diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
index a4bbc8a2..fef6e695 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ function pleroma_create_database {
         return
     fi
 
+    systemctl restart postgresql
     add_postgresql_user pleroma "$PLEROMA_ADMIN_PASSWORD" encrypted
     run_system_query_postgresql "create database pleroma;"
     # temporarily allow the user to create databases
@@ -207,11 +208,12 @@ function pleroma_create_database {
     run_system_query_postgresql "GRANT ALL ON ALL tables IN SCHEMA public TO pleroma;"
     run_system_query_postgresql "GRANT ALL ON ALL sequences IN SCHEMA public TO pleroma;"
     run_system_query_postgresql "CREATE EXTENSION citext;"
+    run_system_query_postgresql "set statement_timeout to 20000;"
 
     read_config_param "PLEROMA_SECRET_KEY"
-    if [ ${#PLEROMA_SECRET_KEY} -lt 50 ]; then
-        PLEROMA_SECRET_KEY="$(create_password 30)$(create_password 30)"
-        if [ ${#PLEROMA_SECRET_KEY} -lt 50 ]; then
+    if [ ${#PLEROMA_SECRET_KEY} -lt 64 ]; then
+        PLEROMA_SECRET_KEY="$(create_password 30)$(create_password 30)$(create_password 30)"
+        if [ ${#PLEROMA_SECRET_KEY} -lt 64 ]; then
             run_system_query_postgresql "ALTER USER pleroma NOSUPERUSER;"
             run_system_query_postgresql "ALTER USER pleroma NOCREATEDB;"
             echo $'Pleroma secret key not created'
@@ -244,6 +246,7 @@ function pleroma_create_database {
     fi
     sudo -u pleroma mix local.hex --force
     sudo -u pleroma mix deps.compile mimerl
+    systemctl restart postgresql
     sudo -u pleroma mix ecto.create --force
     if [ ! "$?" = "0" ]; then
         run_system_query_postgresql "ALTER USER pleroma NOSUPERUSER;"
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
index eab687bc..2b02db86 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ VARIANTS='mesh'
 # change these versions at your peril. Things will often crash if you don't
 # have specifically the correct versions
 NODEJS_VERSION='6.11.4'
-NODEJS_N_VERSION='2.1.8'
+NODEJS_N_VERSION='2.1.7'
 NPM_VERSION='4.0.5'
 
 # This file keeps track of the apps needing nodejs
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-postgresql b/src/freedombone-utils-postgresql
index b92993c8..14e3939b 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-postgresql
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-postgresql
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function install_postgresql {
     fi
     ${PROJECT_NAME}-pass -u root -a postgresql -p "$POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD"
 
-    apt-get -yq install postgresql postgresql-contrib postgresql-client
+    apt-get -yq install postgresql-9.6 postgresql-contrib-9.6 postgresql-client
     apt-get -yq remove --purge apache2-bin*
     if [ -d /etc/apache2 ]; then
         rm -rf /etc/apache2