diff --git a/src/backend/database/pg-wrapper.ts b/src/backend/database/pg-wrapper.ts
index 5cb1990..aba9324 100644
--- a/src/backend/database/pg-wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/backend/database/pg-wrapper.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const allTableNames = [...forecastTableNames, "dashboards", "frontpage"];
 
 /* Postgres database connection code */
 const databaseURL = process.env.DIGITALOCEAN_POSTGRES;
-export const readWritePool = new Pool({
+export const pool = new Pool({
   connectionString: databaseURL,
   ssl: process.env.POSTGRES_NO_SSL
     ? false
@@ -20,258 +20,15 @@ export const readWritePool = new Pool({
       },
 });
 
-const readOnlyDatabaseURL =
-  "postgresql://public_read_only_user:gOcihnLhqRIQUQYt@postgres-red-do-user-10290909-0.b.db.ondigitalocean.com:25060/metaforecastpg?sslmode=require" ||
-  process.env.DIGITALOCEAN_POSTGRES_PUBLIC;
-const readOnlyPool = new Pool({
-  // never used
-  connectionString: readOnlyDatabaseURL,
-  ssl: process.env.POSTGRES_NO_SSL
-    ? false
-    : {
-        rejectUnauthorized: false,
-      },
-});
-
-// Helpers
-export const runPgCommand = async ({
-  command,
-  pool,
-}: {
-  command: string;
-  pool: Pool;
-}) => {
-  console.log(command);
-  const client = await pool.connect();
-  let result;
-  try {
-    let response = await client.query(command);
-    result = { results: response ? response.rows : null };
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.log(error);
-  } finally {
-    client.release();
-  }
-  return result;
-};
-
-// Initialize
-let dropTable = (table: string) => `DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${table}`;
-let createIndex = (table: string) =>
-  `CREATE INDEX ${table}_id_index ON ${table} (id);`;
-let createUniqueIndex = (table: string) =>
-  `CREATE UNIQUE INDEX ${table}_id_index ON ${table} (id);`;
-
-async function pgInitializeScaffolding() {
-  async function setPermissionsForPublicUser() {
-    let initCommands = [
-      "REVOKE ALL ON DATABASE metaforecastpg FROM public_read_only_user;",
-      "GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE metaforecastpg TO public_read_only_user;",
-    ];
-    for (let command of initCommands) {
-      await runPgCommand({ command, pool: readWritePool });
-    }
-
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command:
-        "GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO public_read_only_user",
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command:
-        "ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO public_read_only_user",
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-  }
-  let YOLO = false;
-  if (YOLO) {
-    console.log("Set public user permissions");
-    await setPermissionsForPublicUser();
-    console.log("");
-  } else {
-    console.log(
-      "pgInitializeScaffolding: This command is dangerous, set YOLO to true in the code to invoke it"
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-let buildMetaforecastTable = (table: string) => `CREATE TABLE ${table} (
-    id text, 
-    title text, 
-    url text, 
-    platform text, 
-    description text, 
-    options json, 
-    timestamp timestamp, 
-    stars int, 
-    qualityindicators json, 
-    extra json
-  );`;
-
-async function pgInitializeQuestions() {
-  let YOLO = false;
-  if (YOLO) {
-    console.log("Create tables & their indexes");
-    const table = "questions";
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: dropTable(table),
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: buildMetaforecastTable(table),
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: createUniqueIndex(table),
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-    console.log("");
-  } else {
-    console.log(
-      "pgInitializeQuestions: This command is dangerous, set YOLO to true in the code to invoke it"
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-async function pgInitializeDashboards() {
-  let buildDashboard = () =>
-    `CREATE TABLE dashboards (
-	  id text,
-		title text,
-		description text,
-		contents json,
-		timestamp timestamp,
-		creator text,
-		extra json
-	);`;
-  let YOLO = false;
-  if (YOLO) {
-    console.log("Create dashboard table and its index");
-
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: dropTable("dashboards"),
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: buildDashboard(),
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: createUniqueIndex("dashboards"),
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-    console.log("");
-  } else {
-    console.log(
-      "pgInitializeDashboard: This command is dangerous, set YOLO to true in the code to invoke it"
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-let buildHistoryTable = (table: string) => `CREATE TABLE ${table} (
-    id text, 
-    title text, 
-    url text, 
-    platform text, 
-    description text, 
-    options json, 
-    timestamp timestamp, 
-    stars int, 
-    qualityindicators json, 
-    extra json
-  );`;
-export async function pgInitializeHistories() {
-  let YOLO = false;
-  if (YOLO) {
-    console.log("Create history table & index");
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: dropTable("history"),
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: buildHistoryTable("history"),
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: createIndex("history"), // Not unique!!
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-    console.log("");
-  } else {
-    console.log(
-      "pgInitializeHistories: This command is dangerous, set YOLO to true in the code to invoke it"
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-async function pgInitializeFrontpage() {
-  let YOLO = false;
-  if (YOLO) {
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: dropTable("frontpage"),
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-    await runPgCommand({
-      command: `CREATE TABLE frontpage (
-        id serial primary key,
-        frontpage_full jsonb,
-        frontpage_sliced jsonb
-      );`,
-      pool: readWritePool,
-    });
-  } else {
-    console.log(
-      "pgInitializeFrontpage: This command is dangerous, set YOLO to true in the code to invoke it"
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-export async function pgInitialize() {
-  await pgInitializeScaffolding();
-  await pgInitializeQuestions();
-  await pgInitializeHistories();
-  await pgInitializeDashboards();
-  await pgInitializeFrontpage();
-}
-
 // Read
-async function pgReadWithPool({
-  tableName,
-  pool,
-}: {
-  tableName: string;
-  pool: Pool;
-}) {
+export async function pgRead({ tableName }: { tableName: string }) {
   if (!allTableNames.includes(tableName)) {
     throw Error(
       `Table ${tableName} not in whitelist; stopping to avoid tricky sql injections`
     );
   }
   let command = `SELECT * from ${tableName}`;
-  let response = await runPgCommand({ command, pool });
-  let results = response.results;
-  return results;
-}
-
-export async function pgRead({ tableName }: { tableName: string }) {
-  return await pgReadWithPool({ tableName, pool: readWritePool });
-}
-
-export async function pgReadWithReadCredentials({
-  tableName,
-}: {
-  tableName: string;
-}) {
-  // currently does not work.
-  /* return await pgReadWithPool({
-    tableName,
-    pool: readOnlyPool,
-  });
-	*/
-  return await pgReadWithPool({ tableName, pool: readWritePool });
+  return (await pool.query(command)).rows;
 }
 
