diff --git a/server/services/sqlServer/prodSqlServer.ts b/server/services/sqlServer/prodSqlServer.ts
index 1f5ddb3..cd4d39d 100644
--- a/server/services/sqlServer/prodSqlServer.ts
+++ b/server/services/sqlServer/prodSqlServer.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,32 @@ import {createLog} from "../logger/logger.js";
 import {db} from "../../../database/dbclient.js";
 import {settings} from "../../../database/schema/settings.js";
 import {eq} from "drizzle-orm";
+import {installed} from "../../index.js";
 
 let pool: any;
 let connected: boolean = false;
 export const initializeProdPool = async () => {
-    if (connected) return {success: false, message: "There is already a connection."};
+    if (!installed) {
+        createLog("info", "lst", "sqlProd", "The server was not installed will reconnect in 5 seconds");
+        setTimeout(() => {
+            initializeProdPool();
+        }, 5 * 1000);
+
+        return {success: false, message: "The server is not installed."};
+    }
+
+    // make sure the server is not set to localhost this will prevent some weird issues later but can be localhost on the dev
+    const serverLoc = await db.select().from(settings).where(eq(settings.name, "dbServer"));
+    if (serverLoc[0].value === "localhost" && process.env.NODE_ENV !== "development") {
+        createLog("error", "lst", "sqlProd", "The server is set to localhost, and you are not in development mode.");
+        return {success: false, message: "The server is set to localhost, and you are not in development mode."};
+    }
+
+    // if you were restarting from the endpoint you get this lovely error
+    if (connected) {
+        createLog("error", "lst", "sqlProd", "There is already a connection.");
+        return {success: false, message: "There is already a connection."};
+    }
     try {
         const config = await prodSqlConfig();
         pool = await sql.connect(config!);
@@ -40,6 +61,9 @@ export const closePool = async () => {
 };
 
 export async function query(queryToRun: string, name: string) {
+    /**
+     * We no longer need to send over the plant token change as we do it inside the query function.
+     */
     const plantToken = await db.select().from(settings).where(eq(settings.name, "plantToken"));
     const query = queryToRun.replaceAll("test1", plantToken[0].value);
     try {