diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ebdda09..cbd5c75 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Contributing code
-- Run `make precommit`
+- Run `make precommit` or `make check` if using nix flakes
 
 # Dev Install
 ## Dev Containers
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d25ac3d..5ff69c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2272,9 +2272,9 @@ checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pest"
-version = "2.7.12"
+version = "2.7.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c73c26c01b8c87956cea613c907c9d6ecffd8d18a2a5908e5de0adfaa185cea"
+checksum = "fdbef9d1d47087a895abd220ed25eb4ad973a5e26f6a4367b038c25e28dfc2d9"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "thiserror",
@@ -4125,9 +4125,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-script"
-version = "0.5.6"
+version = "0.5.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ad8d71f5726e5f285a935e9fe8edfd53f0491eb6e9a5774097fdabee7cd8c9cd"
+checksum = "9fb421b350c9aff471779e262955939f565ec18b86c15364e6bdf0d662ca7c1f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-security"
@@ -4147,9 +4147,9 @@ checksum = "0336d538f7abc86d282a4189614dfaa90810dfc2c6f6427eaf88e16311dd225d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "229730647fbc343e3a80e463c1db7f78f3855d3f3739bee0dda773c9a037c90a"
+checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 92d229e..9da42b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,3 +20,10 @@ precommit:
 	cargo fmt
 	cargo t
 	cargo clippy --fix --allow-dirty
+
+check:
+	rustup update
+	cargo update
+	nix flake update
+	nix flake check
+	cargo clippy --fix --allow-dirty
diff --git a/docker-compose-surrealdb.dev.yml b/docker-compose-surrealdb.dev.yml
index 9be4763..9c7342e 100644
--- a/docker-compose-surrealdb.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-surrealdb.dev.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
       - $DB_USER
       - --pass
       - $DB_PASSWORD
-      - file:/data/surrealdb
+      - surrealkv:data/surrealdb
     restart: always
     deploy:
       resources:
diff --git a/docker-compose-surrealdb.yml b/docker-compose-surrealdb.yml
index 5d1ffbf..1f621fc 100644
--- a/docker-compose-surrealdb.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-surrealdb.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
       - $DB_USER
       - --pass
       - $DB_PASSWORD
-      - file:/data/surrealdb
+      - surrealkv:data/surrealdb
     restart: always
     deploy:
       resources:
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 29b6fdb..6b16ef9 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
         "rust-analyzer-src": []
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1726641202,
-        "narHash": "sha256-NrSmOWnr0bIudOLwXd7UwspaHCGwVp8F0jed+nleWpI=",
+        "lastModified": 1726727555,
+        "narHash": "sha256-WAYoFXry7bU3UXCFklX6tBOfBdZUHi+MeIk1JxUKNEo=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "fenix",
-        "rev": "59e6cc52c6242800bb448c5a2b6427bd949385ad",
+        "rev": "3b974166133158907839fe20147e11696fade644",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 39905ef..e2eee8a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
             None::<Surreal<Client>>,
             reader,
             Some(pb.clone()),
-            1_000,
+            100,
             1_000,
         )
         .await?;
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index bab9afa..b16ceac 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ impl CreateVersion {
 
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             let mut retries = 0;
+
             loop {
                 match dbo {
                     Some(ref db) => {
@@ -93,11 +94,12 @@ impl CreateVersion {
                     }
                 }
 
-                if retries >= 60 * 10 {
+                // Exponential backoff with cap at 60 seconds
+                if retries == 30 {
                     panic!("Failed to create entities, too many retries");
                 }
+                sleep(Duration::from_millis(250) * 2_u32.pow(retries.min(8))).await;
                 retries += 1;
-                sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
             }
         })
     }