 export async function pgGetByIds({
@@ -284,8 +41,7 @@ export async function pgGetByIds({
   let idstring = `( ${ids.map((id: string) => `'${id}'`).join(", ")} )`; // (1, 2, 3)
   let command = `SELECT * from ${table} where id in ${idstring}`;
   // see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5803472/sql-where-id-in-id1-id2-idn
-  let response = await runPgCommand({ command, pool: readWritePool });
-  let results = response.results;
+  let results = (await pool.query(command)).rows;
   console.log(results);
   return results;
 }
@@ -372,7 +128,7 @@ export async function pgInsertIntoDashboard({ datum }) {
     datum.creator || "",
     JSON.stringify(datum.extra || []),
   ];
-  const client = await readWritePool.connect();
+  const client = await pool.connect();
   let result;
   try {
     result = await client.query(text, values);
@@ -426,7 +182,7 @@ export async function pgUpsert({
   }
 
   await measureTime(async () => {
-    const client = await readWritePool.connect();
+    const client = await pool.connect();
     try {
       await client.query("BEGIN");
       if (replacePlatform) {
diff --git a/src/backend/flow/history/updateHistory.ts b/src/backend/flow/history/updateHistory.ts
index 8132390..d3e704e 100644
--- a/src/backend/flow/history/updateHistory.ts
+++ b/src/backend/flow/history/updateHistory.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { pgReadWithReadCredentials, pgUpsert } from "../../database/pg-wrapper";
+import { pgRead, pgUpsert } from "../../database/pg-wrapper";
 
