diff --git a/GearBot/Cogs/Censor.py b/GearBot/Cogs/Censor.py
index 4d2d3073..e31fd0b4 100644
--- a/GearBot/Cogs/Censor.py
+++ b/GearBot/Cogs/Censor.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ async def check_message(self, member, content, channel, message_id, edit, reply,
         censor_emoji_message = await Configuration.get_var(member.guild.id, "CENSORING", "CENSOR_EMOJI_ONLY_MESSAGES")
         content = content.replace('\\', '')
 
-        if Configuration.get_var(member.guild.id, "CENSORING", "IGNORE_IDS"):
+        if await Configuration.get_var(member.guild.id, "CENSORING", "IGNORE_IDS"):
             content = re.sub(r'(<(?:@|#|@&|@!)[0-9]{15,20}>)', '', content)
             content = re.sub(r'<a?:[^: \n]+:([0-9]{15,20})>', '', content)
             content = re.sub(r"(https://(?:canary|ptb)?\.?discord(?:app)?.com/channels/\d{15,20}/\d{15,20}/\d{15,20})", '', content)
diff --git a/GearBot/GearBot.py b/GearBot/GearBot.py
index ff29db89..b87c8d87 100644
--- a/GearBot/GearBot.py
+++ b/GearBot/GearBot.py
@@ -194,7 +194,17 @@ async def initialize(bot):
             "shard_ids": [cluster * 2, (cluster * 2) + 1]
         })
 
-        GearbotLogging.info(f"Ready to go, spinning up as instance {args['cluster'] + 1}/{args['shard_count']}")
+    elif 'stateful' in os.environ:
+        GearbotLogging.info(f"GearBot is deployed as stateful set, determining cluster id based on hostname {os.uname()[1]}")
+        cluster = loop.run_until_complete(node_init(0, 0))
+        num_clusters = int(os.environ["num_clusters"])
+        args.update({
+            "shard_count": num_clusters * 2,
+            "cluster": cluster,
+            "shard_ids": [cluster * 2, (cluster * 2) + 1]
+        })
+
+    GearbotLogging.info(f"Ready to go, spinning up as instance {args['cluster'] + 1}/{args['shard_count']}")
 
 
 
diff --git a/GearBot/Util/MessageUtils.py b/GearBot/Util/MessageUtils.py
index a9637964..363d9b31 100644
--- a/GearBot/Util/MessageUtils.py
+++ b/GearBot/Util/MessageUtils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 async def get_message_data(bot, message_id):
     message = None
-    if not Object(message_id).created_at <= datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(time.time() - 5 * 60).replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc):
+    if not Object(message_id).created_at <= datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(time.time() - 1 * 60).replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc):
         parts = await bot.redis_pool.hgetall(f"messages:{message_id}")
         if len(parts) == 7:
             reply = int(parts["reply"])
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ async def insert_message(bot, message, redis=True):
                          channel=message.channel.id, server=message.guild.id, pinned=1 if message.pinned else 0, attachments='|'.join((f"{str(a.id)}/{str(a.filename)}" for a in message.attachments)), reply=message.reference.message_id if is_reply else 0)
         if message_type is not None:
             pipe.hmset_dict(f"messages:{message.id}", type=message_type)
-        pipe.expire(f"messages:{message.id}", 5*60+2)
+        pipe.expire(f"messages:{message.id}", 1*60)
         await pipe.execute()
     await DBUtils.insert_message(message)
 
 async def update_message(bot, message_id, content, pinned):
-    if not Object(message_id).created_at <= datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(time.time() - 5 * 60).replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc):
+    if not Object(message_id).created_at <= datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(time.time() - 1 * 60).replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc):
         pipe = bot.redis_pool.pipeline()
         pipe.hmset_dict(f"messages:{message_id}", content=content)
         pipe.hmset_dict(f"messages:{message_id}", pinned=(1 if pinned else 0))
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 59b55d97..deab6627 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ sentry-sdk==0.19.2
 pytz==2020.4
 pyseeyou==1.0.1
 prometheus_client==0.8.0
-asyncpg==0.22.0
+asyncpg==0.27.0
 emoji==0.6.0
 kubernetes==12.0.1
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