diff --git a/services/director/src/simcore_service_director/producer.py b/services/director/src/simcore_service_director/producer.py
index e72624684b2..b7799af6f41 100644
--- a/services/director/src/simcore_service_director/producer.py
+++ b/services/director/src/simcore_service_director/producer.py
@@ -439,31 +439,34 @@ async def _get_service_state(
         tasks = await client.tasks.list(filters={"service": service_name})
         # only keep the ones with the right service ID (we're being a bit picky maybe)
         tasks = [x for x in tasks if x["ServiceID"] == service["ID"]]
+
         # we are only interested in the last task which has index 0
         if tasks:
             last_task = tasks[0]
             task_state = last_task["Status"]["State"]
             log.debug("%s %s", service["ID"], task_state)
-            simcore_state = ServiceState.STARTING
-            simcore_message = (
+
+            last_task_state = ServiceState.STARTING # default
+            last_task_error_msg = (
                 last_task["Status"]["Err"] if "Err" in last_task["Status"] else ""
             )
             if task_state in ("failed", "rejected"):
                 log.error(
                     "service %s failed with %s", service_name, last_task["Status"]
                 )
-                simcore_state = ServiceState.FAILED
+                last_task_state = ServiceState.FAILED
             elif task_state in ("pending"):
-                simcore_state = ServiceState.PENDING
+                last_task_state = ServiceState.PENDING
             elif task_state in ("assigned", "accepted", "preparing"):
-                simcore_state = ServiceState.PULLING
+                last_task_state = ServiceState.PULLING
             elif task_state in ("ready", "starting"):
-                simcore_state = ServiceState.STARTING
+                last_task_state = ServiceState.STARTING
             elif task_state in ("running"):
-                simcore_state = ServiceState.RUNNING
+                last_task_state = ServiceState.RUNNING
             elif task_state in ("complete", "shutdown"):
-                simcore_state = ServiceState.COMPLETE
-            return (simcore_state, simcore_message)
+                last_task_state = ServiceState.COMPLETE
+            return (last_task_state, last_task_error_msg)
+
         # allows dealing with other events instead of wasting time here
         await asyncio.sleep(1)  # 1s
     log.debug("Waited for service %s to start", service_name)
@@ -600,6 +603,7 @@ async def _start_docker_service(
         service = await client.services.inspect(service["ID"])
         service_name = service["Spec"]["Name"]
         service_state, service_msg = await _get_service_state(client, service)
+
         # wait for service to start
         # await _wait_until_service_running_or_failed(client, service, node_uuid)
         log.debug("Service %s successfully started", service_name)
diff --git a/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/data/docker-prod-config.yaml b/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/data/docker-prod-config.yaml
index cfafd782a6b..423928fc891 100644
--- a/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/data/docker-prod-config.yaml
+++ b/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/data/docker-prod-config.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ postgres:
   password: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
   host: ${POSTGRES_HOST}
   port: ${POSTGRES_PORT}
-  minsize: 4
-  maxsize: 4
+  minsize: 10
+  maxsize: 15
 s3:
   endpoint: ${S3_ENDPOINT}
   access_key: ${S3_ACCESS_KEY}
diff --git a/services/web/client/source/class/osparc/dashboard/StudyBrowser.js b/services/web/client/source/class/osparc/dashboard/StudyBrowser.js
index 6b11de6d152..4ce391c41cc 100644
--- a/services/web/client/source/class/osparc/dashboard/StudyBrowser.js
+++ b/services/web/client/source/class/osparc/dashboard/StudyBrowser.js
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ qx.Class.define("osparc.dashboard.StudyBrowser", {
     },
 
     __getStudyAndStart: function(loadStudyId) {
-      osparc.store.Store.getStudyWState(loadStudyId, true)
+      osparc.store.Store.getInstance().getStudyWState(loadStudyId, true)
         .then(studyData => {
           this.__startStudy(studyData);
         })
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/computation_comp_tasks_listening_task.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/computation_comp_tasks_listening_task.py
index f5ae1349a91..718bdf3f6c4 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/computation_comp_tasks_listening_task.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/computation_comp_tasks_listening_task.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ async def listen(app: web.Application):
             task_output = node_data["outputs"]
             node_id = node_data["node_id"]
             project_id = node_data["project_id"]
+
             # FIXME: we do not know who triggered these changes. we assume the user had the rights to do so
             # therefore we'll use the prj_owner user id. This should be fixed when the new sidecar comes in
             # and comp_tasks/comp_pipeline get deprecated.
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ async def listen(app: web.Application):
             result = await conn.execute(
                 select([projects]).where(projects.c.uuid == project_id)
             )
-            the_project: RowProxy = result.fetchone()
+            the_project: RowProxy = await result.fetchone()
             if not the_project:
                 log.warning(
                     "Project %s was not found and cannot be updated", project_id
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/config/server-docker-prod.yaml b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/config/server-docker-prod.yaml
index 2b3cd871c4e..784e442faa9 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/config/server-docker-prod.yaml
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/config/server-docker-prod.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ db:
     password: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
     host: ${POSTGRES_HOST}
     port: ${POSTGRES_PORT}
-    minsize: 4
+    minsize: 10
     maxsize: 15
 resource_manager:
   enabled: True