diff --git a/rcon/barricade.py b/rcon/barricade.py
index f8ef95ba8..e13abd80a 100644
--- a/rcon/barricade.py
+++ b/rcon/barricade.py
@@ -2,8 +2,23 @@
 from channels.layers import get_channel_layer
 from datetime import datetime
 from enum import Enum
+import os
 import pydantic
 
+from django.conf import settings as django_settings
+django_settings.configure(CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "channels_redis.core.RedisChannelLayer",
+        "CONFIG": {
+            "hosts": [
+                {
+                    "address": os.getenv("HLL_REDIS_URL"),
+                }
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+})
+
 GROUP_NAME = "barricade"
 
 
@@ -63,7 +78,7 @@ class UnbanPlayersRequestPayload(pydantic.BaseModel):
 
 
 class NewReportRequestPayloadPlayer(pydantic.BaseModel):
-    player_id: int
+    player_id: str
     player_name: str
     bm_rcon_url: str | None
 
diff --git a/rcon/blacklist.py b/rcon/blacklist.py
index 79f7d0342..05c8b6920 100644
--- a/rcon/blacklist.py
+++ b/rcon/blacklist.py
@@ -1224,5 +1224,5 @@ def handle_barricade_warn_online(
         if online_player_ids:
             send_to_barricade(
                 request_type=ServerRequestType.SCAN_PLAYERS,
-                payload=ScanPlayersRequestPayload(player_ids=online_player_ids),
+                payload=ScanPlayersRequestPayload(player_ids=online_player_ids).model_dump(),
             )
diff --git a/rconweb/api/barricade.py b/rconweb/api/barricade.py
index c0788816b..1adde225b 100644
--- a/rconweb/api/barricade.py
+++ b/rconweb/api/barricade.py
@@ -327,9 +327,10 @@ async def new_report(self, payload: NewReportRequestPayload):
         BlacklistCommandHandler.send(
             BlacklistCommand(
                 command=BlacklistCommandType.BARRICADE_WARN_ONLINE,
+                server_mask=None,
                 payload=BlacklistBarricadeWarnOnlineCommand(
                     player_ids=[player.player_id for player in payload.players]
-                ),
+                ).model_dump(),
             )
         )