diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9bc4cd6..df11454 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.11.3"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          poetry env use "3.11"
+          poetry env use "3.11.3"
           poetry export --only lint --output lint-requirements.txt
           pip install -r lint-requirements.txt
       - name: Run Ruff
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.11.3"
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: 3.11.3
       - run: |
-          poetry env use "3.11"
+          poetry env use "3.11.3"
           poetry install
           poetry run pytest -x -n auto --dist loadfile
         env:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c163687..15ca5de 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
       - db
     networks:
       - chat-net
-    command: uvicorn src.main:app --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8001 --reload
+    command: gunicorn -w 2 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker src.main:app -b 0.0.0.0:8001
 
   db:
     image: postgres:15-alpine
diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 94f5654..7a28ab2 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class GlobalSettings(BaseSettings):
     ADMIN_SECRET_KEY: str = "Hv9LGqARc473ceBUYDw1FR0QaXOA3Ky4"
 
     # redis for caching
-    REDIS_CACHE_ENABLED: bool = True
+    REDIS_CACHE_ENABLED: bool = False
     REDIS_HOST: str = "chat-redis"
     REDIS_PORT: str | int = 6379
     REDIS_PASSWORD: str | None = None
diff --git a/src/managers/websocket_manager.py b/src/managers/websocket_manager.py
index 2141b9f..34de235 100644
--- a/src/managers/websocket_manager.py
+++ b/src/managers/websocket_manager.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.chats: dict = {}  # stores user WebSocket connections by chat {"chat_guid": {ws1, ws2}, ...}
         self.pubsub_client = RedisPubSubManager()
         self.user_guid_to_websocket: dict = {}  # stores user_guid: {ws1, ws2} combinations
+        self.user_channel: dict = {}
 
     def handler(self, message_type):
         def decorator(func):
@@ -43,11 +44,33 @@ async def broadcast_to_chat(self, chat_guid: str, message: str | dict) -> None:
             message = json.dumps(message)
         await self.pubsub_client.publish(chat_guid, message)
 
+    async def create_user_channel(self, user_guid: str, websocket: WebSocket):
+        if user_guid in self.user_channel:
+            self.user_channel[user_guid].add(websocket)
+        else:
+            self.user_channel[user_guid] = {websocket}
+            await self.pubsub_client.connect()
+            pubsub_subscriber = await self.pubsub_client.subscribe(user_guid)
+            asyncio.create_task(self._pubsub_data_reader_for_user(pubsub_subscriber))
+        print("Guys", self.user_channel)
+
+    async def broadcast_to_user(self, user_guid: str, message: str | dict):
+        if isinstance(message, dict):
+            message = json.dumps(message)
+        await self.pubsub_client.publish(user_guid, message)
+
+    async def remove_websocket_from_user_channel(self, user_guid: str, websocket: WebSocket) -> None:
+        self.user_channel[user_guid].remove(websocket)
+        if len(self.user_channel[user_guid]) == 0:
+            del self.user_channel[user_guid]
+            logger.info(f"Removing user from PubSub channel {user_guid}")
+            await self.pubsub_client.unsubscribe(user_guid)
+
     async def remove_user_from_chat(self, chat_guid: str, websocket: WebSocket) -> None:
         self.chats[chat_guid].remove(websocket)
         if len(self.chats[chat_guid]) == 0:
             del self.chats[chat_guid]
-            logger.info("Removing user from PubSub channel {chat_guid}")
+            logger.info(f"Removing user from PubSub channel {chat_guid}")
             await self.pubsub_client.unsubscribe(chat_guid)
 
     async def remove_user_guid_to_websocket(self, user_guid: str, websocket: WebSocket):
@@ -69,5 +92,19 @@ async def _pubsub_data_reader(self, pubsub_subscriber):
         except Exception as exc:
             logger.exception(f"Exception occurred: {exc}")
 
