diff --git a/demo/demo/settings.py b/demo/demo/settings.py
index 7d6399d..514a8fb 100644
--- a/demo/demo/settings.py
+++ b/demo/demo/settings.py
@@ -47,16 +47,18 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'rest_framework_swagger',
 )
 
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+MIDDLEWARE = (
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 )
 
+# For backwards compatibility for Django 1.8
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = MIDDLEWARE
+
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'demo.urls'
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'demo.wsgi.application'
diff --git a/demo/demo/urls.py b/demo/demo/urls.py
index e66bc9d..af7d38b 100644
--- a/demo/demo/urls.py
+++ b/demo/demo/urls.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^rest-auth/', include('rest_auth.urls')),
     url(r'^rest-auth/registration/', include('rest_auth.registration.urls')),
     url(r'^account/', include('allauth.urls')),
-    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
+    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
     url(r'^accounts/profile/$', RedirectView.as_view(url='/', permanent=True), name='profile-redirect'),
     url(r'^docs/$', get_swagger_view(title='API Docs'), name='api_docs')
 ]