diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
index 900d8ff..cfbfc59 100644
--- a/client/package-lock.json
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
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         "jotai": "^2.10.1",
         "next": "^15.0.3",
-        "pg": "^8.13.1",
         "react": "^18.3.1",
         "react-dom": "^18.3.1"
       },
@@ -4599,43 +4598,6 @@
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       }
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-      "version": "8.13.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg/-/pg-8.13.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-OUir1A0rPNZlX//c7ksiu7crsGZTKSOXJPgtNiHGIlC9H0lO+NC6ZDYksSgBYY/thSWhnSRBv8w1lieNNGATNQ==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "pg-connection-string": "^2.7.0",
-        "pg-pool": "^3.7.0",
-        "pg-protocol": "^1.7.0",
-        "pg-types": "^2.1.0",
-        "pgpass": "1.x"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 8.0.0"
-      },
-      "optionalDependencies": {
-        "pg-cloudflare": "^1.1.1"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "pg-native": ">=3.0.1"
-      },
-      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-        "pg-native": {
-          "optional": true
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/pg-cloudflare": {
-      "version": "1.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-cloudflare/-/pg-cloudflare-1.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-xWPagP/4B6BgFO+EKz3JONXv3YDgvkbVrGw2mTo3D6tVDQRh1e7cqVGvyR3BE+eQgAvx1XhW/iEASj4/jCWl3Q==",
-      "optional": true
-    },
-    "node_modules/pg-connection-string": {
-      "version": "2.7.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-2.7.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PI2W9mv53rXJQEOb8xNR8lH7Hr+EKa6oJa38zsK0S/ky2er16ios1wLKhZyxzD7jUReiWokc9WK5nxSnC7W1TA=="
-    },
     "node_modules/pg-int8": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-int8/-/pg-int8-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -4652,14 +4614,6 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/pg-pool": {
-      "version": "3.7.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-pool/-/pg-pool-3.7.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ZOBQForurqh4zZWjrgSwwAtzJ7QiRX0ovFkZr2klsen3Nm0aoh33Ls0fzfv3imeH/nw/O27cjdz5kzYJfeGp/g==",
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "pg": ">=8.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/pg-protocol": {
       "version": "1.7.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-protocol/-/pg-protocol-1.7.0.tgz",
@@ -4682,72 +4636,6 @@
         "node": ">=10"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/pg/node_modules/pg-types": {
-      "version": "2.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-types/-/pg-types-2.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qTAAlrEsl8s4OiEQY69wDvcMIdQN6wdz5ojQiOy6YRMuynxenON0O5oCpJI6lshc6scgAY8qvJ2On/p+CXY0GA==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "pg-int8": "1.0.1",
-        "postgres-array": "~2.0.0",
-        "postgres-bytea": "~1.0.0",
-        "postgres-date": "~1.0.4",
-        "postgres-interval": "^1.1.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=4"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/pg/node_modules/postgres-array": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postgres-array/-/postgres-array-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-VpZrUqU5A69eQyW2c5CA1jtLecCsN2U/bD6VilrFDWq5+5UIEVO7nazS3TEcHf1zuPYO/sqGvUvW62g86RXZuA==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=4"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/pg/node_modules/postgres-bytea": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postgres-bytea/-/postgres-bytea-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-xy3pmLuQqRBZBXDULy7KbaitYqLcmxigw14Q5sj8QBVLqEwXfeybIKVWiqAXTlcvdvb0+xkOtDbfQMOf4lST1w==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.10.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/pg/node_modules/postgres-date": {
-      "version": "1.0.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postgres-date/-/postgres-date-1.0.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-suDmjLVQg78nMK2UZ454hAG+OAW+HQPZ6n++TNDUX+L0+uUlLywnoxJKDou51Zm+zTCjrCl0Nq6J9C5hP9vK/Q==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.10.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/pg/node_modules/postgres-interval": {
-      "version": "1.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postgres-interval/-/postgres-interval-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9ZhXKM/rw350N1ovuWHbGxnGh/SNJ4cnxHiM0rxE4VN41wsg8P8zWn9hv/buK00RP4WvlOyr/RBDiptyxVbkZQ==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "xtend": "^4.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.10.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/pg/node_modules/xtend": {
-      "version": "4.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-LKYU1iAXJXUgAXn9URjiu+MWhyUXHsvfp7mcuYm9dSUKK0/CjtrUwFAxD82/mCWbtLsGjFIad0wIsod4zrTAEQ==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.4"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/pgpass": {
-      "version": "1.0.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pgpass/-/pgpass-1.0.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-FdW9r/jQZhSeohs1Z3sI1yxFQNFvMcnmfuj4WBMUTxOrAyLMaTcE1aAMBiTlbMNaXvBCQuVi0R7hd8udDSP7ug==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "split2": "^4.1.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/picocolors": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picocolors/-/picocolors-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -5270,14 +5158,6 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/split2": {
-      "version": "4.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/split2/-/split2-4.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-UcjcJOWknrNkF6PLX83qcHM6KHgVKNkV62Y8a5uYDVv9ydGQVwAHMKqHdJje1VTWpljG0WYpCDhrCdAOYH4TWg==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 10.x"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/streamsearch": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/streamsearch/-/streamsearch-1.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index a21d697..f8b6e70 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "jotai": "^2.10.1",
     "next": "^15.0.3",
-    "pg": "^8.13.1",
     "react": "^18.3.1",
     "react-dom": "^18.3.1"
   },
diff --git a/client/src/components/Testing/Testing.tsx b/client/src/components/Testing/Testing.tsx
index a2da086..0c36372 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Testing/Testing.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Testing/Testing.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { useState } from "react";
 import { defaultSettings } from "../../lib/settings";
 import { FloatingDialog } from "../Generic/FloatingDialog";
 import { BugReportOutlined } from "@mui/icons-material";
-import { pgClient } from "../../lib/postgresql";
 
 export const Testing = () => {
   // contexts
@@ -31,13 +30,7 @@ export const Testing = () => {
             p: 0,
           }}
         >
-          <Button
-            onClick={() => {
-              const asdf = pgClient;
-            }}
-          >
-            connect to pg
-          </Button>
+          <Button onClick={() => {}}>connect to pg</Button>
         </Box>
       }
       close={close}
diff --git a/client/src/lib/postgresql.ts b/client/src/lib/postgresql.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 783b8a6..0000000
--- a/client/src/lib/postgresql.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import { Client } from "pg";
-import "dotenv/config";
-
-console.log("PGHOST:", process.env.PGHOST);
-
-export const pgClient = new Client({
-  host: "localhost",
-  port: 5432,
-  user: "asdfuser",
-  password: "asdfpassword",
-  database: "asdfdb",
-});
-
-pgClient
-  .connect()
-  .then(() => console.log("Connected to PostgreSQL"))
-  .catch((err) => console.error("Error connecting to PostgreSQL", err));