diff --git a/deploy/deploy-stg.sh b/deploy/deploy-stg.sh
index 054eb1e2..aa1063ac 100755
--- a/deploy/deploy-stg.sh
+++ b/deploy/deploy-stg.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Deploy staging environment for cmc-sales
 
-# Usage: ./deploy-stg.sh [--no-cache] [--no-sync]
+# Usage: ./deploy-stg.sh [--no-cache]
 
 USE_CACHE=true
-RUN_SYNC=true
 for arg in "$@"; do
   if [[ "$arg" == "--no-cache" ]]; then
     USE_CACHE=false
     echo "No cache flag detected: will rebuild images without cache."
   fi
-  if [[ "$arg" == "--no-sync" ]]; then
-    RUN_SYNC=false
-    echo "No-sync flag detected: will NOT run sync_prod_to_staging.sh after deployment."
-  fi
 done
 if [[ "$USE_CACHE" == "true" ]]; then
   echo "Using cached layers for docker build."
@@ -29,7 +24,7 @@ STAGING_DIR="cmc-sales-staging"
 echo "Connecting to server $SERVER via SSH..."
 # Pass variables into SSH session
 ssh $SERVER \
-  "SERVER=$SERVER REPO='$REPO' BRANCH='$BRANCH' STAGING_DIR='$STAGING_DIR' USE_CACHE='$USE_CACHE' RUN_SYNC='$RUN_SYNC' bash -s" << 'ENDSSH'
+  "SERVER=$SERVER REPO='$REPO' BRANCH='$BRANCH' STAGING_DIR='$STAGING_DIR' USE_CACHE='$USE_CACHE' bash -s" << 'ENDSSH'
   set -e
   echo "Connected to $SERVER."
   cd /home/cmc
@@ -76,40 +71,5 @@ ENVEOF
   fi
 
   echo "Checking running containers..."
-
-  # Copy migration and restore scripts to server
-  cp /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/deploy/scripts/run_all_migrations.sh /home/cmc/run_all_migrations.sh
-  chmod +x /home/cmc/run_all_migrations.sh
-  cp /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/deploy/scripts/restore_db_from_backup.sh /home/cmc/restore_db_from_backup.sh
-  chmod +x /home/cmc/restore_db_from_backup.sh
-
-  echo "Creating sync script for staging directories..."
-  # Create sync script for staging dirs
-  cat > /home/cmc/sync_prod_to_staging.sh <<'EOF'
-#!/bin/bash
-# /home/cmc/restore_db_from_backup.sh
- 
-# echo "Syncing PDF files..."
-# rsync -av --delete --omit-dir-times --no-perms --progress /mnt/vault/pdf/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/app/webroot/pdf/
-# echo "Syncing attachments files..."
-# rsync -av --delete --omit-dir-times --no-perms --progress /mnt/vault/attachments_files/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/app/webroot/attachments_files/
-# echo "Syncing emails..."
-# rsync -av --delete --omit-dir-times --no-perms --progress /mnt/vault/emails/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/vault/emails/
-# echo "Syncing vaultmsgs..."
-# rsync -av --delete --omit-dir-times --no-perms --progress /mnt/vault/vaultmsgs/ /home/cmc/cmc-sales-staging/vault/vaultmsgs/
-# echo "Sync complete."
-EOF
-  chmod +x /home/cmc/sync_prod_to_staging.sh
-
-  echo "Ensuring cron job for sync script is present..."
-  # Add cron job if not present
-  (crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -q '/home/cmc/sync_prod_to_staging.sh') || \
-    (crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo '0 3 * * * /home/cmc/sync_prod_to_staging.sh') | crontab -
-
-  # if [[ "$RUN_SYNC" == "true" ]]; then
-  #   echo "Running sync_prod_to_staging.sh now..."
-  #   /home/cmc/sync_prod_to_staging.sh
-  # fi
-
   echo "Deployment complete."
 ENDSSH
diff --git a/deploy/scripts/run_all_migrations.sh b/deploy/scripts/run_all_migrations.sh
index bf6e6bb1..7650581a 100644
--- a/deploy/scripts/run_all_migrations.sh
+++ b/deploy/scripts/run_all_migrations.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ DB_NAME="cmc"
 DB_HOST="127.0.0.1"
 
