diff --git a/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
index d2c6da0..ad34cc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   coronation:
-    runs-on: self-hosted
+    runs-on: thevickypedia-default
     permissions:
       actions: write
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdown.yml b/.github/workflows/markdown.yml
index cab9862..c1c29ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/markdown.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdown.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ name: none-shall-pass
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
 
 jobs:
   none-shall-pass:
-    runs-on: self-hosted
+    runs-on: thevickypedia-default
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: thevickypedia/none-shall-pass@v4
+      - uses: thevickypedia/none-shall-pass@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index bba6ed2..757c3e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -6,23 +6,9 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  deploy:
-    runs-on: self-hosted
+  pypi-publisher:
+    runs-on: thevickypedia-default
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install build twine
-    - name: Create packages
-      run: python -m build
-    - name: Run twine check
-      run: twine check dist/*
-    - name: Upload to pypi
-      env:
-        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USER }}
-        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-      run: twine upload dist/*.whl
+      - uses: thevickypedia/pypi-publisher@v3
+        env:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/pyfilebrowser/main.py b/pyfilebrowser/main.py
index adfeb0b..9972b3b 100644
--- a/pyfilebrowser/main.py
+++ b/pyfilebrowser/main.py
@@ -47,12 +47,11 @@ def cleanup(self, log: bool = True) -> None:
             self.logger.info("Removed config database %s", download.executable.filebrowser_db)
         except FileNotFoundError as warn:
             self.logger.warning(warn) if log else None
-        if self.proxy_engine:
-            try:
-                os.remove(proxy_settings.database)
-                self.logger.info("Removed proxy database %s", proxy_settings.database)
-            except FileNotFoundError as warn:
-                self.logger.warning(warn) if log else None
+        try:
+            os.remove(proxy_settings.database)
+            self.logger.info("Removed proxy database %s", proxy_settings.database)
+        except FileNotFoundError as warn:
+            self.logger.warning(warn) if self.proxy_engine and log else None
 
     def exit_process(self) -> None:
         """Deletes the database file, and all the subtitles that were created by this application."""
@@ -183,6 +182,7 @@ def background_tasks(self, auth_map: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
             except OSError as error:
                 self.logger.error(error)
                 self.logger.critical("Cannot initiate proxy server")
+                self.cleanup()
                 raise
             log_config = struct.LoggerConfig(self.logger).get()
             if proxy_settings.debug:
diff --git a/pyfilebrowser/proxy/main.py b/pyfilebrowser/proxy/main.py
index f8dc12f..599b032 100644
--- a/pyfilebrowser/proxy/main.py
+++ b/pyfilebrowser/proxy/main.py
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ async def proxy_engine(proxy_request: Request) -> Response:
         if proxy_request.url.path == "/api/login":
             if server_response.status_code == 403:
                 await handle_auth_error(proxy_request)
-            else:
+            elif (proxy_request.client in settings.session.forbid or
+                  settings.session.auth_counter.get(proxy_request.client.host)):
                 LOGGER.debug("Removing %s from forbidden list", proxy_request.client.host)
                 settings.session.forbid.discard(proxy_request.client.host)
 
@@ -149,11 +150,14 @@ async def proxy_engine(proxy_request: Request) -> Response:
                 LOGGER.debug("Removing %s from auth DB", proxy_request.client.host)
                 database.remove_record(host=proxy_request.client.host)
         content_type = server_response.headers.get("content-type", "")
-        if "text/html" in content_type:
+        if "text" in content_type:
             content = server_response.text
         else:
             content = server_response.content
         server_response.headers.pop("content-encoding", None)
+        # fixme: there should be a better way to handle this
+        if "javascript" in content_type:  # todo: not sure if this is solely because of VideoJS plugin
+            server_response.headers.pop("content-length", None)
         proxy_response = Response(
             content=content,
             status_code=server_response.status_code,