diff --git a/server/db/db.js b/server/db/db.js
index 929d8c2..0c31653 100644
--- a/server/db/db.js
+++ b/server/db/db.js
@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 const pgPromise = require("pg-promise");
 const config = require("../lib/config");
+const { ConnectionString } = require('connection-string');
 
-const pgp = pgPromise({});
-const DB = pgp(config.dbConnectionString);
+const cnObj = new ConnectionString(config.dbConnectionString)
+const cn = {
+  host: cnObj.hostname,
+  port: cnObj.port,
+  database: cnObj.path?.[0],
+  user: cnObj.user,
+  password: cnObj.password,
+  ssl: {
+    rejectUnauthorized: false,
+  },
+};
+
+const pgp = pgPromise();
+const DB = pgp(cn);
 
 module.exports = DB;
+
diff --git a/server/db/init b/server/db/init
index 3127fd2..566c1a1 100644
--- a/server/db/init
+++ b/server/db/init
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ drop table tweets;
 drop table authors;
 drop table media;
 drop table links;
+drop table elites;
 
 create table elites (
     id bigint unique,
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ CREATE INDEX ideo_index
 ON elites (ideo);
 
 CREATE INDEX tweets_link_index
-ON tweets (link);
+ON tweets (link_preview_url);
 
 CREATE INDEX tweets_media_index_1
 ON tweets (media_id_1);
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ ON tweets (ds);
 CREATE INDEX usernames
 ON users (username);
 
-GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO testuser;
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO twee_user;
 
 -- initial data for elites table
 COPY elites(id, username, ideo)
@@ -91,7 +92,4 @@ FROM './elites.csv'
 DELIMITER ','
 CSV HEADER;
 
--- some test data
-insert into authors values (16129920, 'Rachel Maddow MSNBC', 'maddow', TRUE, 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/59437078/icon-200x200_normal.jpg', TRUE, -1);
-insert into users values ('test', 'test-install-code', 2, 1);
 
diff --git a/server/db/scraper.mjs b/server/db/scraper.mjs
index 0549499..b731456 100644
--- a/server/db/scraper.mjs
+++ b/server/db/scraper.mjs
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import pgPromise from "pg-promise";
 const pgp = pgPromise({});
 
 import { default as DB } from "./db.js";
+import { default as config } from "../lib/config.js"
 
-const BEARER_TOKEN = process.env.BEARER_TOKEN;
+const BEARER_TOKEN = config.twitterBearerToken;
 
 const WRITE_DB = true;
 
@@ -338,12 +339,10 @@ const unwrapped_link = await getLinkPreview(test_link, {
   followRedirects: `follow`,
 });
 
-/*
-Maddow
+// Maddow
 test_fetch("16129920").then((result) => {
   console.log("fetched")
 });
-*/
 
 // Fox news
 test_fetch("1367531").then((result) => {
diff --git a/server/makefile b/server/makefile
index 17ec447..5f702eb 100644
--- a/server/makefile
+++ b/server/makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 start:
-	npm start
+	npx pm2 start bin/www
+
+list:
+	npx pm2 list
+
 
 setup_node: install_nvm
 	npm install
diff --git a/server/package-lock.json b/server/package-lock.json
index f591463..99c3f22 100644
--- a/server/package-lock.json
+++ b/server/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.0.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "aws-sdk": "^2.1275.0",
+        "connection-string": "^4.3.6",
         "cookie-parser": "~1.4.4",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
         "debug": "~2.6.9",
@@ -341,6 +342,15 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6.x"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/connection-string": {
+      "version": "4.3.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/connection-string/-/connection-string-4.3.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dwaq4BMeiIIWry/oQxjstPB7Xp0K1nGjaY8p6PHQB+J9ZJuIvNp7ux3Noupq0hMd/dqEHXkfdmmGFOKTbGKWmw==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12",
+        "npm": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/constantinople": {
       "version": "3.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/constantinople/-/constantinople-3.0.2.tgz",
@@ -1987,6 +1997,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-2.6.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-PhbTMT+ilDXZKqH8xbvuUY2ZEQNef0Q7DKxgoEKb4ccytsdvVVJmYqR0sGbi96nxU6oGrwEIQnclpK2NBZuQlg=="
     },
+    "connection-string": {
+      "version": "4.3.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/connection-string/-/connection-string-4.3.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dwaq4BMeiIIWry/oQxjstPB7Xp0K1nGjaY8p6PHQB+J9ZJuIvNp7ux3Noupq0hMd/dqEHXkfdmmGFOKTbGKWmw=="
+    },
     "constantinople": {
       "version": "3.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/constantinople/-/constantinople-3.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index d053994..3442d52 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "aws-sdk": "^2.1275.0",
+    "connection-string": "^4.3.6",
     "cookie-parser": "~1.4.4",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "debug": "~2.6.9",