+    async def _pubsub_data_reader_for_user(self, pubsub_subscriber):
+        try:
+            while True:
+                message = await pubsub_subscriber.get_message(ignore_subscribe_messages=True)
+                if message is not None:
+                    chat_guid = message["channel"].decode("utf-8")
+                    sockets = self.user_channel.get(chat_guid)
+                    if sockets:
+                        for socket in sockets:
+                            data = message["data"].decode("utf-8")
+                            await socket.send_text(data)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.exception(f"Exception occurred: {exc}")
+
     async def send_error(self, message: str, websocket: WebSocket):
         await websocket.send_json({"status": "error", "message": message})
diff --git a/src/websocket/handlers.py b/src/websocket/handlers.py
index 9e76be6..b58dae2 100644
--- a/src/websocket/handlers.py
+++ b/src/websocket/handlers.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import asyncio
 import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import redis.asyncio as aioredis
 from fastapi import WebSocket
-from fastapi.encoders import jsonable_encoder
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from src.managers.websocket_manager import WebSocketManager
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@
     get_message_by_guid,
     mark_last_read_message,
     mark_user_as_online,
-    send_new_chat_created_ws_message,
+    notify_friend_about_new_chat,
 )
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -50,16 +48,18 @@ async def new_message_handler(
     message_schema = ReceiveMessageSchema(**incoming_message)
     chat_guid: str = str(message_schema.chat_guid)
 
-    notify_friend_about_new_chat: bool = False
+    # notify_friend_about_new_chat: bool = False
     # newly created chat
     if not chats or chat_guid not in chats:
+        print("YES", chats)
         chat_id: int | None = await get_chat_id_by_guid(db_session, chat_guid=chat_guid)
         if chat_id:
+            print("Chat ID", chat_id)
             # this action modifies chats variable in websocket view
             chats[chat_guid] = chat_id
             await socket_manager.add_user_to_chat(chat_guid, websocket)
             # must notify friend that new chat has been created
-            notify_friend_about_new_chat = True
+            # notify_friend_about_new_chat = True
 
         else:
             await socket_manager.send_error("Chat has not been added", websocket)
@@ -113,9 +113,11 @@ async def new_message_handler(
 
     await socket_manager.broadcast_to_chat(chat_guid, outgoing_message)
 
-    if notify_friend_about_new_chat:
-        logger.info("Notifying friend about newly created chat")
-        await send_new_chat_created_ws_message(socket_manager=socket_manager, current_user=current_user, chat=chat)
+    await notify_friend_about_new_chat(socket_manager=socket_manager, current_user=current_user, chat=chat)
+
+    # if notify_friend_about_new_chat:
+    #     logger.info("Notifying friend about newly created chat")
+    #     await send_new_chat_created_ws_message(socket_manager=socket_manager, current_user=current_user, chat=chat)
 
 
 @socket_manager.handler("message_read")
@@ -248,8 +250,6 @@ async def chat_deleted_handler(
     # get all websocket connections that belong to this chat (except for ws that sent this messsage)
     # and send notification that chat has been removed
 
-    target_websockets: set[WebSocket] = socket_manager.chats.get(chat_guid)
-
     outgoing_message = {
         "type": "chat_deleted",
         "user_guid": str(current_user.guid),
@@ -257,13 +257,17 @@ async def chat_deleted_handler(
         "chat_guid": chat_guid,
     }
 
-    if target_websockets:
-        # Send the notification message to the target user concurrently
-        # used to notify frontend
-        await asyncio.gather(
-            *[
-                socket.send_json(jsonable_encoder(outgoing_message))
-                for socket in target_websockets
-                if socket != websocket
-            ]
-        )
+    await socket_manager.broadcast_to_chat(chat_guid, outgoing_message)
+
+    # target_websockets: set[WebSocket] = socket_manager.chats.get(chat_guid)
+
+    # if target_websockets:
+    #     # Send the notification message to the target user concurrently
+    #     # used to notify frontend
+    #     await asyncio.gather(
+    #         *[
+    #             socket.send_json(jsonable_encoder(outgoing_message))
+    #             for socket in target_websockets
+    #             if socket != websocket
+    #         ]
+    #     )
diff --git a/src/websocket/router.py b/src/websocket/router.py
index f1034ce..a64c729 100644
--- a/src/websocket/router.py
+++ b/src/websocket/router.py
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ async def websocket_endpoint(
     else:
         chats = dict()
 
