diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
index b5b7a553..a267f53d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/psiturk/experiment_server_controller.py b/psiturk/experiment_server_controller.py
index a3e9cd02..56aae489 100644
--- a/psiturk/experiment_server_controller.py
+++ b/psiturk/experiment_server_controller.py
@@ -159,9 +159,12 @@ def shutdown(self, ppid=None):
     def check_server_process_running(self, process_hash):
         server_process_running = False
         for proc in psutil.process_iter():
-            if process_hash in str(proc.as_dict(['cmdline'])):
-                server_process_running = True
-                break
+            try:
+                if process_hash in str(proc.as_dict(['cmdline'])):
+                    server_process_running = True
+                    break
+            except:
+                pass
         return server_process_running
 
     def get_project_hash(self):
diff --git a/psiturk/psiturk_config.py b/psiturk/psiturk_config.py
index 40a91113..c6428557 100644
--- a/psiturk/psiturk_config.py
+++ b/psiturk/psiturk_config.py
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ def load_config(self):
                                     'database_url')
             if ('localhost' in database_url) or ('sqlite' in database_url):
                 raise EphemeralContainerDBError(database_url)
+        
+        # if found, replace postgres:// with postgresql:// in database
+        database_url = self.get('Database Parameters', 'database_url')
+        self.set('Database Parameters', 'database_url', database_url.replace('postgres://', 'postgresql://'))
 
 
     def get_ad_url(self):
diff --git a/psiturk/psiturk_shell.py b/psiturk/psiturk_shell.py
index 7743c5a9..cd4422a6 100644
--- a/psiturk/psiturk_shell.py
+++ b/psiturk/psiturk_shell.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def amt_services_wrapper(self):
                 if not self.quiet:
                     message = '{}{}'.format(message, still_can_do)
                 self.perror(message)
-                sys.exit()
+                # sys.exit() <- This was failing a test earlier, preventing using commands w/o AMT connection
             except PsiturkException as e:
                 self.poutput(e)
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 85161e98..ba0a86c2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ version = attr: psiturk.version.version_number
 classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
 author = NYU Computation and Cognition Lab
 author_email = authors@psiturk.org
 description = An open platform for science on Amazon Mechanical Turk
@@ -15,33 +17,31 @@ url = https://github.com/NYUCCL/psiturk
 
 [options]
 install_requires =
-  Flask_RESTful~=0.3.7
-  boto3~=1.9.179
-  fuzzywuzzy~=0.17.0
-  cmd2~=0.9.14
-  psutil~=5.6.3
-  Flask_Login~=0.4.1
-  gunicorn[gevent]~=20.0.4
-  Flask~=1.1.4
-  itsdangerous~=1.1.0
-  markupsafe~=2.0.1
-  certifi~=2019.11.28
-  pytz~=2019.1
-  user_agents~=2.0
+  Flask_RESTful~=0.3.8
+  boto3~=1.26.31
+  botocore~=1.29.31
+  fuzzywuzzy~=0.18.0
+  cmd2~=2.4.2
+  psutil~=5.9.4
+  Flask_Login~=0.6.2
+  gunicorn[gevent]~=20.1.0
+  Flask~=2.2.2
+  certifi~=2022.12.7
+  pytz~=2022.6
+  user_agents~=2.2.0
   docopt~=0.6.2
-  urllib3~=1.25.3
-  Faker~=1.0.7
-  requests~=2.22.0
-  APScheduler~=3.6.1
-  botocore~=1.12.179
-  SQLAlchemy~=1.3.5
-  pytest~=6.1.1
-  future~=0.17.1
-  GitPython~=3.1.0
-  python-dotenv~=0.12.0
-  python_dateutil~=2.8.1
-  pyOpenSSL~=22.0.0
-  setproctitle~=1.1.10
+  urllib3~=1.26.13
+  Faker~=15.3.4
+  requests~=2.28.1
+  APScheduler~=3.9.1
+  SQLAlchemy~=1.4.45
+  pytest~=7.2.0
+  future~=0.18.2
+  python-dotenv~=0.21.0
+  python_dateutil~=2.8.2
+  pyOpenSSL~=22.1.0
+  setproctitle~=1.3.2
+  python-Levenshtein~=0.20.8
 packages=
   psiturk
   psiturk.api
diff --git a/tests/test_noaws.py b/tests/test_noaws.py
index a7ec32dd..bfa0cefa 100644
--- a/tests/test_noaws.py
+++ b/tests/test_noaws.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_awskeys_invalid_shell(capfd, experiment_server_controller,
     out, err = capfd.readouterr()
     assert NoMturkConnectionError().message in err
     
-
+@pytest.mark.enable_socket
 def test_nonaws_still_can_do(capfd, edit_config_file,
                              experiment_server_controller, psiturk_shell):
     """test_nonaws_still_can_do."""
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 240e54c6..47939346 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # and then run "tox" from this directory.
 
 [tox]
-envlist = py36, py37, py38
+envlist = py37, py38, py39, py310
 
 [testenv]
 deps =