diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 59ac6c6..e69de29 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-kind: pipeline
-type: docker
-name: nexus-container
-
-steps:
-- name: docker-build
-  image: plugins/docker
-  settings:
-    username:
-      from_secret: DOCKER_USERNAME
-    password:
-      from_secret: DOCKER_PASSWORD
-    repo: aaronriedel/nexus
-    tags: latest
-when:
-  branch:
-    - main
-  event:
-    - push
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diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index b4bb31e..e5b94bb 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,31 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -euo pipefail
+
 echo "---------------"
 echo "Nexus Dashboard"
 echo "by Aaron Riedel"
 echo "---------------"
-echo "performing pre start check"
+
 # check if necessary variables are set
 [[ -z "${APP_SECRET_KEY}" ]] && echo "APP_SECRET_KEY not set" && exit 1
 [[ -z "${APP_DATABASE_URI}" ]] && echo "APP_DATABASE_URI not set" && exit 1
-# check if client is mounted
-[ ! -d "~/NexusDashboard/app/luclient" ] && echo "LU client not found" && exit 1
-[ ! -d "~/NexusDashboard/app/luclient/res" ] && echo "LU client is missing res folder" && exit 1
-[ ! -d "~/NexusDashboard/app/luclient/locale" ] && echo "LU client is missing locale folder" && exit 1
-# check if brickdb needs to be unzipped
-if [ -f "~/NexusDashboard/app/luclient/res/brickdb.zip" ]; then
-    echo "brickdb.zip found"
-    unzip ~/NexusDashboard/app/luclient/res/brickdb.zip
-    rm ~/NexusDashboard/app/luclient/res/brickdb.zip
-    echo "brickdb.zip unpacked and removed"
-fi
-# rename ~/NexusDashboard/app/luclient/res/CDServer.sqlite
-if [ -f "~/NexusDashboard/app/luclient/res/CDServer.sqlite" ]; then
-    echo "moving CDServer.sqlite to cdclient.sqlite"
-    mv ~/NexusDashboard/app/luclient/res/CDServer.sqlite ~/NexusDashboard/app/luclient/res/cdclient.sqlite
-fi
-cd ~/NexusDashboard
-echo "run database migration"
-flask db upgrade
-echo "start server"
-gunicorn -b :8000 -w 4 wsgi:app
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