server connection reset when click on localhost: Python error: wsgiref-> simple_server.py "noneType" object has no attribute split

So I'm moving my work environment from one environment to the next. I did a pip install -r requirements for a list of packages I had. setup the DB. Migration went good. I do runserver and that runs. BUT when I click on the link to the homepage it says "The Connection was reset" in my browser. In my stacktrace is the below message. I've searched and found similar errors on the internet but none django related with a fix. any help

Here's the traceback I get:

Exception happened during processing of request from ('127.0.0.1', 56784)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 593, in process_request_thread
    self.finish_request(request, client_address)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 334, in finish_request
    self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self)
  File "/home/adrian/.virtualenvs/sneak8env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/servers/basehttp.py", line 102, in __init__
    super(WSGIRequestHandler, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 649, in __init__
    self.handle()
  File "/home/adrian/.virtualenvs/sneak8env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/servers/basehttp.py", line 182, in handle
    handler.run(self.server.get_app())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/wsgiref/handlers.py", line 92, in run
    self.close()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/wsgiref/simple_server.py", line 33, in close
    self.status.split(' ',1)[0], self.bytes_sent
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'

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