 export async function updateHistory() {
-  let latest = await pgReadWithReadCredentials({ tableName: "questions" });
+  let latest = await pgRead({ tableName: "questions" });
   await pgUpsert({
     contents: latest,
     tableName: "history",
diff --git a/src/backend/flow/jobs.ts b/src/backend/flow/jobs.ts
index 7da315c..01a5a81 100644
--- a/src/backend/flow/jobs.ts
+++ b/src/backend/flow/jobs.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { pgInitialize } from "../database/pg-wrapper";
 import { doEverything } from "../flow/doEverything";
 import { updateHistory } from "../flow/history/updateHistory";
 import { rebuildNetlifySiteWithNewData } from "../flow/rebuildNetliftySiteWithNewData";
@@ -45,11 +44,6 @@ export const jobs: Job[] = [
     run: doEverything,
     separate: true,
   },
-  {
-    name: "migrate",
-    message: "Initialize postgres database",
-    run: pgInitialize,
-  },
 ];
 
 function sleep(ms: number) {
diff --git a/src/backend/frontpage.ts b/src/backend/frontpage.ts
index 705da30..a010d00 100644
--- a/src/backend/frontpage.ts
+++ b/src/backend/frontpage.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { pgRead, readWritePool } from "./database/pg-wrapper";
+import { pgRead, pool } from "./database/pg-wrapper";
 import { Forecast } from "./platforms";
 
 export async function getFrontpage(): Promise<Forecast[]> {
-  const res = await readWritePool.query(
+  const res = await pool.query(
     "SELECT frontpage_sliced FROM frontpage ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1"
   );
   if (!res.rows.length) return [];
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export async function getFrontpage(): Promise<Forecast[]> {
 }
 
 export async function getFrontpageFull(): Promise<Forecast[]> {
-  const res = await readWritePool.query(
+  const res = await pool.query(
     "SELECT frontpage_full FROM frontpage ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1"
   );
   if (!res.rows.length) return [];
@@ -23,18 +23,18 @@ export async function rebuildFrontpage() {
   });
 
   const frontpageSliced = (
-    await readWritePool.query(`
+    await pool.query(`
     SELECT * FROM questions
     WHERE
       (qualityindicators->>'stars')::int >= 3
       AND description != ''
-      AND JSON_ARRAY_LENGTH(options) > 0
+      AND JSONB_ARRAY_LENGTH(options) > 0
     ORDER BY RANDOM() LIMIT 50
   `)
   ).rows;
 
   const start = Date.now();
-  await readWritePool.query(
+  await pool.query(
     "INSERT INTO frontpage(frontpage_full, frontpage_sliced) VALUES($1, $2)",
     [JSON.stringify(frontpageFull), JSON.stringify(frontpageSliced)]
   );
diff --git a/src/backend/manual/manualDownload.ts b/src/backend/manual/manualDownload.ts
index 5b174cb..88472ef 100644
--- a/src/backend/manual/manualDownload.ts
+++ b/src/backend/manual/manualDownload.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import "dotenv/config";
 
 import fs from "fs";
 
-import { pgReadWithReadCredentials } from "../database/pg-wrapper";
+import { pgRead } from "../database/pg-wrapper";
 
 let main = async () => {
-  let json = await pgReadWithReadCredentials({ tableName: "questions" });
+  let json = await pgRead({ tableName: "questions" });
   let string = JSON.stringify(json, null, 2);
   let filename = "metaforecasts.json";
   fs.writeFileSync(filename, string);
diff --git a/src/backend/manual/manualInitialize.ts b/src/backend/manual/manualInitialize.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1427013..0000000
--- a/src/backend/manual/manualInitialize.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import { pgInitialize } from "../database/pg-wrapper";
-
-pgInitialize();
diff --git a/src/backend/migrate/noSchemaMigrate.ts b/src/backend/migrate/noSchemaMigrate.ts
index eca83b0..19a1f5a 100644
--- a/src/backend/migrate/noSchemaMigrate.ts
+++ b/src/backend/migrate/noSchemaMigrate.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import "dotenv/config";
 
-import { readWritePool } from "../database/pg-wrapper";
+import { pool } from "../database/pg-wrapper";
 
 const migrate = async () => {
-  const client = await readWritePool.connect();
+  const client = await pool.connect();
 
   const execQuery = async (q: string) => {
     console.log(q);
diff --git a/src/backend/migrate/prepareForPrisma.ts b/src/backend/migrate/prepareForPrisma.ts
index 613f9bd..cee8905 100644
--- a/src/backend/migrate/prepareForPrisma.ts
+++ b/src/backend/migrate/prepareForPrisma.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import "dotenv/config";
 
