next": request.GET.get("next", ""),
+            "name": "Login",
+            "code_style": "friendly",
+        }
+        return render(request, self.template_name, context)