diff --git a/crates/db_schema/src/impls/actor_language.rs b/crates/db_schema/src/impls/actor_language.rs
index 5c4e252d4..2e80b0680 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/src/impls/actor_language.rs
+++ b/crates/db_schema/src/impls/actor_language.rs
@@ -96,16 +96,18 @@ impl LocalUserLanguage {
             .execute(conn)
             .await?;
 
-          for l in lang_ids {
-            let form = LocalUserLanguageForm {
+          let forms = lang_ids
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|l| LocalUserLanguageForm {
               local_user_id: for_local_user_id,
               language_id: l,
-            };
-            insert_into(local_user_language)
-              .values(form)
-              .get_result::<Self>(conn)
-              .await?;
-          }
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+          insert_into(local_user_language)
+            .values(forms)
+            .execute(conn)
+            .await?;
           Ok(())
         }) as _
       })
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs b/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
index 2b1179bee..b181edd7f 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ use diesel::{
   pg::Pg,
   result::{ConnectionError, ConnectionResult, Error as DieselError, Error::QueryBuilderError},
   serialize::{Output, ToSql},
+  sql_query,
   sql_types::{Text, Timestamptz},
   IntoSql,
   PgConnection,
+  RunQueryDsl,
 };
 use diesel_async::{
   pg::AsyncPgConnection,
@@ -280,6 +282,12 @@ fn run_migrations(db_url: &str) {
   // Needs to be a sync connection
   let mut conn =
     PgConnection::establish(db_url).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("Error connecting to {db_url}: {e}"));
+
+  // Disable auto_explain output for migrations
+  sql_query("SET auto_explain.log_min_duration = -1")
+    .execute(&mut conn)
+    .expect("failed to disable auto_explain");
+
   info!("Running Database migrations (This may take a long time)...");
   let _ = &mut conn
     .run_pending_migrations(MIGRATIONS)
diff --git a/crates/db_views/src/post_view.rs b/crates/db_views/src/post_view.rs
index 1d15c7c41..36dc0ee89 100644
--- a/crates/db_views/src/post_view.rs
+++ b/crates/db_views/src/post_view.rs
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ mod tests {
     let inserted_community = Community::create(pool, &community_form).await.unwrap();
 
     let mut inserted_post_ids = vec![];
-    let mut inserted_comment_ids = vec![];
+    let mut comment_forms = vec![];
 
     // Create 150 posts with varying non-correlating values for publish date, number of comments, and featured
     for comments in 0..10 {
diff --git a/scripts/start_dev_db.sh b/scripts/start_dev_db.sh
index f192defa6..c16969ed7 100644
--- a/scripts/start_dev_db.sh
+++ b/scripts/start_dev_db.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ export PGHOST=$PWD
 export LEMMY_DATABASE_URL="postgresql://lemmy:password@/lemmy?host=$PWD"
 
 # If cluster exists, stop the server and delete the cluster
-if [ -d $PGDATA ]
+if [[ -d $PGDATA ]]
 then
-  # Prevent `stop` from failing if server already stopped
-  pg_ctl restart > /dev/null
-  pg_ctl stop
+  # Only stop server if it is running
+  (pg_ctl status > /dev/null) || pg_status_exit_code=$?
+  if [[ ${pg_status_exit_code} -ne 3 ]]
+  then
+    pg_ctl stop
+  fi
+
   rm -rf $PGDATA
 fi
 
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ fi
 initdb --username=postgres --auth=trust --no-instructions
 
 # Start server that only listens to socket in current directory
-pg_ctl start --options="-c listen_addresses= -c unix_socket_directories=$PWD" > /dev/null
+pg_ctl start --options="-c listen_addresses= -c unix_socket_directories=$PWD -c logging_collector=on -c session_preload_libraries=auto_explain -c auto_explain.log_min_duration=0 -c auto_explain.log_parameter_max_length=0 -c auto_explain.log_analyze=on -c enable_seqscan=off" > /dev/null
 
 # Setup database
 psql -c "CREATE USER lemmy WITH PASSWORD 'password' SUPERUSER;" -U postgres
diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
index cdfbf7611..7a8bd1c29 100755
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@ cargo test -p lemmy_utils --all-features --no-fail-fast
 # Add this to do printlns: -- --nocapture
 
 pg_ctl stop
-rm -rf $PGDATA