diff --git a/api/public/index.php b/api/public/index.php
index 7a653e7..416e4ee 100644
--- a/api/public/index.php
+++ b/api/public/index.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 $dotenv = Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/../');
 $dotenv->load();
 
-$domain = $_ENV['MAIN_COOKIE_DOMAIN'] ?? '.lxdapp.local';
 session_set_cookie_params([
     'lifetime' => 0,
     'path' => '/',
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ if (session_status() === PHP_SESSION_NONE) {
 $containerBuilder = new ContainerBuilder();
 $containerBuilder->useAutowiring(true);   // Enable autowiring globally
 
-
 // Add settings
 $settings = require __DIR__ . '/../src/Settings/Settings.php';
 $settings($containerBuilder);
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ $app->add(CorsMiddleware::class);
 // Register middleware
 (require __DIR__ . '/../src/Bootstrap/Middleware.php')($app);
 
-
 // Register routes
 
 // API contianer proxy route
diff --git a/api/src/Bootstrap/Middleware.php b/api/src/Bootstrap/Middleware.php
index 7602cac..64d457d 100644
--- a/api/src/Bootstrap/Middleware.php
+++ b/api/src/Bootstrap/Middleware.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 use Slim\App;
 use Slim\Middleware\ErrorMiddleware;
-use Slim\Middleware\BodyParsingMiddleware;
 
 return function (App $app) {
     // Add body parsing middleware (for JSON, form, etc.)
diff --git a/api/src/Controllers/LoginController.php b/api/src/Controllers/LoginController.php
index f055c86..8622b18 100644
--- a/api/src/Controllers/LoginController.php
+++ b/api/src/Controllers/LoginController.php
@@ -82,11 +82,10 @@ class LoginController
             ]);
         }
 
-        $ip = $lxd->getContainerIP($name);
         $nginx = $lxd->getContainerServiceStatus($name, 'nginx');
         $mysql = $lxd->getContainerServiceStatus($name, 'mariadb');
 
-        if ($ip && $nginx === 'active' && $mysql === 'active') {
+        if ($nginx === 'active' && $mysql === 'active') {
             // ---- CHANGED: do NOT return fields/creds here ----
             return $this->json($response, [
                 'status'  => 'ready',
diff --git a/api/src/Scripts/auto-stop-containers.php b/api/src/Scripts/auto-stop-containers.php
deleted file mode 100755
index 5d3d893..0000000
--- a/api/src/Scripts/auto-stop-containers.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-require __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/autoload.php'; // Adjust path as needed
-
-use App\Services\LxdService;
-
-// Initialize LXD service
-$lxdService = new LxdService();
-
-// Define the directory containing access logs
-$logDir = $_ENV['STATEDIR'] ?? "/var/www/html/lxd-app/api/public/last-access-logs";
-
-// Define the idle threshold in minutes
-$thresholdMinutes = 30;
-
-// Iterate over all log files in the specified directory
-foreach (glob($logDir . '/*.txt') as $filePath) {
-    // Extract the container name from the file name
-    $containerName = basename($filePath, '.txt');
-
-    // Get the last modified time of the file
-    $lastModified = filemtime($filePath);
-    if (!$lastModified) {
-        echo "Failed to get modification time for $containerName.\n";
-        continue;
-    }
-
-    $now = time();
-    $interval = $now - $lastModified;
-
-    // Check if the container has been idle for longer than the threshold
-    if ($interval > $thresholdMinutes * 60) {
-        echo "$containerName has been idle for over $thresholdMinutes minutes. Stopping...\n";
-
-        try {
-            // Check if the container exists and stop it if it does
-            if ($lxdService->containerExists($containerName)) {
-                $lxdService->stopContainer($containerName);
-                echo "Stopped container: $containerName\n";
-            } else {
-                echo "Container $containerName does not exist.\n";
-            }
-        } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            echo "Error stopping $containerName: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/api/src/Services/LxdService.php b/api/src/Services/LxdService.php
index d6ae289..889254f 100644
--- a/api/src/Services/LxdService.php
+++ b/api/src/Services/LxdService.php
@@ -10,23 +10,8 @@ class LxdService
         $this->baseUrl = $_ENV['LXD_API_URL'] ?? 'https://localhost:8443';
     }
 
-
-    
-    /**
-     * Sends an HTTP request to the LXD API.
-     *
-     * @param string $method HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, etc.)
-     * @param string $endpoint API endpoint
-     * @param array $body Request body (optional)
-     * @return array Response from the API
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    private function request(string $method, string $endpoint, array $body = []): array {
-        // if (!isset($_ENV['LXD_CLIENT_CERT'], $_ENV['LXD_CLIENT_KEY'])) {
-        //     throw new \Exception("LXD_CLIENT_CERT and LXD_CLIENT_KEY must be set in .env");
-        // }
-
-        $ch = curl_init("{$this->baseUrl}{$endpoint}");
+    private function curlInit($url, $method = '') {
+        $ch = curl_init($url);
         
         // Paths to client certificate and key for TLS authentication
         $clientCert = $_ENV['LXD_CLIENT_CERT'] ?? '/etc/ssl/lxdapp/client.crt';
@@ -38,13 +23,25 @@ class LxdService
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $method);
-
+        if($method) curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $method);
+        return $ch;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Sends an HTTP request to the LXD API.
+     *
+     * @param string $method HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, etc.)
+     * @param string $endpoint API endpoint
+     * @param array $body Request body (optional)
+     * @return array Response from the API
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    private function request(string $method, string $endpoint, array $body = []): array {
+        $ch = $this->curlInit("{$this->baseUrl}{$endpoint}", $method);
         if (!empty($body)) {
             curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($body));
             curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);
         }
-
         $response = curl_exec($ch);
         $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
 
@@ -77,17 +74,7 @@ class LxdService
      */
     private function requestRaw(string $endpoint): string {
         $url = "{$this->baseUrl}{$endpoint}";
-        $ch = curl_init($url);
-
-        $clientCert = $_ENV['LXD_CLIENT_CERT'] ?? '/etc/ssl/lxdapp/client.crt';
-        $clientKey  = $_ENV['LXD_CLIENT_KEY']  ?? '/etc/ssl/lxdapp/client.key';
-
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSLCERT, $clientCert);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSLKEY, $clientKey);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET');
+        $ch = $this->curlInit($url);
 
         $response = curl_exec($ch);
         $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index ee7f6e5..7d7d3f0 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ if ($state !== 'Running') {
 }
 
 // === Get container IP ===
-$ip = $lxd->getContainerIP($container);
-
 $nginx = $lxd->getContainerServiceStatus($container, 'nginx');
 $mysql = $lxd->getContainerServiceStatus($container, 'mariadb');