diff --git a/dependencies/astron/databases/astrondb/.gitignore b/dependencies/astron/databases/astrondb/.gitignore
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d6b7ef32..c96a04f0
--- a/dependencies/astron/databases/astrondb/.gitignore
+++ b/dependencies/astron/databases/astrondb/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 *
-!.gitignore
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/toontown/rpc/ToontownRPCHandler.py b/toontown/rpc/ToontownRPCHandler.py
index c40c4850..737e1dcc 100755
--- a/toontown/rpc/ToontownRPCHandler.py
+++ b/toontown/rpc/ToontownRPCHandler.py
@@ -773,3 +773,48 @@ class ToontownRPCHandler(ToontownRPCHandlerBase):
         oldFields = {'setWishNameState': 'PENDING'}
         return self.rpc_updateObject(
             avId, 'DistributedToonUD', newFields, oldFields=oldFields)
+
+    @rpcmethod(accessLevel=MODERATOR)
+    def rpc_getChatSettings(self, accId):
+        """
+        Summary:
+            Retrieves the chat settings of the account associated with the provided
+            [accId].
+        
+        Parameters:
+            [int accId]      = The ID of the account whose chat settings
+                               are to be retreived.
+        
+        Example response:
+            On success: [uint8[sp+, tf]]
+            On failure: False
+        """
+        dclassName, fields = self.rpc_queryObject(int(accId))
+        if dclassName == 'Account':
+            if 'CHAT_SETTINGS' in fields:
+                return fields['CHAT_SETTINGS']
+            # The chat settings haven't been set yet, so we'll
+            # want to do that now.
+            self.rpc_setChatSettings(accId)
+            return [1, 1]
+        return False
+
+    @rpcmethod(accessLevel=MODERATOR)
+    def rpc_setChatSettings(self, accId, speedChatPlus = 1, trueFriends = 1):
+        """
+        Summary:
+            Sets the chat settings of the account associated with the provided
+            [accId].
+        
+        Parameters:
+            [int accId]      = The ID of the account whose chat settings
+                               are to be changed.
+            [uint8[sp+, tf]] = The chat settings - SpeedChat Plus and
+                               True Friends
+        
+        Example response:
+            On success: True
+            On failure: False
+        """
+        return self.rpc_updateObject(accId, 'AccountUD', {'CHAT_SETTINGS':
+                                    [int(speedChatPlus), int(trueFriends)]})
diff --git a/toontown/toonbase/ToontownStartRemoteDB.py b/toontown/toonbase/ToontownStartRemoteDB.py
index 2457ef3d..5ac9ce8e 100644
--- a/toontown/toonbase/ToontownStartRemoteDB.py
+++ b/toontown/toonbase/ToontownStartRemoteDB.py
@@ -7,16 +7,13 @@ from panda3d.core import *
 username = os.environ['ttsUsername']
 password = os.environ['ttsPassword']
 
-accountServerEndpoint = 'http://www.toontownstride.com/api/'
-session = requests.Session()
-csrf_query = session.get(accountServerEndpoint + 'login/')
-csrf = session.cookies.get_dict().get('csrftoken', '')
-request = session.post(
+accountServerEndpoint = 'https://toontownstride.com/api/'
+request = requests.post(
     accountServerEndpoint + 'login/',
-    data={'username': username, 'password': password, 'csrfmiddlewaretoken': csrf})
+    data={'username': username, 'password': password, 'distribution': 'qa'})
 
 try:
-    response = json.loads('{'+request.text.split('{', 1)[1]) # so that we ignore the csrf token
+    response = json.loads(request.text)
 except ValueError:
     print "Couldn't verify account credentials."
 else:
diff --git a/toontown/uberdog/ClientServicesManagerUD.py b/toontown/uberdog/ClientServicesManagerUD.py
index 344a27dd..53903249 100755
--- a/toontown/uberdog/ClientServicesManagerUD.py
+++ b/toontown/uberdog/ClientServicesManagerUD.py
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ def executeHttpRequest(url, **extras):
             _data[k] = v
     signature = hashlib.sha512(json.dumps(_data) + apiSecret).hexdigest()
     data = urllib.urlencode({'data': json.dumps(_data), 'hmac': signature})
-    req = urllib2.Request('http://www.toontownstride.com/api/' + url, data)
+    req = urllib2.Request('https://toontownstride.com/api/' + url, data,
+                          headers={"Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"})
     req.get_method = lambda: "POST"
     try:
         return urllib2.urlopen(req).read()