diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b4b83f9..eb6f90a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ full-mock-tests:
     - pushd json-api/ 
     # Yes i know this looks kinda wack but hopefully cargo won't try to reuild if just
     # use the binary directly
-    - target/release/json-api -H ../hmac.secret -w ../wss-hmac.secret -s&
+    - cargo run --release -- -H ../hmac.secret -w ../wss-hmac.secret -s&
     - popd
     - sleep 5
     # TODO: do some kind of more intelligent logging here (maybe some integrations or something idk)
diff --git a/json-api/.env b/json-api/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 04d1e15..0000000
--- a/json-api/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-DATABASE_URL=mysql://freechat_dev:password@localhost:3306/freechat
-DATABASE_NAME=freechat
-DATABASE_PASS=password
-DATABASE_USER=freechat_dev
-DATABASE_HOST=localhost
-DATABASE_PORT=3306
-
-# Note that these should literally never point to the same file
-# that completely breaks the web socket's permissions+authentication model
-HMAC_PATH=hmac.secret
-WSS_HMAC_PATH=wss-hmac.secret
-
-
-# Server meta things
-SERVER_NAME="Freechat Dev Server"
-SERVER_DESCRIPTION="Server for sick development things"
-# NOTE: most clients shouldn't expect these to end with a slash
-PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:4536
-PUBLIC_WS_URL=ws://localhost:5648
diff --git a/json-api/client-tests/config.py b/json-api/client-tests/config.py
index 5f9c284..41d12d4 100644
--- a/json-api/client-tests/config.py
+++ b/json-api/client-tests/config.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def create_admin() -> Admin :
     CARGO_BIN = os.getenv('CARGO_BIN')
 
     proc = subprocess.run(
-        f'cargo run --release -- -c python-tester'.split(),
+        f'cargo run --release -- -c ../config.json'.split(),
         text=True, capture_output=True
     )
     try:
diff --git a/scripts/build-db.sh b/scripts/build-db.sh
index 42d30b1..7613e09 100644
--- a/scripts/build-db.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-db.sh
@@ -14,42 +14,16 @@ if [ ! $1 ];then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ ! $2 ];then
-	echo Failure: Insufficient arguments provided
-	echo ./build-db.sh /migrations/folder/path /path/to/.env file
-	exit 1
-fi
-
 # Log paths
 migration_logs=sql-migration.log
 
 migration_loc=$1
-env_path=$2
 
-source $env_path
-
-# This is kinda dumb but we have to check and make sure the sample default user
-# configuration is all there
-if [ ! $DATABASE_NAME ];then
-	echo No DATABASE_NAME set
-	exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! $DATABASE_PASS ];then
-	echo No DATABASE_PASS  set
-	exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! $DATABASE_USER ];then
-	echo No DATABASE_USER  set
-	exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! $DATABASE_HOST ];then
-	echo No DATABASE_HOST  set
-	exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! $DATABASE_PORT ];then
-	echo No DATABASE_PORT  set
-	exit 1
-fi
+# Running defaults here because there's no point in protecting dummy data
+DATABASE_NAME=freechat
+DATABASE_PASS=password
+DATABASE_USER=freechat_dev
+DATABASE_HOST=localhost
 
 # Next we setup the database user
 mysql -e "CREATE USER '$DATABASE_USER'@'$DATABASE_HOST' IDENTIFIED BY '$DATABASE_PASS';" \
@@ -65,6 +39,8 @@ for dir in $(ls $migration_loc);do
 	# Port field is ignored in this script as its straight up not used in Docker tests
 	# NOTE: there should **not** be a space between -p and the database password
 	echo Migrating $migration_loc/$dir 
+	cat $migration_loc/$dir/up.sql
+
 	mysql -u $DATABASE_USER -p$DATABASE_PASS \
 		-h $DATABASE_HOST -D $DATABASE_NAME \
 		< $migration_loc/$dir/up.sql >> $migration_logs 2>&1