diff --git a/backend/api/debug.sh b/backend/api/ssh-api.sh
similarity index 73%
rename from backend/api/debug.sh
rename to backend/api/ssh-api.sh
index e27eb7f5..7e494481 100755
--- a/backend/api/debug.sh
+++ b/backend/api/ssh-api.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    echo "Usage: the first argument should be 'dev' or 'prod'"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 SERVICE_NAME="api"
 SERVICE_GROUP="${SERVICE_NAME}-group"
 ZONE="us-west1-c"
@@ -27,11 +22,16 @@ case $ENV in
 esac
 
 echo "Looking for API instance on ${GCLOUD_PROJECT} to talk to..."
-INSTANCE_ID=$(gcloud compute instance-groups list-instances ${SERVICE_GROUP} --format="value(NAME)" --zone=${ZONE} --project=${GCLOUD_PROJECT})
+INSTANCE_ID=$(gcloud compute instances list \
+  --filter="zone:(us-west1-c)" \
+  --sort-by="~creationTimestamp" \
+  --format="value(name)" \
+  --limit=1)
 
 echo "Forwarding debugging port 9229 to ${INSTANCE_ID}. Open chrome://inspect in Chrome to connect."
+echo gcloud compute ssh ${INSTANCE_ID} --project=${GCLOUD_PROJECT} --zone=${ZONE}
 gcloud compute ssh ${INSTANCE_ID} \
        --project=${GCLOUD_PROJECT} \
        --zone=${ZONE} \
-       -- \
-       -NL 9229:localhost:9229
+#       -- \
+#       -NL 9229:localhost:9229
diff --git a/backend/shared/src/supabase/init.ts b/backend/shared/src/supabase/init.ts
index b6495d03..fc351162 100644
--- a/backend/shared/src/supabase/init.ts
+++ b/backend/shared/src/supabase/init.ts
@@ -52,25 +52,20 @@ const newClient = (
 ) => {
   const { instanceId, password, ...settings } = props
 
-  console.log({
+  const config = {
     host: 'db.ltzepxnhhnrnvovqblfr.supabase.co',
     port: 5432,
     user: `postgres`,
     password: password,
     database: 'postgres',
     ssl: { rejectUnauthorized: false },
+    family: 4, // <- forces IPv4
     ...settings,
-  })
+  }
 
-  return pgp({
-    host: 'db.ltzepxnhhnrnvovqblfr.supabase.co',
-    port: 5432,
-    user: `postgres`,
-    password: password,
-    database: 'postgres',
-    ssl: { rejectUnauthorized: false },
-    ...settings,
-  })
+  console.log(config)
+
+  return pgp(config)
 }
 
 // Use one connection to avoid WARNING: Creating a duplicate database object for the same connection.
@@ -89,7 +84,7 @@ export function createSupabaseDirectClient(
   password = password ?? process.env.SUPABASE_DB_PASSWORD
   if (!password) {
     throw new Error(
-      "Can't connect to Supabase; no process.env.SUPABASE_PASSWORD."
+      "Can't connect to Supabase; no process.env.SUPABASE_DB_PASSWORD."
     )
   }
   const client = newClient({