diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9960ea88b6e4732e99e45a484065c94c61ef605a..e5654666e1d9c9a0de03a4b7ecdc2b796a9f1960 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables:
 
 docker:
   stage: docker
-  image: docker:23
+  image: docker:24
   services:
     - docker:dind
   before_script:
diff --git a/core/settings.py b/core/settings.py
index bd70adb4a7be64dd6c81503bbd5937b575981746..912e93d6d3226c15a82756cb816c190544a8e309 100644
--- a/core/settings.py
+++ b/core/settings.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "/"
 LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = "/"
 
-EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
+EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
 EMAIL_HOST = env.get("EMAIL_HOST")
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = env.get("EMAIL_USER")
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index f9d887136aeb35238b5ff87dc4ba1222dc9ac92f..ad6004beadbd24efbccf6f71beeeff5c4bca6c50 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     }
   ],
   "dependencyDashboard": true,
-  "dependencyDashboardAutoclose": true,
   "extends": [
     "config:base",
     "github>whitesource/merge-confidence:beta",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 17c6176b9065fa547b3057720bcff2958b079e60..ec32f7fb9597ea3d16cca1a2754602951883b00c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Django==4.2.1
-whitenoise==6.4.0
-gunicorn==20.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
+whitenoise==6.5.0
+gunicorn==21.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 830b0399f7b7424658e7414ac3d56531482a3db7..98ce67113dd5b1f1873f67cba2073c262c5a8b3b 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
     <title>{% block title %}Core{% endblock %}</title>
     <link href="{% static 'core/css/output.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
     {#	<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10">#}
+    {% block head %}{% endblock %}
 </head>
 <body>
-<div class="navbar mb-2 shadow-lg bg-neutral text-neutral-content rounded-box">
+<div class="navbar shadow-lg bg-neutral text-neutral-content rounded-box max-h-24 mb-3.5">
     <div class="flex-none lg:hidden">
         <label for="my-drawer-3" class="btn btn-square btn-ghost">
             <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24"
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
         </label>
     </div>
     <div class="flex-1 px-2 mx-2 navbar-start">
-        <a href="{% url 'home_view' %}" class="text-lg font-bold">
+        <a href="{% url 'home_view' %}" class="text-lg font-bold align-middle">
             {% block home_logo %}DaisyUI{% endblock %}
         </a>
     </div>
@@ -52,23 +53,22 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 </div>
-<div class="drawer drawer-mobile">
+<div class="drawer drawer-mobile pt-20" style="margin-top:-5rem;">
     <input id="my-drawer-3" type="checkbox" class="drawer-toggle"/>
     <div class="drawer-content flex flex-col">
         <!-- Navbar -->
 
         <!-- Page content here -->
         <main>
-            <div class="p-4 lg:pl-0">
+            <div class="p-4 mb-20 lg:mb-0">
                 {% block content %}
                 {% endblock %}
             </div>
         </main>
     </div>
-    <div class="drawer-side sm:shadow-lg sm:rounded-box m-4">
+    <div class="drawer-side shadow-lg rounded-box lg:ml-4">
         <label for="my-drawer-3" class="drawer-overlay"></label>
-        <ul class="menu p-4 w-fit m-w-xs bg-base-100">
-            <!-- Sidebar content here -->
+        <ul class="menu p-4 w-fit m-w-xs mb-20 lg:mb-0 bg-base-100">
             {% block sidebar_list %}
                 <li><a>Sidebar Item 1</a></li>
                 <li><a>Sidebar Item 2</a></li>