diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/admin/ingest_finish.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/admin/ingest_finish.sql
index b6d1779b..6ecbdf47 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/admin/ingest_finish.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/admin/ingest_finish.sql
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 CREATE INDEX {index_name} ON {target_table} {index_columns};
 
 ALTER TABLE {target_table}
-ADD COLUMN reference_time TEXT DEFAULT '1900-01-01 00:00:00 UTC';
-
-UPDATE admin.ingest_status
-SET status = 'Import Complete',
-    update_time = now()::timestamp without time zone,
-    files_processed = {files_imported},
-    records_imported = {rows_imported}
-WHERE target = '{target_table}' AND reference_time = '1900-01-01 00:00:00';
\ No newline at end of file
+ADD COLUMN reference_time TEXT DEFAULT '1900-01-01 00:00:00 UTC';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/admin/ingest_prep.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/admin/ingest_prep.sql
index f0edb895..73d5ceb9 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/admin/ingest_prep.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/admin/ingest_prep.sql
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
---> Let the database know that ingest has started
-INSERT INTO admin.ingest_status (target, reference_time, status, update_time)
-VALUES ('{target_table}', '1900-01-01 00:00:00', 'Import Started', now()::timestamp without time zone);
-
 --> Drop target table index (if exists)
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS {target_schema}.{index_name};
 
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/max_flows/ana_max_flows.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/max_flows/ana_max_flows.sql
index 21717b53..97aeea5f 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/max_flows/ana_max_flows.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/max_flows/ana_max_flows.sql
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 -- Create a past_hour ana table. This is an interim solution to Shawn's rate of change service.
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cache.max_flows_ana (feature_id bigint, reference_time timestamp without time zone, nwm_vers double precision, maxflow_1hour_cms double precision, maxflow_1hour_cfs double precision);
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS cache.max_flows_ana_past_hour;
-SELECT * INTO cache.max_flows_ana_past_hour FROM cache.max_flows_ana;
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cache.max_flows_ana_past_hour (feature_id bigint, reference_time timestamp without time zone, nwm_vers double precision, maxflow_1hour_cms double precision, maxflow_1hour_cfs double precision);
+TRUNCATE TABLE cache.max_flows_ana_past_hour;
+INSERT INTO cache.max_flows_ana_past_hour
+SELECT * FROM cache.max_flows_ana;
 
+-- Regular ana max flows
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS cache.max_flows_ana;
 
 SELECT forecasts.feature_id,
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index 51d424e8..58785246 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.ana_inundation_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation_hi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation_hi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index 546d91a7..6bec9cfb 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation_hi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation_hi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.ana_inundation_building_footprints_hi;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation_prvi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation_prvi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index 3b3acacf..9f9843c0 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation_prvi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_inundation_prvi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.ana_inundation_building_footprints_prvi;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_past_14day_max_inundation/14day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_past_14day_max_inundation/14day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index c2c2b61f..5844b1c0 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_past_14day_max_inundation/14day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_past_14day_max_inundation/14day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.ana_past_14day_max_inundation_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_past_14day_max_inundation/7day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_past_14day_max_inundation/7day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index 4599fa3d..7f166a46 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_past_14day_max_inundation/7day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/ana_past_14day_max_inundation/7day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.ana_past_7day_max_inundation_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/10day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/10day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index ae7c4a82..19d839b6 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/10day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/10day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.mrf_gfs_max_inundation_10day_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/3day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/3day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index 90d5acfe..7a163bdf 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/3day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/3day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.mrf_gfs_max_inundation_3day_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/5day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/5day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index 44c2ef57..dbbadca5 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/5day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_gfs_10day_max_inundation/5day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.mrf_gfs_max_inundation_5day_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/10day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/10day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index c8c2ce30..03ff06d5 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/10day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/10day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.mrf_nbm_max_inundation_10day_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/3day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/3day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index e0df0f01..d7a51da0 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/3day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/3day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.mrf_nbm_max_inundation_3day_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/5day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/5day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index 188e8749..e3bb87c5 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/5day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/mrf_nbm_10day_max_inundation/5day_building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.mrf_nbm_max_inundation_5day_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/rfc_based_5day_max_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/rfc_based_5day_max_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index b62cd0b1..8f0784d6 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/rfc_based_5day_max_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/rfc_based_5day_max_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.rfc_based_5day_max_inundation_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_18hr_max_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_18hr_max_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index efb45dc9..9d5d1a18 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_18hr_max_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_18hr_max_inundation/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.srf_18hr_max_inundation_building_footprints;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_48hr_max_inundation_hi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_48hr_max_inundation_hi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index 295c5de8..1303bb36 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_48hr_max_inundation_hi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_48hr_max_inundation_hi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.srf_48hr_max_inundation_building_footprints_hi;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_48hr_max_inundation_prvi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_48hr_max_inundation_prvi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
index 27b5db02..d00b2137 100644
--- a/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_48hr_max_inundation_prvi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
+++ b/Core/LAMBDA/viz_functions/viz_db_postprocess_sql/summaries/srf_48hr_max_inundation_prvi/building_footprints_fimpact.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- We'll temporarily increase work_mem to 512MB, to help with performance on PostGIS spatial joins (default is 4MB)
+SET work_mem TO '512MB';
 --------------- Building Footprints ---------------
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS publish.srf_48hr_max_inundation_building_footprints_prvi;
 SELECT
diff --git a/Core/RDS/viz/main.tf b/Core/RDS/viz/main.tf
index c128c306..0109db35 100644
--- a/Core/RDS/viz/main.tf
+++ b/Core/RDS/viz/main.tf
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ resource "aws_db_parameter_group" "hydrovis" {
     value = "{DBInstanceClassMemory/10923}"
     apply_method = "pending-reboot"
   }
+
+  parameter {
+    name  = "idle_in_transaction_session_timeout"
+    value = "900000"
+    apply_method = "pending-reboot"
+  }
   
   parameter {
     name         = "rds.custom_dns_resolution"