diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4580c75..41b046d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ build:
     - echo "Compiling the code..."
     - echo DATABASE_URL=$DATABASE_URL >> .env
     - echo MACHINE_GROUP_ID=12 >> .env
+    - echo UPTIME_KUMA_URL= >> .env
     - cargo build -r
     - echo "Compile complete."
   after_script:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6870a7e..c226b77 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -403,9 +403,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "chrono",
  "ctrlc",
- "dotenv",
- "dotenv_codegen",
+ "dotenvy",
+ "dotenvy_macro",
  "env_logger",
+ "reqwest",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -454,6 +455,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "194a7a9e6de53fa55116934067c844d9d749312f75c6f6d0980e8c252f8c2146"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -594,41 +605,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dotenv"
-version = "0.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77c90badedccf4105eca100756a0b1289e191f6fcbdadd3cee1d2f614f97da8f"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "dotenv_codegen"
-version = "0.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56966279c10e4f8ee8c22123a15ed74e7c8150b658b26c619c53f4a56eb4a8aa"
-dependencies = [
- "dotenv_codegen_implementation",
- "proc-macro-hack",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "dotenv_codegen_implementation"
-version = "0.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53e737a3522cd45f6adc19b644ce43ef53e1e9045f2d2de425c1f468abd4cf33"
-dependencies = [
- "dotenv",
- "proc-macro-hack",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dotenvy"
 version = "0.15.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenvy_macro"
+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cb0235d912a8c749f4e0c9f18ca253b4c28cfefc1d2518096016d6e3230b6424"
+dependencies = [
+ "dotenvy",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dyn-clone"
 version = "1.0.13"
@@ -744,6 +738,21 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -955,6 +964,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d5f38f16d184e36f2408a55281cd658ecbd3ca05cce6d6510a176eca393e26d1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -973,6 +993,43 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper"
+version = "0.14.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ffb1cfd654a8219eaef89881fdb3bb3b1cdc5fa75ded05d6933b2b382e395468"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
+ "itoa",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2 0.4.9",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+ "want",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "hyper",
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.57"
@@ -1027,6 +1084,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ipnet"
+version = "2.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "28b29a3cd74f0f4598934efe3aeba42bae0eb4680554128851ebbecb02af14e6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is-terminal"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -1207,6 +1270,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.26.2"
@@ -1302,6 +1383,50 @@ version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.57"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bac25ee399abb46215765b1cb35bc0212377e58a061560d8b29b024fd0430e7c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.29",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-probe"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.93"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db4d56a4c0478783083cfafcc42493dd4a981d41669da64b4572a2a089b51b1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -1435,12 +1560,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-hack"
-version = "0.5.20+deprecated"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dc375e1527247fe1a97d8b7156678dfe7c1af2fc075c9a4db3690ecd2a148068"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.66"
@@ -1547,6 +1666,43 @@ version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5ea92a5b6195c6ef2a0295ea818b312502c6fc94dde986c5553242e18fd4ce2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reqwest"
+version = "0.11.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e9ad3fe7488d7e34558a2033d45a0c90b72d97b4f80705666fea71472e2e6a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "bytes",
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-tls",
+ "ipnet",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "native-tls",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tower-service",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winreg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rsa"
 version = "0.9.2"
@@ -1647,6 +1803,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "schannel"
+version = "0.1.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c3733bf4cf7ea0880754e19cb5a462007c4a8c1914bff372ccc95b464f1df88"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "schemars"
 version = "0.8.12"
@@ -1677,6 +1842,29 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "2.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05b64fb303737d99b81884b2c63433e9ae28abebe5eb5045dcdd175dc2ecf4de"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework-sys"
+version = "2.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e932934257d3b408ed8f30db49d85ea163bfe74961f017f405b025af298f0c7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.18"
@@ -2219,6 +2407,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-stream"
 version = "0.1.14"
@@ -2278,6 +2476,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-service"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6bc1c9ce2b5135ac7f93c72918fc37feb872bdc6a5533a8b85eb4b86bfdae52"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.37"
@@ -2311,6 +2515,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "try-lock"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3528ecfd12c466c6f163363caf2d02a71161dd5e1cc6ae7b34207ea2d42d81ed"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.16.0"
@@ -2433,6 +2643,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "want"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bfa7760aed19e106de2c7c0b581b509f2f25d3dacaf737cb82ac61bc6d760b0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "try-lock",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -2470,6 +2689,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-futures"
+version = "0.4.37"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c02dbc21516f9f1f04f187958890d7e6026df8d16540b7ad9492bc34a67cea03"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
 version = "0.2.87"
@@ -2499,6 +2730,16 @@ version = "0.2.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca6ad05a4870b2bf5fe995117d3728437bd27d7cd5f06f13c17443ef369775a1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-sys"
+version = "0.3.64"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b85cbef8c220a6abc02aefd892dfc0fc23afb1c6a426316ec33253a3877249b"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "whoami"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -2620,6 +2861,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.50.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "524e57b2c537c0f9b1e69f1965311ec12182b4122e45035b1508cd24d2adadb1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f0b7398..8d13671 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 actix-web = "4.3.1"
 chrono = "0.4.26"
 ctrlc = "3.4.0"
-dotenv = "0.15.0"
-dotenv_codegen = "0.15.0"
+dotenvy = "0.15.7"
+dotenvy_macro = "0.15.7"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
+reqwest = "0.11.20"
 schemars = "0.8.10"
 serde = { version = "1.0.185", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.105"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 28b5ef2..35cbfa3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #[macro_use]
-extern crate dotenv_codegen;
-extern crate dotenv;
+extern crate dotenvy_macro;
+extern crate dotenvy;
 
