diff --git a/django/dkg/cancer/consumers.py b/django/dkg/cancer/consumers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57725fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/dkg/cancer/consumers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from channels.handler import AsgiHandler
+
+
+def ws_message(message):
+    # ASGI WebSocket packet-received and send-packet message types
+    # both have a "text" key for their textual data.
+    message.reply_channel.send({
+        "text": message.content['text'],
+    })
+
+
+def ws_connect(message):
+    message.reply_channel.send({
+        "text": 'connected',
+    })
+
+
+def ws_disconnect(message):
+    print message.content
diff --git a/django/dkg/cancer/json_api/endpoints.py b/django/dkg/cancer/json_api/endpoints.py
index 101dd27..429334c 100644
--- a/django/dkg/cancer/json_api/endpoints.py
+++ b/django/dkg/cancer/json_api/endpoints.py
@@ -47,13 +47,24 @@ def train(request):
     persistence.save_batch(request_body['articles'])
     articles_with_keywords_and_probas = persistence.load_data()
 
-    # retrain model and save to disk
-    cancer.model_api.model.train_model(
+    import concurrent.futures
+    executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4)
+    # retrain model and save to disc
+    training_future = executor.submit(
+        cancer.model_api.model.train_model,
         articles_with_keywords_and_probas,
         django.conf.settings.MODEL_PATH,
         django.conf.settings.LABEL_CODES_PATH
     )
 
+    def meh(future):
+        print future.result()
+        return 1
+
+    training_future.add_done_callback(meh)
+
+    # TODO: send notification (ws) to client, that model training is done
+
     return HttpResponse(status=200)
 
 
diff --git a/django/dkg/cancer/routing.py b/django/dkg/cancer/routing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00e6f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/dkg/cancer/routing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from channels.routing import route
+from cancer.consumers import ws_message, ws_connect, ws_disconnect
+
+channel_routing = [
+    route("websocket.receive", ws_message),
+    route("websocket.connect", ws_connect),
+    route("websocket.disconnect", ws_disconnect),
+]
diff --git a/django/dkg/cancer/templates/cancer/bs.html b/django/dkg/cancer/templates/cancer/bs.html
index a36fe36..0805aa0 100644
--- a/django/dkg/cancer/templates/cancer/bs.html
+++ b/django/dkg/cancer/templates/cancer/bs.html
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@
             integrity="sha384-Tc5IQib027qvyjSMfHjOMaLkfuWVxZxUPnCJA7l2mCWNIpG9mGCD8wGNIcPD7Txa"
             crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
 
+    <script>
+        // Note that the path doesn't matter for routing; any WebSocket
+        // connection gets bumped over to WebSocket consumers
+        socket = new WebSocket("ws://" + window.location.host + "/events/");
+        socket.onmessage = function(e) {
+            alert(e.data);
+        }
+        //socket.onopen = function() {
+        //    socket.send("hello world");
+        //}
+        // Call onopen directly if socket is already open
+        //if (socket.readyState == WebSocket.OPEN) socket.onopen();
+    </script>
     <script>
         var labeller_name = 'dkg-test';
 
diff --git a/django/dkg/dkg/settings.py b/django/dkg/dkg/settings.py
index 85d41db..7897767 100644
--- a/django/dkg/dkg/settings.py
+++ b/django/dkg/dkg/settings.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
-    'cancer'
+    'cancer',
+    'channels'
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -137,3 +138,12 @@
 
 # label pruning normalized value counts threshold
 LABEL_PRUNING_VALUE_COUNTS_THRESHOLD = 0.66
+
+
+# django channels config
+CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "asgiref.inmemory.ChannelLayer",
+        "ROUTING": "cancer.routing.channel_routing",
+    },
+}
diff --git a/django/requirements.txt b/django/requirements.txt
index 891eb1b..784bc47 100644
--- a/django/requirements.txt
+++ b/django/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-Django==1.11
+Django==1.11.4
 numpy==1.12.1
 pandas==0.19.2
 scikit-learn==0.18.1
 scipy==0.19.0
+channels==1.1.6