diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9adf35b3..c5b6edef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -135,3 +135,4 @@ yarn-error.log*
 lms/lmsweb/config.py
 db.sqlite
 vim.session
+devops/rabbitmq.cookie
diff --git a/devops/build.sh b/devops/build.sh
index ae79ff72..97943fb4 100755
--- a/devops/build.sh
+++ b/devops/build.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ SCRIPT_FILE_PATH=$(readlink -f "${0}")
 SCRIPT_FOLDER=$(dirname "${SCRIPT_FILE_PATH}")
 MAIN_FOLDER="${SCRIPT_FOLDER}/.."
 
-echo "Asking for sudo to chown the rabbitmq cookie:"
-sudo chown "$USER:$USER" "$SCRIPT_FOLDER/rabbitmq.cookie"
+echo "Using sudo to remove the old erlang cookie"
+ERLANG_COOKIE_FILE="${SCRIPT_FOLDER}/rabbitmq.cookie"
+sudo rm -f "$ERLANG_COOKIE_FILE"
 
 echo "Running build on folder ${MAIN_FOLDER}"
 ( cd "${MAIN_FOLDER}" && docker build -t lms . )
diff --git a/devops/lms.yml b/devops/lms.yml
index 78749285..148ae2cb 100644
--- a/devops/lms.yml
+++ b/devops/lms.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ version: "3"
 
 services:
   db:
-    image: postgres:13-alpine
+    image: postgres:14-alpine
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     volumes:
       - db-data-volume:/pg_data
     environment:
-      - PGDATA=/pg_data/13/data
+      - PGDATA=/pg_data/14/data
       - POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME:-db}
       - POSTGRES_USER=${DB_USERNAME:-postgres}
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-postgres}
diff --git a/devops/rabbitmq.cookie b/devops/rabbitmq.cookie
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f2e3492..00000000
--- a/devops/rabbitmq.cookie
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-erlang_cookie=AAVyo5djdSMGIZXiwEQs3JeVaBx5l14z
diff --git a/devops/start.sh b/devops/start.sh
index 28548e57..512046c1 100755
--- a/devops/start.sh
+++ b/devops/start.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ else
   echo "Using default dev variables"
 fi
 
-
 SCRIPT_FILE_PATH=$(readlink -f "${0}")
 SCRIPT_FOLDER=$(dirname "${SCRIPT_FILE_PATH}")
+ERLANG_COOKIE_FILE="${SCRIPT_FOLDER}/rabbitmq.cookie"
+
+echo erlang_cookie=AAVyo5djdSMGIZXiwEQs3JeVaBx5l14z > "$ERLANG_COOKIE_FILE"
+chmod 600 "$ERLANG_COOKIE_FILE"
 
 docker network create lms
 
diff --git a/devops/upgrade_pg/upgrade.sh b/devops/upgrade_pg/upgrade.sh
index 2ad912af..d2bd4d3a 100644
--- a/devops/upgrade_pg/upgrade.sh
+++ b/devops/upgrade_pg/upgrade.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 docker stop lms_db_1
 
 # Put values here if you've configured them before
-# DB_NAME=lms
-# DB_USERNAME=lmsweb
-# DB_PASSWORD=
+CURRENT_VERSION=11
+NEW_VERSION=14
+DB_NAME=lms
+DB_USERNAME=lmsweb
+DB_PASSWORD=
+
+echo "Remove these two lines to indicate you have filled the details"
+return 1
 
 CURRENT_DATE=$(date +%d-%m-%Y_%H_%M_%S)
 MOUNT_PATH=/pg_data
-PG_OLD_DATA=/pg_data/11/data
-PG_NEW_DATA=/pg_data/13/data
-BACKUP_FILENAME=v11.$CURRENT_DATE.sql
+PG_OLD_DATA=/pg_data/${CURRENT_VERSION}/data
+PG_NEW_DATA=/pg_data/${NEW_VERSION}/data
+BACKUP_FILENAME=v${CURRENT_VERSION}.${CURRENT_DATE}.sql
 BACKUP_PATH=$MOUNT_PATH/backup/$BACKUP_FILENAME
 BACKUP_DIR=$(dirname "$BACKUP_PATH")
 VOLUME_NAME=lms_db-data-volume
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ docker run --rm -v $VOLUME_NAME:$MOUNT_PATH \
        -e POSTGRES_DB="${DB_NAME:-db}" \
        -e POSTGRES_USER="${DB_USERNAME:-postgres}" \
        -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="${DB_PASSWORD:-postgres}" \
-       postgres:11-alpine \
+       postgres:${CURRENT_VERSION}-alpine \
        /bin/bash -c "chown -R postgres:postgres $MOUNT_PATH \
                 && su - postgres /bin/bash -c \"/usr/local/bin/pg_ctl -D \\\"\$PGDATA\\\" start\" \
                 && mkdir -p \"$BACKUP_DIR\" \
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ docker run --rm -v $VOLUME_NAME:$MOUNT_PATH \
        -e POSTGRES_DB="${DB_NAME:-db}" \
        -e POSTGRES_USER="${DB_USERNAME:-postgres}" \
        -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="${DB_PASSWORD:-postgres}" \
-       postgres:13-alpine \
+       postgres:$NEW_VERSION-alpine \
        /bin/bash -c "ls -la \"$BACKUP_DIR\" \
                 && mkdir -p \"\$PGDATA\" \
                 && chown -R postgres:postgres \"\$PGDATA\" \
@@ -43,3 +48,5 @@ docker run --rm -v $VOLUME_NAME:$MOUNT_PATH \
                 && su - postgres -c \"psql -f $BACKUP_PATH\" \
                 && printf \"\\\nhost all all all md5\\\n\" >> \"\$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf\" \
                 "
+echo "Upgrade finished. Check for bad log messages. If none found, rerun:"
+echo "source ./build.sh && source ./start.sh && source ./bootstrap.sh"