diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ceb0dc75a..617134236 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ gem "responders"
 # allows soft delete. Used for members.
 gem 'acts_as_paranoid', '~> 0.5.0'
 
+gem 'xmlrpc' # fixes rake error - can be removed if not needed later
+
 group :production, :staging do
   gem 'bonsai-elasticsearch-rails' # Integration with Bonsa-Elasticsearch on heroku
   gem 'dalli'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index aba103943..011745535 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ GEM
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.2)
     will_paginate (3.1.6)
+    xmlrpc (0.2.1)
     xpath (2.1.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.3)
 
@@ -611,6 +612,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   unicorn
   webrat
   will_paginate
+  xmlrpc
 
 RUBY VERSION
    ruby 2.4.1p111