-use dotenv::dotenv;
+use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 
 use std::{env, fs, net::Ipv4Addr, net::Ipv6Addr, time::Duration, sync::{Arc, atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering}}};
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ pub struct AppState {
 
 async fn postgres_watchdog(pool: PgPool, is_alive: Arc<AtomicBool>, shutdown: Arc<AtomicBool>) {
     loop {
-        if shutdown.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-            break;
-        }
         let start = Local::now();
 
         let mut conn = match pool.acquire().await {
@@ -70,9 +67,31 @@ async fn postgres_watchdog(pool: PgPool, is_alive: Arc<AtomicBool>, shutdown: Ar
             Err(_) => {println!("Error pinging Server"); break;},
         };
 
-        let passed = (Local::now() - start).to_std().expect(&format!("Unable to get Time Difference for '{}' and '{}'", start, Local::now()));
+        let url = dotenvy::var("UPTIME_KUMA_URL").unwrap_or("".to_string());
+        if url != "" {
+            match reqwest::get(
+                url,
+            ).await {
+                Ok(_) => {}
+                Err(err) => println!("{}", err),
+            };
+        }
+        else {
+            println!("No Uptime Kuma URL provided!");
+        }
         
-        sleep(Duration::from_secs(15) - passed).await;
+
+        let passed = (Local::now() - start).to_std().expect(&format!("Unable to get Time Difference for '{}' and '{}'", start, Local::now()));
+
+        while Local::now() - start < chrono::Duration::seconds(15) {
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+            if shutdown.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if shutdown.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            break;
+        }
     }
     is_alive.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
 }
diff --git a/src/v3/mod.rs b/src/v3/mod.rs
index c1433c5..bf27705 100644
--- a/src/v3/mod.rs
+++ b/src/v3/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use actix_web::{
 };
 use sqlx::QueryBuilder;
 
+use dotenvy;
+
 use crate::{db, AppState};
 
 pub(crate) mod schemas;
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn full_view_data(data: web::Data<AppState>) -> impl Responder
         let new_data = schemas::ChellarisEmpireLegacy {
             id: empire.id,
             gestalt: empire.gestalt,
-            machine: empire.portrait_group_id.to_string() == dotenv!("MACHINE_GROUP_ID"),
+            machine: empire.portrait_group_id.to_string() == dotenvy::var("MACHINE_GROUP_ID").unwrap_or("12".to_string()),
             group: empire.group_id,
             portrait_id: empire.portrait_id,
             portrait_group_id: empire.portrait_group_id,
@@ -806,7 +808,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_empire(
             game: db_empire.game_id,
             name: db_empire.name,
             discord_user: db_empire.discord_user,
-            machine: db_empire.portrait_group_id.to_string() == dotenv!("MACHINE_GROUP_ID"),
+            machine: db_empire.portrait_group_id.to_string() == dotenvy::var("MACHINE_GROUP_ID").unwrap_or("12".to_string()),
             gestalt: db_empire.gestalt,
             portrait_id: db_empire.portrait_id,
             portrait_group_id: db_empire.portrait_group_id,
@@ -940,7 +942,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn create_empire(
                 game: db_empire.game_id,
                 name: db_empire.name,
                 discord_user: db_empire.discord_user,
-                machine: db_empire.portrait_group_id.to_string() == dotenv!("MACHINE_GROUP_ID"),
+                machine: db_empire.portrait_group_id.to_string() == dotenvy::var("MACHINE_GROUP_ID").unwrap_or("12".to_string()),
                 gestalt: db_empire.gestalt,
                 portrait_id: db_empire.portrait_id,
                 portrait_group_id: db_empire.portrait_group_id,
@@ -1173,7 +1175,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn edit_empire(
                 game: db_empire.game_id,
                 name: db_empire.name,
                 discord_user: db_empire.discord_user,
-                machine: db_empire.portrait_group_id.to_string() == dotenv!("MACHINE_GROUP_ID"),
+                machine: db_empire.portrait_group_id.to_string() == dotenvy::var("MACHINE_GROUP_ID").unwrap_or("12".to_string()),
                 gestalt: db_empire.gestalt,
                 portrait_id: db_empire.portrait_id,
                 portrait_group_id: db_empire.portrait_group_id,