diff --git a/chat/__init__.py b/chat/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/chat/admin.py b/chat/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c38f3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/chat/apps.py b/chat/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fe899ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class ChatConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+    name = 'chat'
diff --git a/chat/models.py b/chat/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71a83623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+# Create your models here.
diff --git a/chat/tests.py b/chat/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ce503c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/chat/urls.py b/chat/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..688d1735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.urls import path
+
+from . import views
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('', views.index, name='index'),
+    path('<str:order_id>/', views.room, name='room'),
+]
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diff --git a/chat/views.py b/chat/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91ea44a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.
diff --git a/robosats/settings.py b/robosats/settings.py
index 4e8946aa..1b88f379 100644
--- a/robosats/settings.py
+++ b/robosats/settings.py
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'rest_framework',
+    'channels',
     'api',
+    'chat',
     'frontend.apps.FrontendConfig',
 ]
 
diff --git a/robosats/urls.py b/robosats/urls.py
index b84599cc..eb7315bd 100644
--- a/robosats/urls.py
+++ b/robosats/urls.py
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ from django.urls import path, include
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     path('api/', include('api.urls')),
-    path('', include('frontend.urls'))
+    path('chat/', include('chat.urls')),
+    path('', include('frontend.urls')),
     ]
diff --git a/setup.md b/setup.md
index 7a206f0e..de13568f 100644
--- a/setup.md
+++ b/setup.md
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
 ## Install Django admin relational links
 `pip install django-admin-relation-links`
 
+## Install Django channels for websockets
+`pip install channels`
+
 *Django 4.0 at the time of writting*
 
 ### Launch the local development node