diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fe8450..8278ded 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 The project serves as a real-time monitoring and diagnostic tool for the Meshtastic mesh network. It provides detailed insights into the network's activity, including message traffic, node positions, and telemetry data.
 ### Version 2.0.7 update - September 2025
 * New capability to automatically trim the database to a keep specific amount of days of data
-* Added configuaration of intervals for both the Live Map and the Firehose pages
+* Added configuaration for update intervals for both the Live Map and the Firehose pages
 ### Version 2.0.6 update - August 2025
 * New Live Map (Shows packet feed live)
 * New API /api/config (See API documentation)
diff --git a/meshview/database.py b/meshview/database.py
index 170e204..3586281 100644
--- a/meshview/database.py
+++ b/meshview/database.py
@@ -6,22 +6,12 @@ engine = None
 async_session = None
 
 
-def init_database(database_connection_string, read_only=False):
+def init_database(database_connection_string):
     global engine, async_session
-
     kwargs = {"echo": False}
-
-    if database_connection_string.startswith("sqlite"):
-        if read_only:
-            # Ensure SQLite is opened in read-only mode
-            database_connection_string += "?mode=ro"
-            kwargs["connect_args"] = {"uri": True}
-        else:
-            kwargs["connect_args"] = {"timeout": 300}
-    else:
-        kwargs["pool_size"] = 20
-        kwargs["max_overflow"] = 50
-
+    # Ensure SQLite is opened in read-only mode
+    database_connection_string += "?mode=ro"
+    kwargs["connect_args"] = {"uri": True}
     engine = create_async_engine(database_connection_string, **kwargs)
     async_session = async_sessionmaker( bind=engine,
     class_=AsyncSession,
diff --git a/meshview/mqtt_database.py b/meshview/mqtt_database.py
index 7726ba2..f52bf7c 100644
--- a/meshview/mqtt_database.py
+++ b/meshview/mqtt_database.py
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine, async_sessionmaker
 
 def init_database(database_connection_string):
     global engine, async_session
-    kwargs = {}
-    if not database_connection_string.startswith('sqlite'):
-        kwargs['pool_size'] = 20
-        kwargs['max_overflow'] = 50
-    engine = create_async_engine(database_connection_string, echo=False, connect_args={"timeout": 300})
+    engine = create_async_engine(database_connection_string, echo=False, connect_args={"timeout": 900})
     async_session = async_sessionmaker(engine, expire_on_commit=False)
 
 async def create_tables():
diff --git a/startdb.py b/startdb.py
index 541f079..b95410e 100644
--- a/startdb.py
+++ b/startdb.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ async def daily_cleanup_at(db_file: str, hour: int = 2, minute: int = 0, days_to
                         total_deleted += deleted
                         if deleted == 0:
                             break
-                        await asyncio.sleep(0)  # yield to event loop
+                        await asyncio.yield_now()
 
                     cleanup_logger.info(f"Deleted a total of {total_deleted} rows from {table}")