diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3240055..e363260 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ dist
 backend/server/projects
 backend/database/drizzle
 
-app.yaml
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+app.yaml
+ingressController.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/orchestrator/.gcloudignore b/backend/orchestrator/.gcloudignore
index 8067b59..ca3b9fc 100644
--- a/backend/orchestrator/.gcloudignore
+++ b/backend/orchestrator/.gcloudignore
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 
 # Node.js dependencies:
 node_modules/
+.env
 
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+ingressController.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/orchestrator/src/index.ts b/backend/orchestrator/src/index.ts
index 1db36ac..d25e6cf 100644
--- a/backend/orchestrator/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/orchestrator/src/index.ts
@@ -30,24 +30,14 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
   kubeconfig.loadFromOptions({
     clusters: [
       {
-        name: 'docker-desktop',
-        server: process.env.DOCKER_DESKTOP_SERVER!,
-        caData: process.env.DOCKER_DESKTOP_CA_DATA,
-      },
-      {
-        name: 'gke_sylvan-epoch-422219-f9_us-central1_sandbox',
+        name: 'gke_sylvan-epoch-422219-f9_us-central1_sandbox-cluster',
         server: process.env.GKE_CLUSTER_SERVER!,
         caData: process.env.GKE_CLUSTER_CA_DATA, 
       }
     ],
     users: [
       {
-        name: 'docker-desktop',
-        certData: process.env.DOCKER_DESKTOP_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_DATA,
-        keyData: process.env.DOCKER_DESKTOP_CLIENT_KEY_DATA,
-      },
-      {
-        name: 'gke_sylvan-epoch-422219-f9_us-central1_sandbox',
+        name: 'gke_sylvan-epoch-422219-f9_us-central1_sandbox-cluster',
         exec: {
           apiVersion: 'client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1',
           command: 'gke-gcloud-auth-plugin',
@@ -76,8 +66,8 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
 }
 kubeconfig.loadFromDefault()
 
-const coreV1Api = kubeconfig.makeApiClient(CoreV1Api)
 const appsV1Api = kubeconfig.makeApiClient(AppsV1Api)
+const coreV1Api = kubeconfig.makeApiClient(CoreV1Api)
 const networkingV1Api = kubeconfig.makeApiClient(NetworkingV1Api)
 
 const readAndParseKubeYaml = (
@@ -131,14 +121,15 @@ app.post("/start", async (req, res) => {
       sandboxId
     )
 
-    console.log("Successfully read and parsed kube yaml")
-
     async function resourceExists(api: any, getMethod: string, name: string) {
       try {
-        await api[getMethod](namespace, name)
+        await api[getMethod](name, namespace)
         return true
       } catch (e: any) {
-        if (e.response && e.response.statusCode === 404) return false
+        if (e.response && e.response.statusCode === 404) {
+          console.log("Resource does not exist.", e.response.body.message, e.response.body.details)
+          return false
+        }
         throw e
       }
     }
@@ -150,22 +141,16 @@ app.post("/start", async (req, res) => {
         if (!(await resourceExists(appsV1Api, 'readNamespacedDeployment', name))) {
           await appsV1Api.createNamespacedDeployment(namespace, manifest)
           console.log("Made deploymnet")
-        } else {
-          return res.status(200).send({ message: "Resource deployment already exists." })
         }
       else if (kind === "Service")
         if (!(await resourceExists(coreV1Api, 'readNamespacedService', name))) {
           await coreV1Api.createNamespacedService(namespace, manifest)
           console.log("Made service")
-        } else {
-          return res.status(200).send({ message: "Resource service already exists." })
         }
       else if (kind === "Ingress")
         if (!(await resourceExists(networkingV1Api, 'readNamespacedIngress', name))) {
           await networkingV1Api.createNamespacedIngress(namespace, manifest)
           console.log("Made ingress")
-        } else {
-          return res.status(200).send({ message: "Resource ingress already exists." })
         }
     })
 
diff --git a/backend/server/src/index.ts b/backend/server/src/index.ts
index 0553024..9c447fc 100644
--- a/backend/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/server/src/index.ts
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ io.on("connection", async (socket) => {
           if (sockets.length === 0) {
             // close server
             console.log("Closing server due to inactivity.");
-            // const res = await stopServer(data.sandboxId, data.userId)
+            const res = await stopServer(data.sandboxId, data.userId)
           }
       });
       }, 20000);
diff --git a/frontend/components/editor/index.tsx b/frontend/components/editor/index.tsx
index 928700a..df99094 100644
--- a/frontend/components/editor/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/editor/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
 import Loading from "@/components/editor/loading";
 import { Sandbox, User } from "@/lib/types";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { startServer, stopServer } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { startServer } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 
 const CodeEditor = dynamic(() => import("@/components/editor/editor"), {
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ export default function Editor({
       }
     });
 
-    return () => {
-      stopServer(sandboxData.id, userData.id);
-    };
+    // return () => {
+    //   stopServer(sandboxData.id, userData.id);
+    // };
   }, []);
 
   if (!isServerRunning)
diff --git a/frontend/components/editor/preview/index.tsx b/frontend/components/editor/preview/index.tsx
index afc503c..3373ec9 100644
--- a/frontend/components/editor/preview/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/editor/preview/index.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export default function PreviewWindow({
           <div className="text-xs">
             Preview
             <span className="inline-block ml-2 items-center font-mono text-muted-foreground">
-              localhost:3000
+              localhost:8000
             </span>
           </div>
           <div className="flex space-x-1 translate-x-1">
diff --git a/frontend/lib/utils.ts b/frontend/lib/utils.ts
index 2d6137d..ea721bf 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/utils.ts
@@ -76,17 +76,4 @@ export async function startServer(sandboxId: string, userId: string, callback: (
     callback(false)
   }
 
-}
-
-export const stopServer = async (sandboxId: string, userId: string) => {
-  const res = await fetch("http://localhost:4001/stop", {
-    method: "POST",
-    headers: {
-      "Content-Type": "application/json",
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify({
-      sandboxId,
-      userId
-    }),
-  })
 }
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