diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index 9f45992..20369d3 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -1,33 +1,35 @@
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
 
-let template = "localdb.json.template"
-let filename = "localdb.json";
-
-let db = JSON.parse(readFileSync(template));
-try {
-	load();
-}
-catch {
-	save();
-}
-
-function load() {
-	db = JSON.parse(readFileSync(filename));
-}
-
-function save() {
-	writeFileSync(filename, JSON.stringify(db));
-}
-
-export function getResourceConfig() {
-	return db.resources;
-}
-
-export function getUserConfig(username) {
-	if (db.users[username]) {
-		return db.users[username];
+class localdb {
+	#template = "localdb.json.template";
+	#filename = "localdb.json";
+	#data = null;
+	constructor () {
+		try {
+			this.load(this.#filename);
+		}
+		catch {
+			this.load(this.#template);
+			this.save(this.#filename);
+		}
 	}
-	else {
-		return null;
+	load(path) {
+		this.#data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path));
+	}	
+	save(path) {
+		writeFileSync(path, JSON.stringify(this.#data));
 	}
-}
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+	getResourceConfig () {
+		return this.#data.resources;
+	}
+	getUserConfig (username) {
+		if (this.#data.users[username]) {
+			return this.#data.users[username];
+		}
+		else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export const db = new localdb();
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diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 787ab97..f20bb32 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import api from "./package.json" assert {type: "json"};
 
 import { pveAPIToken, listenPort, hostname, domain } from "./vars.js";
 import { requestPVE, handleResponse, getDiskInfo } from "./pve.js";
-import { checkAuth, getAllocatedResources, approveResources } from "./utils.js";
-import { getUserConfig } from "./db.js";
+import { checkAuth, approveResources, getUserResources } from "./utils.js";
+import { db } from "./db.js";
 
 const app = express();
 app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ app.get("/api/user/resources", async (req, res) => {
 	// check auth
 	let auth = await checkAuth(req.cookies, res);
 	if (!auth) { return; }
-	let resources = await getAllocatedResources(req, req.cookies.username);
+	let resources = await getUserResources(req, req.cookies.username);
 	res.status(200).send(resources);
 });
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ app.get("/api/user/instances", async (req, res) => {
 	// check auth
 	let auth = await checkAuth(req.cookies, res);
 	if (!auth) { return; }
-	let config = getUserConfig(req.cookies.username);
+	let config = db.getUserConfig(req.cookies.username);
 	res.status(200).send(config.instances)
 });
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ app.get("/api/user/nodes", async (req, res) => {
 	// check auth
 	let auth = await checkAuth(req.cookies, res);
 	if (!auth) { return; }
-	let config = getUserConfig(req.cookies.username);
+	let config = db.getUserConfig(req.cookies.username);
 	res.status(200).send({ nodes: config.nodes })
 })
 
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ app.post("/api/instance", async (req, res) => {
 	let auth = await checkAuth(req.cookies, res);
 	if (!auth) { return; }
 	// get user db config
-	let user = await getUserConfig(req.cookies.username);
+	let user = await db.getUserConfig(req.cookies.username);
 	let vmid = Number.parseInt(req.body.vmid);
 	let vmid_min = user.instances.vmid.min;
 	let vmid_max = user.instances.vmid.max;
diff --git a/pve.js b/pve.js
index d0e9aaa..39f72c6 100644
--- a/pve.js
+++ b/pve.js
@@ -88,10 +88,14 @@ export async function getUsedResources(req, resourceMeta) {
 				}
 				else if (diskprefixes.some(prefix => key.startsWith(prefix))) {
 					let diskInfo = await getDiskInfo(instance.node, instance.type, instance.vmid, key);
-					used[diskInfo.storage] += Number(diskInfo.size);
+					if (diskInfo) { // only count if disk exists
+						used[diskInfo.storage] += Number(diskInfo.size);
+					}
 				}
 				else if (key.startsWith("net")) {
-					used.network += Number(config[key].split("rate=")[1].split(",")[0]);
+					if (config[key].includes("rate=")) { // only count instances with a rate limit
+						used.network += Number(config[key].split("rate=")[1].split(",")[0]);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index 7898fd3..ad1c34e 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { getUsedResources, requestPVE } from "./pve.js";
-import { getUserConfig, getResourceConfig } from "./db.js";
+import { db } from "./db.js";
 
 export async function checkAuth(cookies, res, vmpath = null) {
 	let auth = false;
 
-	if (getUserConfig(cookies.username) === null) {
+	if (db.getUserConfig(cookies.username) === null) {
 		auth = false;
 		res.status(401).send({ auth: auth, path: vmpath ? `${vmpath}/config` : "/version", error: `user ${cookies.username} not found in localdb` });
 		res.end();
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ export async function checkAuth(cookies, res, vmpath = null) {
 	return auth;
 }
 
-export async function getAllocatedResources(req, username) {
-	let dbResources = getResourceConfig();
+export async function getUserResources (req, username) {
+	let dbResources = db.getResourceConfig();
 	let used = await getUsedResources(req, dbResources);
-	let max = getUserConfig(username).resources.max;
+	let max = db.getUserConfig(username).resources.max;
 	let avail = {};
 	Object.keys(max).forEach((k) => {
 		avail[k] = max[k] - used[k];
@@ -39,20 +39,20 @@ export async function getAllocatedResources(req, username) {
 }
 
 export async function approveResources(req, username, request) {
-
-	let avail = (await getAllocatedResources(req, username)).avail;
-
-	let approved = true;
+	let avail = (await getUserResources(req, username)).avail;
 	Object.keys(request).forEach((key) => {
-		if (!(key in avail)) {
+		if (!(key in avail)) { // if requested resource is not in avail, block
 			approved = false;
+			return false;
 		}
-		else if (isNaN(avail[key]) || isNaN(request[key])) {
+		else if (isNaN(avail[key]) || isNaN(request[key])) { // if either the requested or avail resource is NaN, block
 			approved = false;
+			return false;
 		}
-		else if (avail[key] - request[key] < 0) {
+		else if (avail[key] - request[key] < 0) { // if the avail resources is less than the requested resources, block
 			approved = false;
+			return false;
 		}		
 	});
-	return approved;
+	return true; // if all requested resources pass, allow
 }
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