+    # add user socket connection to user channel
+    await socket_manager.create_user_channel(user_guid=str(current_user.guid), websocket=websocket)
+    logger.debug(f"User channels {socket_manager.user_channel}")
+
     # task for sending status messages, not dependent on cache_enabled
     user_status_task = asyncio.create_task(check_user_statuses(cache, socket_manager, current_user, chats))
 
@@ -96,8 +100,9 @@ async def websocket_endpoint(
                 await socket_manager.send_error("You have sent too many requests", websocket)
 
     except WebSocketDisconnect:
-        logging.info("Websocket is disconnected")
+        logger.info("Websocket is disconnected")
         # unsubscribe user websocket connection from all chats
+        await socket_manager.remove_websocket_from_user_channel(user_guid=str(current_user.guid), websocket=websocket)
         if chats:
             for chat_guid in chats:
                 await socket_manager.remove_user_from_chat(chat_guid, websocket)
diff --git a/src/websocket/schemas.py b/src/websocket/schemas.py
index 1f97bf7..c978a7d 100644
--- a/src/websocket/schemas.py
+++ b/src/websocket/schemas.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class UserTypingSchema(BaseModel):
 
 
 class NewChatCreated(BaseModel):
-    type: str = "new_chat_created"
+    type: str = "new_chat_created"  # handled by frontend only
     chat_id: int  # need to pass for guid/id mapping [chats variable]
     chat_guid: UUID4
     created_at: datetime
diff --git a/src/websocket/services.py b/src/websocket/services.py
index c6bf392..652644e 100644
--- a/src/websocket/services.py
+++ b/src/websocket/services.py
@@ -155,6 +155,50 @@ async def get_chat_id_by_guid(db_session: AsyncSession, *, chat_guid: UUID) -> i
     return chat_id
 
 
+async def notify_friend_about_new_chat(socket_manager: WebSocketManager, current_user: User, chat: Chat):
+    # get friend guid
+
+    friend_guid: UUID | None = next((user.guid for user in chat.users if not user == current_user), None)
+    if not friend_guid:
+        logger.error("Friend guid not found", extra={"type": "new_chat_created", "friend_guid": friend_guid})
+        return
+    logger.debug(f"BROADCASTING TO FRIEND {friend_guid}")
+    await socket_manager.broadcast_to_user(str(friend_guid), {"Message": "WTF"})
+
+    # check if friend has active websocket connections
+    logger.debug(f"User channels {socket_manager.user_channel}")
+    # friend_websockets: set[WebSocket] = socket_manager.user_channel.get(str(friend_guid))
+
+    # if not friend_websockets:
+    #     logger.info(
+    #         "Friend doesn't have active connections", extra={"type": "new_chat_created", "friend_guid": friend_guid}
+    #     )
+    #     return
+
+    current_user_info: dict = {
+        "guid": current_user.guid,
+        "first_name": current_user.first_name,
+        "last_name": current_user.last_name,
+        "username": current_user.username,
+        "user_image": current_user.user_image,
+    }
+    payload = NewChatCreated(
+        chat_id=chat.id,
+        chat_guid=chat.guid,
+        created_at=chat.created_at,
+        updated_at=chat.updated_at,
+        friend=current_user_info,  # current user becomes a friend for a user that receives this message
+        has_new_messages=True,
+        new_messages_count=1,
+    )
+
+    json_payload: str = payload.model_dump_json()
+    print("Socket's chats", socket_manager.chats)
+    print("Broadcasting to user", friend_guid, json_payload)
+    await socket_manager.broadcast_to_user(str(friend_guid), json_payload)
+    await socket_manager.broadcast_to_user(str(current_user.guid), json_payload)
+
+
 async def send_new_chat_created_ws_message(socket_manager: WebSocketManager, current_user: User, chat: Chat):
     """
     Send a new chat created message to friend's websocket connections in the chat.