diff --git a/bin/mrun.py b/bin/mrun.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f30d5702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/mrun.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from os import fork, kill, waitpid
+from signal import SIGTERM
+from subprocess import run
+from sys import exit
+from time import sleep
+
+num_processes = 50
+
+children = []
+
+def be_a_child():
+    run(["bin/test-crawl"])
+
+
+for _ in range(num_processes):
+    sleep(0.5)
+    pid = fork()
+    if pid == 0:
+        be_a_child()
+        exit()
+    children.append(pid)
+
+input("Enter to exit...")
+for pid in children:
+    kill(pid, SIGTERM)
+
+for pid in children:
+    waitpid(pid, 0)
+
+print("Done")
diff --git a/bin/test-crawl b/bin/test-crawl
index 9b1d5280d..feafe87b3 100755
--- a/bin/test-crawl
+++ b/bin/test-crawl
@@ -66,16 +66,16 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 # Import Django, call setup()
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", args.settings or "ietf.settings_testcrawl")
 
-import django
-import django.test
-import django.core.checks
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils import timezone
-
-django.setup()
+# import django
+# import django.test
+# import django.core.checks
+# from django.conf import settings
+# from django.utils import timezone
+# 
+# django.setup()
 
 # This needs to come after we set up sys path to include the local django
-import debug    # pyflakes:ignore
+# import debug    # pyflakes:ignore
 
 # prevent memory from leaking when settings.DEBUG=True
 # from django.db import connection
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ import debug    # pyflakes:ignore
 #         pass
 # connection.queries = DontSaveQueries()
 
-from ietf.name.models import DocTypeName
+# from ietf.name.models import DocTypeName
 from ietf.utils.html import unescape
 from ietf.utils.test_utils import unicontent
 from ietf.utils.test_runner import start_vnu_server, vnu_validate, vnu_fmt_message, vnu_filter_message
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def nowstr():
     t = time.time_ns()/(10**9)
     if nowtime != t:
         nowtime = t
-        nowstrn = timezone.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S').encode()
+        nowstrn = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc).strftime('%H:%M:%S').encode()
     return nowstrn
 
 b_exthost = re.sub(b'https?', b'', args.exthost.encode()) if args.exthost else None
@@ -408,7 +408,8 @@ parser = html5lib.HTMLParser(strict=True)
 # because they aren't under our control, such as uploaded group agendas.
 validated_urls = {'/meeting/nn/agenda/foo/': True, }
 
-doc_types = [ t.slug for t in DocTypeName.objects.all() ]
+# doc_types = [ t.slug for t in DocTypeName.objects.all() ]
+doc_types = ["agenda", "bcp", "bluesheets", "bofreq", "charter", "draft", "rfc"]  # partial list
 
 errors = 0
 warnings = 0
@@ -416,7 +417,36 @@ count = 0
 
 start_time = datetime.datetime.now()
 
-client = django.test.Client(Accept='text/html,text/plain,application/json')
+# client = django.test.Client(Accept='text/html,text/plain,application/json')
+class ExtResponse:
+    charset = "utf8"
+    def __init__(self, requests_response):
+        self._requests_response = requests_response
+
+    def __getattr__(self, item):
+        return getattr(self._requests_response, item)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, item):
+        return self._requests_response.headers[item]
+
+
+class ExtClient:
+    base_url = "http://localhost"
+    accept_header = "text/html,text/plain,application/json"
+    
+    def get(self, url, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.pop("secure", None)
+        headers = kwargs.setdefault("headers", {})
+        headers["accept"] = self.accept_header
+        return ExtResponse(
+            requests.get(
+                urllib.parse.urljoin(self.base_url, url),
+                **kwargs,
+            )
+        )
+    
+
+client = ExtClient()
 
 logfile = None
 if args.logfile:
@@ -450,7 +480,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             do_exit(1)
 
     # Run django system checks and checks from ietf.checks:
-    error_list = django.core.checks.run_checks()
+    # error_list = django.core.checks.run_checks()
+    error_list = []
     silenced = []
     for i in range(len(error_list)):
         if error_list[i].id in settings.SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS:
diff --git a/dev/build/datatracker-start.sh b/dev/build/datatracker-start.sh
index 5995409ef..7a83ff533 100644
--- a/dev/build/datatracker-start.sh
+++ b/dev/build/datatracker-start.sh
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ echo "Running Datatracker migrations..."
 echo "Starting Datatracker..."
 
 gunicorn \
-          --workers ${DATATRACKER_GUNICORN_WORKERS:-9} \
-          --max-requests ${DATATRACKER_GUNICORN_MAX_REQUESTS:-32768} \
-          --timeout ${DATATRACKER_GUNICORN_TIMEOUT:-180} \
+          --workers "${DATATRACKER_GUNICORN_WORKERS:-9}" \
+          --max-requests "${DATATRACKER_GUNICORN_MAX_REQUESTS:-32768}" \
+          --timeout "${DATATRACKER_GUNICORN_TIMEOUT:-180}" \
           --bind :8000 \
-          --log-level ${DATATRACKER_GUNICORN_LOG_LEVEL:-info} \
+          --log-level "${DATATRACKER_GUNICORN_LOG_LEVEL:-info}" \
           ietf.wsgi:application
           
           # Leaving this here as a reminder to set up the env in the chart