diff --git a/app/page.tsx b/app/page.tsx
index c31ae9d..c2d2822 100644
--- a/app/page.tsx
+++ b/app/page.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export default function Home() {
   const issRow = db.prepare(`
     SELECT pass_time, end_time 
     FROM iss_passes 
-    WHERE datetime(end_time) > datetime('now') 
+    WHERE unixepoch(end_time) > unixepoch('now')
     ORDER BY datetime(pass_time) ASC LIMIT 1
   `).get() as { pass_time: string, end_time: string } | undefined;
 
diff --git a/lib/db.ts b/lib/db.ts
index 985e69e..4482e9b 100644
--- a/lib/db.ts
+++ b/lib/db.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@ import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 
 const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
-const dbDir = isProduction 
-  ? '/app/data' 
-  : path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'data');
+const dbPath = isProduction 
+  ? '/app/data/space_data.db' 
+  : path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'data/space_data.db');
 
+console.log(`[DB] Using database at: ${dbPath}`);
+
+// Ensure the directory exists (helps locally)
+const dbDir = path.dirname(dbPath);
 if (!fs.existsSync(dbDir)) {
   fs.mkdirSync(dbDir, { recursive: true });
 }
 
-const dbPath = path.join(dbDir, 'space_data.db');
 const db = new Database(dbPath);
 
 db.exec(`
@@ -30,6 +33,11 @@ db.exec(`
   );
 `);
 
-
+try {
+  const count = db.prepare("SELECT count(*) as total FROM global_events").get() as { total: number };
+  console.log(`[DB] Connected. Found ${count.total} events.`);
+} catch (e) {
+  console.log(`[DB] Table not ready yet or empty.`);
+}
 
 export default db;
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