diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 48209a8..b5d4eef 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import morgan from "morgan";
 import api from "./package.js";
 import * as pve from "./pve.js";
 import * as utils from "./utils.js";
-import db from "./db.js";
+import LocalDB from "./db.js";
 
 import parseArgs from "minimist";
 global.argv = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2), {
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ global.argv = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2), {
 global.api = api;
 global.pve = pve;
 global.utils = utils;
-global.db = new db(global.argv.localdb);
+global.db = new LocalDB(global.argv.localdb);
 
 const app = express();
 global.app = app;
 app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
 app.use(cookieParser());
-app.use(cors({ origin: db.hostname }));
+app.use(cors({ origin: global.db.hostname }));
 app.use(morgan("combined"));
 
-global.server = app.listen(db.listenPort, () => {
+global.server = app.listen(global.db.listenPort, () => {
 	console.log(`proxmoxaas-api v${api.version} listening on port ${global.db.listenPort}`);
 });
 
diff --git a/src/pve.js b/src/pve.js
index f99934c..3e10a27 100644
--- a/src/pve.js
+++ b/src/pve.js
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 import axios from "axios";
-import db from "./db.js";
-const pveAPI = db.pveAPI;
-const pveAPIToken = db.pveAPIToken;
 
 /**
  * Send HTTP request to proxmox API. Allows requests to be made with user cookie credentials or an API token for controlled priviledge elevation.
@@ -13,6 +10,7 @@ const pveAPIToken = db.pveAPIToken;
  * @returns {Obejct} HTTP response object or HTTP error object
  */
 export async function requestPVE (path, method, cookies, body = null, token = null) {
+	const pveAPI = global.db.pveAPI;
 	const url = `${pveAPI}${path}`;
 	const content = {
 		method,
@@ -53,6 +51,7 @@ export async function requestPVE (path, method, cookies, body = null, token = nu
  * @param {Object} res response object of ProxmoxAAS API call.
  */
 export async function handleResponse (node, result, res) {
+	const pveAPIToken = global.db.pveAPIToken;
 	const waitFor = delay => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
 	if (result.data.data && typeof (result.data.data) === "string" && result.data.data.startsWith("UPID:")) {
 		const upid = result.data.data;
@@ -144,6 +143,7 @@ export async function getUsedResources (req, resourceMeta) {
  * @returns {Objetc} k-v pairs of specific disk data, including storage and size of unused disks.
  */
 export async function getDiskInfo (node, type, vmid, disk) {
+	const pveAPIToken = global.db.pveAPIToken;
 	try {
 		const config = await requestPVE(`/nodes/${node}/${type}/${vmid}/config`, "GET", null, null, pveAPIToken);
 		const storageID = config.data.data[disk].split(":")[0];
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ export async function getDiskInfo (node, type, vmid, disk) {
  * @returns {Object} k-v pairs of specific device data, including device name and manufacturer.
  */
 export async function getDeviceInfo (node, type, vmid, qid) {
+	const pveAPIToken = global.db.pveAPIToken;
 	try {
 		const result = (await requestPVE(`/nodes/${node}/hardware/pci`, "GET", null, null, pveAPIToken)).data.data;
 		const deviceData = [];
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ export async function getDeviceInfo (node, type, vmid, qid) {
  * @returns {Array.<Object>} array of k-v pairs of specific device data, including device name and manufacturer, which are available on the specified node.
  */
 export async function getNodeAvailDevices (node, cookies) {
+	const pveAPIToken = global.db.pveAPIToken;
 	// get node pci devices
 	let nodeAvailPci = (await requestPVE(`/nodes/${node}/hardware/pci`, "GET", cookies, null, pveAPIToken)).data.data;
 	// for each node container, get its config and remove devices which are already used
diff --git a/src/routes/proxmox.js b/src/routes/proxmox.js
index 6437ff9..3e1aedf 100644
--- a/src/routes/proxmox.js
+++ b/src/routes/proxmox.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const requestPVE = global.pve.requestPVE;
  * request and responses passed through to/from proxmox
  */
 router.get("/*", async (req, res) => { // proxy endpoint for GET proxmox api with no token
+	console.log(req.url);
 	const path = req.url.replace("/api/proxmox", "");
 	const result = await requestPVE(path, "GET", req.cookies);
 	res.status(result.status).send(result.data);
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 055c13f..eca8251 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { createHash } from "crypto";
 
 import { getUsedResources, requestPVE } from "./pve.js";
-import db from "./db.js";
 
 /**
  * Check if a user is authorized to access a specified vm, or the cluster in general.
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import db from "./db.js";
  * @returns {boolean} true if the user is authorized to access the specific vm or cluster in general, false otheriwse.
  */
 export async function checkAuth (cookies, res, vmpath = null) {
+	const db = global.db;
 	let auth = false;
 
 	if (db.getUserConfig(cookies.username) === null) {
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export async function checkAuth (cookies, res, vmpath = null) {
  * @returns {{used: Object, avail: Object, max: Object, resources: Object}} used, available, maximum, and resource metadata for the specified user.
  */
 export async function getUserResources (req, username) {
+	const db = global.db;
 	const dbResources = db.getGlobalConfig().resources;
 	const used = await getUsedResources(req, dbResources);
 	const max = db.getUserConfig(username).resources.max;