diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 2d6cbfa2..ec422f04 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ GEM
       execjs
     coffee-script-source (1.12.2)
     concurrent-ruby (1.0.5)
-    connection_pool (2.2.1)
+    connection_pool (2.2.2)
     crack (0.4.3)
       safe_yaml (~> 1.0.0)
     crass (1.0.4)
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ GEM
       pry (>= 0.10.4)
     public_suffix (3.0.0)
     puma (3.8.2)
-    rack (2.0.1)
+    rack (2.0.5)
     rack-cors (0.4.1)
-    rack-protection (2.0.0)
+    rack-protection (2.0.3)
       rack
     rack-test (0.6.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ GEM
     rb-fsevent (0.9.8)
     rb-inotify (0.9.8)
       ffi (>= 0.5.0)
-    redis (3.3.3)
+    redis (3.3.5)
     responders (2.3.0)
       railties (>= 4.2.0, < 5.1)
     rubocop (0.55.0)
@@ -248,11 +248,10 @@ GEM
       ruby_http_client (~> 3.0.1)
     sentry-raven (2.5.3)
       faraday (>= 0.7.6, < 1.0)
-    sidekiq (4.2.10)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-      connection_pool (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.0)
+    sidekiq (5.2.1)
+      connection_pool (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.2)
       rack-protection (>= 1.5.0)
-      redis (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.1)
+      redis (>= 3.3.5, < 5)
     skylight (1.5.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     spring (2.0.1)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b9f79c8c..6daeeb03 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
 RAILS_CONTAINER := web
+DOCKER := docker
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: run
+all: run 
+
+
+.PHONY: nuke 
+nuke: 
+	${DOCKER} system prune -a --volumes
+
+.PHONY: rmi
+rmi: 
+	${DOCKER} images -q | xargs docker rmi -f
+
+.PHONY: rmdi
+rmdi: 
+	${DOCKER} images -a --filter=dangling=true -q | xargs ${DOCKER} rmi
+
+.PHONY: rm-exited-containers
+rm-exited-containers: 
+	${DOCKER} ps -a -q -f status=exited | xargs ${DOCKER} rm -v 
 
 .PHONY: console-sandbox
 	console-sandbox:
diff --git a/app/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job.rb b/app/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job.rb
index df581fa5..b7c352e2 100644
--- a/app/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 class SendEmailToLeadersJob < ActiveJob::Base
   queue_as :default
 
-  def perform(user_id)
-    user = User.find(user_id)
-
-    User.community_leaders_nearby(user.latitude, user.longitude, 50).each do |leader|
-      UserMailer.new_user_in_leader_area(leader, user)
-    end
+  def perform(_user_id)
+    logger.debug 'Deprecated pathway, trying to determine what is placing this on queue.'
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/jobs/slack_jobs/inviter_job.rb b/app/jobs/slack_jobs/inviter_job.rb
index 95a0ab0f..92d07990 100644
--- a/app/jobs/slack_jobs/inviter_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/slack_jobs/inviter_job.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 class SlackJobs
   class InviterJob < SlackJobs
-    def perform(email)
-      # Invites user to general channel
-      slack_client.invite(email: email, channels: ['C03GSNF77'])
+    def perform(_email)
+      logger.debug 'Deprecated pathway, trying to determine what is placing this on queue.'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/jobs/slack_jobs/notifier_job.rb b/app/jobs/slack_jobs/notifier_job.rb
index 24e0e2c4..f36e047f 100644
--- a/app/jobs/slack_jobs/notifier_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/slack_jobs/notifier_job.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ class SlackJobs
   class SlackNotifierJob < SlackJobs
     queue_as :default
 
-    def perform(message, channel: '#general')
-      res = slack_client.post_message_to channel: channel, with_text: message
-      Rails.logger.debug("Notified channel: #{res.inspect}")
+    def perform(_message, *)
+      logger.debug 'Deprecated pathway, trying to determine what is placing this on queue.'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
index 443b0f99..937538b0 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 require 'sidekiq'
 
-# Setting the ENV['DATABASE_URL'] explicitly to allow for use of a
-# dynamic database host variable ENV['POSTGRES_HOST']
-#
-# @see https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/wiki/Advanced-Options#rails-32-and-newer
-#
 Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
-  ENV['DATABASE_URL'] = ENV['POSTGRES_HOST'].present? ? ENV['POSTGRES_HOST'] : 'operationcode-psql'
-
+  # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28412913/disable-automatic-retry-with-activejob-used-with-sidekiq
+  # prevent excessive retries from some default status.
+  config.death_handlers << lambda { |job, e|
+    # thanks rob for the nice message
+    evt = Raven::Event.new(message: "#{job['class']} #{job['jid']} done run outta tries.")
+    Raven.send_event(evt)
+  }
   Rails.logger = Sidekiq::Logging.logger
   ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Sidekiq::Logging.logger
 end
diff --git a/test/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job_test.rb b/test/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 17e6892f..00000000
--- a/test/jobs/send_email_to_leaders_job_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-require 'test_helper'
-
-class SendEmailToLeadersJobTest < ActiveJob::TestCase
-  test 'send email to leaders if someone signs up within X miles' do
-    User.any_instance.stubs(:geocode)
-    user = create(:user, email: 'static@email.com', latitude: 40.7, longitude: -73.8)
-    leader_user = create(:user, latitude: 40.7001, longitude: -73.8001)
-    leader_user.tag_list.add(User::LEADER)
-    leader_user.save
-    UserMailer.expects(:new_user_in_leader_area).with(leader_user, user)
-    SendEmailToLeadersJob.perform_now(user.id)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/models/user_test.rb b/test/models/user_test.rb
index e044d631..b97a22e9 100644
--- a/test/models/user_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/user_test.rb
@@ -185,21 +185,6 @@ def user_opts
     refute '@example.com' =~ User::VALID_EMAIL
   end
 
-  test '.community_leaders_nearby returns leaders within a radius from a lat/long' do
-    User.any_instance.stubs(:geocode)
-    tom = create :user, latitude: 1, longitude: 1
-    tom.tag_list.add(User::LEADER)
-    tom.save!
-    far_away_leader = create :user, latitude: 20, longitude: 20
-    far_away_leader.tag_list.add(User::LEADER)
-    far_away_leader.save!
-    not_a_leader = create :user, latitude: 1, longitude: 1
-    results = User.community_leaders_nearby(1, 1, 10)
-    assert_includes results, tom
-    assert_not_includes results, far_away_leader
-    assert_not_includes results, not_a_leader
-  end
-
   test '.fetch_social_user_and_redirect_path returns the user and redirect path in an array' do
     data = { first_name: 'Sterling', last_name: 'Archer', email: 'cyril@kickme.org', zip: '12345', password: 'VoiceMail' }
     results = User.fetch_social_user_and_redirect_path(data)