diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index be1dec086..23c1e08d9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ MAINTAINER RAMS Project "code@magfest.org"
 LABEL version.rams-core ="0.1"
 
 # add our code
-COPY . plugins/uber/
+COPY . /app/sideboard/plugins/uber/
 # go ahead and install base dependencies
 RUN /app/env/bin/paver install_deps
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9b45c4161..edacab0ea 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 cherrypy==17.3.0
-celery==4.1.1
+celery==5.2.7
 python-dateutil==2.6.0
-psycopg2
+psycopg2-binary>=2.7.3.2
 py3k-bcrypt==0.3
 stripe==2.42.0
-pytz==2017.2
+pytz==2022.1
 alembic==0.9.1
 treepoem==1.0.1
 email_validator==1.0.2
 phonenumbers==8.8.1
-pockets==0.6.2
-residue==0.2.8
+pockets==0.9.1
+
+# hotfix
+# residue==0.2.8
+git+https://github.com/magfest/residue@update_to_latest_python#egg=residue
+
 XlsxWriter==1.0.2
 uszipcode==0.2.6
-geopy==1.11.0
+geopy==2.2.0
 twilio==6.10.0
 cherrys==0.4
 redis==2.10.6
@@ -22,4 +26,4 @@ Pillow==8.3.2
 fpdf==1.7.2
 boto3==1.14.45
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.0
-Jinja2==2.11.3
\ No newline at end of file
+Jinja2==3.0.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c3a3643f6..e1b1f5d8f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
         name='uber',
         packages=['uber'],
         version=__version__,
-        author='Eli Courtwright',
-        author_email='eli@courtwright.org',
-        description='The MAGFest Ubersystem',
-        url='https://github.com/EliAndrewC/magfest',
-        install_requires=open('requirements.txt').readlines()
+        author='Eli Courtwright and others',
+        author_email='code@magfest.org',
+        description='The MAGFest Ubersystem - Ticket/Management platform',
+        url='https://github.com/magfest/ubersystem',
     )
diff --git a/uber/_version.py b/uber/_version.py
index c62c24eb9..c975b3685 100644
--- a/uber/_version.py
+++ b/uber/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2017.07'
+__version__ = '2022.01'
diff --git a/uber/decorators.py b/uber/decorators.py
index b0e9a4542..70d84de67 100644
--- a/uber/decorators.py
+++ b/uber/decorators.py
@@ -670,15 +670,25 @@ def with_check(*args, **kwargs):
         return func(*args, **kwargs)
     return with_check
 
+
+def cherrypy_session_get(key):
+    try:
+        session = cherrypy.session
+    except AttributeError:
+        return None
+
+    return session.get(key)
+
+
 def restricted(func):
     @wraps(func)
     def with_restrictions(*args, **kwargs):
         if not func.public:
             if c.PATH == 'staffing':
-                if not cherrypy.session.get('staffer_id'):
+                if not cherrypy_session_get('staffer_id'):
                     raise HTTPRedirect('../staffing/login?message=You+are+not+logged+in', save_location=True)
 
-            elif cherrypy.session.get('account_id') is None:
+            elif cherrypy_session_get('account_id') is None:
                 raise HTTPRedirect('../accounts/login?message=You+are+not+logged+in', save_location=True)
 
             elif c.PATH == 'mivs_judging':
diff --git a/uber/errors.py b/uber/errors.py
index fe8b3a127..52fc5d39f 100644
--- a/uber/errors.py
+++ b/uber/errors.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def __init__(self, page, *args, **kwargs):
             # useful if we want to redirect the user back to the same
             # page after they complete an action, such as logging in
             # example URI: '/uber/registration/form?id=786534'
-            original_location = cherrypy.request.wsgi_environ['REQUEST_URI']
+            original_location = self.get_cherrypy_wsgi_environ()
 
             # Note: python does have utility functions for this. if this
             # gets any more complex, use the urllib module
@@ -51,5 +51,14 @@ def __init__(self, page, *args, **kwargs):
 
         cherrypy.HTTPRedirect.__init__(self, query)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_cherrypy_wsgi_environ():
+        original_location = ''
+        try:
+            original_location = cherrypy.request.wsgi_environ['REQUEST_URI']
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        return original_location
+
     def quote(self, s):
         return quote(s) if isinstance(s, str) else str(s)
diff --git a/uber/models/types.py b/uber/models/types.py
index fb759aeae..6df4c6cf4 100644
--- a/uber/models/types.py
+++ b/uber/models/types.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from collections import Mapping, OrderedDict
+from collections.abc import Mapping
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from datetime import datetime, time, timedelta
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 import re
diff --git a/uber/site_sections/statistics.py b/uber/site_sections/statistics.py
index e5725439d..55479cf5a 100644
--- a/uber/site_sections/statistics.py
+++ b/uber/site_sections/statistics.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from collections import Counter, defaultdict, OrderedDict
+from os.path import exists
 
-from geopy.distance import VincentyDistance
+from geopy.distance import geodesic
 from pockets.autolog import log
 from pytz import UTC
 import six
@@ -260,8 +261,13 @@ def badges_sold(self, session):
 
     zips_counter = Counter()
     zips = {}
+    center = None
+
+    # TODO: use lazy loading instead of doing this here so it's only accessed on the first try.
+    # if /srv/reggie/data/ doesn't exist, this will barf loudly at startup.
     try:
-        center = SearchEngine(db_file_dir="/srv/reggie/data").by_zipcode(20745)
+        if exists("/srv/reggie/data"):
+            center = SearchEngine(db_file_dir="/srv/reggie/data").by_zipcode(20745)
     except Exception as e:
         log.error("Error calling SearchEngine: " + e)
 
diff --git a/uber/tasks/email.py b/uber/tasks/email.py
index a20434760..e00a1b9c2 100644
--- a/uber/tasks/email.py
+++ b/uber/tasks/email.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from collections import Mapping
+from collections.abc import Mapping
 from datetime import timedelta
 from time import sleep