diff --git a/db/init.sh b/db/init.sh
index 2c0660f2..10dde1cf 100755
--- a/db/init.sh
+++ b/db/init.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DB_INIT_DIR=${1:-docker-entrypoint-initdb.d}
 echo "****************"
 echo "****************"
 echo "Running db init!"
+echo "Using base directory: $DB_INIT_DIR"
 echo "****************"
 echo "****************"
 
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 7083e044..1b1004ff 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 {
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.11";
-    systems.url = "github:nix-systems/default";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-23.05";
+     inputs.flake-utils {
+      src = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+      inputs.systems.follows = "systems";
+     }
   };
 
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, systems, ... } @ inputs:
@@ -21,7 +24,6 @@
             buildPhase = ''
               yarn build
             '';
-            distPhase = "";
             installPhase = ''
               mkdir -p $out/libexec/bobaserver
               mv node_modules $out/libexec/bobaserver/
@@ -30,9 +32,10 @@
           };
 
           bobadatabase = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "bobadatabase" ''
-            /bin/sh -c "${bobaserver-assets}/libexec/bobaserver/deps/bobaserver/db/init.sh ${bobaserver-assets}/libexec/bobaserver/deps/bobaserver/db/"
+            ${bobaserver-assets}/libexec/bobaserver/deps/bobaserver/db/init.sh ${bobaserver-assets}/libexec/bobaserver/deps/bobaserver/db/
           '';
 
+          # TODO: swap with wrapProgram 
           bobaserver = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "bobaserver" ''
             export NODE_PATH=${bobaserver-assets}/libexec/bobaserver/node_modules
             export DEBUG=bobaserver:*,-*info
@@ -42,6 +45,5 @@
           default = bobaserver;
         }
       );
-      defaultPackage = forEachSystem (system: self.packages.${system}.default);
     };
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/index.ts b/server/index.ts
index c8e0b564..55f48b5c 100644
--- a/server/index.ts
+++ b/server/index.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
 initOpenApiDocs(app);
 app.use(withLoggedIn);
 
-const port = process.env.BOBASERVER_PORT || 4200;
+const port = parseInt(process.env.BOBASERVER_PORT || "4200");
 
 applyRoutes(app);
 registerEventHandlers();