diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index bfcd1e4..df72141 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "isahc",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
+ "once_cell",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "rocket",
@@ -346,9 +347,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cookie"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3cd91cf61412820176e137621345ee43b3f4423e589e7ae4e50d601d93e35ef8"
+checksum = "7efb37c3e1ccb1ff97164ad95ac1606e8ccd35b3fa0a7d99a304c7f4a428cc24"
 dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "time 0.3.27",
@@ -1318,6 +1319,7 @@ checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "hashbrown 0.12.3",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1328,7 +1330,6 @@ checksum = "d5477fe2230a79769d8dc68e0eabf5437907c0457a5614a9e8dddb67f65eb65d"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown 0.14.0",
- "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1932,7 +1933,7 @@ checksum = "61a386cd715229d399604b50d1361683fe687066f42d56f54be995bc6868f71c"
 dependencies = [
  "inlinable_string",
  "pear_codegen",
- "yansi",
+ "yansi 1.0.0-rc.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2161,7 +2162,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.29",
  "version_check",
- "yansi",
+ "yansi 1.0.0-rc.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2455,9 +2456,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rocket"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.0-rc.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e7bb57ccb26670d73b6a47396c83139447b9e7878cab627fdfe9ea8da489150"
+checksum = "58734f7401ae5cfd129685b48f61182331745b357b96f2367f01aebaf1cc9cc9"
 dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2467,7 +2468,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
  "figment",
  "futures",
- "indexmap 2.0.0",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "is-terminal",
  "log",
  "memchr",
  "multer",
@@ -2490,38 +2492,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "ubyte",
  "uuid",
  "version_check",
- "yansi",
+ "yansi 0.5.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rocket_codegen"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.0-rc.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2238066abf75f21be6cd7dc1a09d5414a671f4246e384e49fe3f8a4936bd04c"
+checksum = "7093353f14228c744982e409259fb54878ba9563d08214f2d880d59ff2fc508b"
 dependencies = [
  "devise",
  "glob",
- "indexmap 2.0.0",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rocket_http",
  "syn 2.0.29",
  "unicode-xid",
- "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rocket_http"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.0-rc.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "37a1663694d059fe5f943ea5481363e48050acedd241d46deb2e27f71110389e"
+checksum = "936012c99162a03a67f37f9836d5f938f662e26f2717809761a9ac46432090f4"
 dependencies = [
- "cookie 0.18.0",
+ "cookie 0.17.0",
  "either",
  "futures",
  "http",
  "hyper",
- "indexmap 2.0.0",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "log",
  "memchr",
  "pear",
@@ -3182,9 +3183,9 @@ checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "state"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b8c4a4445d81357df8b1a650d0d0d6fbbbfe99d064aa5e02f3e4022061476d8"
+checksum = "dbe866e1e51e8260c9eed836a042a5e7f6726bb2b411dffeaa712e19c388f23b"
 dependencies = [
  "loom",
 ]
@@ -3961,14 +3962,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yansi"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09041cd90cf85f7f8b2df60c646f853b7f535ce68f85244eb6731cf89fa498ec"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yansi"
 version = "1.0.0-rc.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1367295b8f788d371ce2dbc842c7b709c73ee1364d30351dd300ec2203b12377"
-dependencies = [
- "is-terminal",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 96ba416..68783bf 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json", "cookies"] }
-rocket = { version = "0.5.0" , features = ["json", "msgpack", "uuid"] }
+rocket = { version = "=0.5.0-rc.3" , features = ["json", "msgpack", "uuid"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.7.1", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls", "mysql", "macros", "chrono" ] }
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 serde = "1.0.188"
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ scraper = "0.17.1"
 isahc = { version = "1.7.2", features = ["cookies"] }
 urlencoding = "2.1.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 log = "0.4.20"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 bardecoder = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index af3840e..9da8eb5 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use cors::Cors;
+use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use sqlx::Connection;
+use sqlx::MySql;
 use sqlx::MySqlConnection;
+use sqlx::Pool;
 use std::env;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -14,6 +17,8 @@ mod online_classroom;
 
 pub mod json_result;
 
+static DB: OnceCell<Pool<MySql>> = OnceCell::new();
+
 /// Opens & returns a connection to the database
 ///
 /// We don't use a connection pool because on some days, on the afternoon,
diff --git a/backend/src/model/course.rs b/backend/src/model/course.rs
index b61aeaa..deffbfb 100644
--- a/backend/src/model/course.rs
+++ b/backend/src/model/course.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ impl Course {
             }
         };
 
-        let results = sqlx::query!("SELECT * FROM course")
-            .fetch_all(&mut db)
-            .await;
+        let results = sqlx::query!("SELECT * FROM course").fetch_all(&mut db).await;
 
         let results = match results {
             Ok(res) => res,
diff --git a/backend/src/online_classroom/session.rs b/backend/src/online_classroom/session.rs
index 47e0fde..ef4878f 100644
--- a/backend/src/online_classroom/session.rs
+++ b/backend/src/online_classroom/session.rs
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ pub async fn request(url: String) -> Result<String, String> {
     // Get the stored client
     let jar = SESSION_COOKIE.read().unwrap().jar.clone();
 
-    log::info!("Classroom request: url: {}", url);
-    log::info!("Classroom request: cookie jar: {:?}", jar);
-
     let uri = format!("{}{}", classroom_url, url);
 
     // Do the request
@@ -255,23 +252,11 @@ async fn login() -> Result<(), String> {
     match response {
         Ok(mut r) => {
             if r.status() == isahc::http::StatusCode::FOUND {
-                let html = match r.text() {
-                    Ok(t) => t,
-                    Err(err) => {
-                        return Err(format!("Error getting text from login response: {:?}", err))
-                    }
-                };
-                log::info!("classroom login: 302 response.");
-                log_html(&html);
-
-                log::info!("classroom login cookies: {:?}", jar);
-
+                // TODO: Even if this is a 302, it might not be a successful login
                 // check Set-Cookie header
                 SESSION_COOKIE.write().unwrap().jar = jar.clone();
                 Ok(())
             } else {
-                log::info!("classroom login: not 302");
-
                 // Write html to file
                 match r.text() {
                     Ok(t) => {
diff --git a/frontend/.gitignore b/frontend/.gitignore
index 3a8095d..76add87 100644
--- a/frontend/.gitignore
+++ b/frontend/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
-dist
-.directory
+dist
\ No newline at end of file