-import { readWritePool } from "../database/pg-wrapper";
+import { pool } from "../database/pg-wrapper";
 
 const migrate = async () => {
-  const client = await readWritePool.connect();
+  const client = await pool.connect();
 
   const execQuery = async (q: string) => {
     console.log(q);
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/algolia.ts b/src/backend/utils/algolia.ts
index 1cc3bb4..e6296e0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/algolia.ts
+++ b/src/backend/utils/algolia.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import algoliasearch from "algoliasearch";
 
-import { pgReadWithReadCredentials } from "../database/pg-wrapper";
+import { pgRead } from "../database/pg-wrapper";
 import { platforms } from "../platforms";
 
 let cookie = process.env.ALGOLIA_MASTER_API_KEY;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ let getoptionsstringforsearch = (record: any) => {
 };
 
 export async function rebuildAlgoliaDatabaseTheEasyWay() {
-  let records: any[] = await pgReadWithReadCredentials({
+  let records: any[] = await pgRead({
     tableName: "questions",
   });
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/evaluations/pullForecastsToCSVForRating.ts b/src/backend/utils/evaluations/pullForecastsToCSVForRating.ts
index 6f68afc..d6ac803 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/evaluations/pullForecastsToCSVForRating.ts
+++ b/src/backend/utils/evaluations/pullForecastsToCSVForRating.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* Imports */
 import fs from "fs";
 
-import { pgReadWithReadCredentials } from "../../database/pg-wrapper";
+import { pgRead } from "../../database/pg-wrapper";
 
 /* Definitions */
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let main = async () => {
     "PredictIt",
     "Rootclaim",
   ];
-  let json = await pgReadWithReadCredentials({ tableName: "questions" });
+  let json = await pgRead({ tableName: "questions" });
   console.log(json.length);
   //let uniquePlatforms = [...new Set(json.map(forecast => forecast.platform))]
   //console.log(uniquePlatforms)
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/evaluations/pullMetaculusForecastsToCSVForRating.ts b/src/backend/utils/evaluations/pullMetaculusForecastsToCSVForRating.ts
index 7394638..ddd8c42 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/evaluations/pullMetaculusForecastsToCSVForRating.ts
+++ b/src/backend/utils/evaluations/pullMetaculusForecastsToCSVForRating.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* Imports */
 import fs from "fs";
 
-import { pgReadWithReadCredentials } from "../../database/pg-wrapper";
+import { pgRead } from "../../database/pg-wrapper";
 
 /* Definitions */
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ let shuffleArray = (array) => {
 
 let main = async () => {
   let highQualityPlatforms = ["Metaculus"]; // ['CSET-foretell', 'Foretold', 'Good Judgment Open', 'Metaculus', 'PredictIt', 'Rootclaim']
-  let json = await pgReadWithReadCredentials({ tableName: "questions" });
+  let json = await pgRead({ tableName: "questions" });
   console.log(json.length);
   //let uniquePlatforms = [...new Set(json.map(forecast => forecast.platform))]
   //console.log(uniquePlatforms)
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/process-forecasts-into-elicit.ts b/src/backend/utils/misc/process-forecasts-into-elicit.ts
index 7724bbb..c6ce4fb 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/process-forecasts-into-elicit.ts
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/process-forecasts-into-elicit.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* Imports */
 import fs from "fs";
 
-import { pgReadWithReadCredentials } from "../../database/pg-wrapper";
+import { pgRead } from "../../database/pg-wrapper";
 
 /* Definitions */
 let locationData = "./data/";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let locationData = "./data/";
 /* Body */
 // let rawdata =  fs.readFileSync("./data/merged-questions.json") // run from topmost folder, not from src
 async function main() {
-  let data = await pgReadWithReadCredentials({ tableName: "questions" }); //JSON.parse(rawdata)
+  let data = await pgRead({ tableName: "questions" }); //JSON.parse(rawdata)
   let processDescription = (description) => {
     if (description == null || description == undefined || description == "") {
       return "";