 for sqlfile in "$SQL_DIR"/*.sql; do
-  # Skip files starting with "ignore_"
-  if [[ "$sqlfile" == ignore_* ]]; then
+  # Skip files starting with ignore_
+  if [[ $(basename "$sqlfile") == ignore_* ]]; then
     echo "Skipping ignored migration: $sqlfile"
     continue
   fi
   echo "Running migration: $sqlfile"
-  mariadb -h "$DB_HOST" -u "$DB_USER" -p"$DB_PASS" "$DB_NAME" < "$sqlfile"
+  docker cp "$sqlfile" cmc-db:/tmp/migration.sql
+  docker exec cmc-db sh -c "mariadb -u $DB_USER -p'$DB_PASS' $DB_NAME < /tmp/migration.sql"
 done
 echo "All migrations applied."
diff --git a/docker-compose.stg.yml b/docker-compose.stg.yml
index 5b5c3704..246ff819 100644
--- a/docker-compose.stg.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.stg.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ services:
     networks:
       - cmc-stg-network
     restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      - db
 
   cmc-stg-go:
     build:
@@ -52,9 +54,13 @@ services:
     networks:
       - cmc-stg-network
     restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      - db
 
   db:
-    image: mariadb:latest
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.stg.db
     container_name: cmc-db
     environment:
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secureRootPassword
diff --git a/go-app/internal/cmc/email/email.go b/go-app/internal/cmc/email/email.go
index 5eaabaf2..77f6fefa 100644
--- a/go-app/internal/cmc/email/email.go
+++ b/go-app/internal/cmc/email/email.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (es *EmailService) SendTemplateEmail(to string, subject string, templateNam
 	defaultBccs := []string{"carpis@cmctechnologies.com.au", "mcarpis@cmctechnologies.com.au"}
 	bccs = append(defaultBccs, bccs...)
 
-	const templateDir = "internal/cmc/email/templates"
+	const templateDir = "templates/quotes"
 	tmplPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", templateDir, templateName)
 	tmpl, err := template.ParseFiles(tmplPath)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/go-app/internal/cmc/handlers/quotes/quotes.go b/go-app/internal/cmc/handlers/quotes/quotes.go
index 6e8905a2..595cdc1b 100644
--- a/go-app/internal/cmc/handlers/quotes/quotes.go
+++ b/go-app/internal/cmc/handlers/quotes/quotes.go
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ func (h *QuotesHandler) DailyQuoteExpirationCheck() {
 	fmt.Println("Running DailyQuoteExpirationCheck...")
 
 	reminderJobs := []quoteReminderJob{
-		{7, FirstReminder, "Reminder: Quote %s Expires Soon", "quotes/first_reminder.html"},
-		{-7, SecondReminder, "Follow-Up: Quote %s Expired", "quotes/second_reminder.html"},
-		{-60, ThirdReminder, "Final Reminder: Quote %s Closed", "quotes/final_reminder.html"},
+		{7, FirstReminder, "Reminder: Quote %s Expires Soon", "first_reminder.html"},
+		{-7, SecondReminder, "Follow-Up: Quote %s Expired", "second_reminder.html"},
+		{-60, ThirdReminder, "Final Reminder: Quote %s Closed", "final_reminder.html"},
 	}
 
 	for _, job := range reminderJobs {
diff --git a/go-app/server b/go-app/server
index f66d1d27..b0db0749 100755
Binary files a/go-app/server and b/go-app/server differ
diff --git a/go-app/sql/schema/014_quotes.sql b/go-app/sql/schema/014_quotes.sql
index a151b970..d98b8d4d 100644
--- a/go-app/sql/schema/014_quotes.sql
+++ b/go-app/sql/schema/014_quotes.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- cmc.quotes definition (matches existing database)
 
-CREATE TABLE `quotes` (
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `quotes` (
   `created` datetime NOT NULL,
   `modified` datetime NOT NULL,
   `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `quotes` (
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=18245 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
 
 -- cmc.quote_reminders definition
-CREATE TABLE `quote_reminders` (
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `quote_reminders` (
   `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `quote_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `reminder_type` int(3) NOT NULL COMMENT '1=1st, 2=2nd, 3=3rd reminder',
diff --git a/go-app/internal/cmc/email/templates/quotes/final_reminder.html b/go-app/templates/quotes/final_reminder.html
similarity index 100%
rename from go-app/internal/cmc/email/templates/quotes/final_reminder.html
rename to go-app/templates/quotes/final_reminder.html
diff --git a/go-app/internal/cmc/email/templates/quotes/first_reminder.html b/go-app/templates/quotes/first_reminder.html
similarity index 100%
rename from go-app/internal/cmc/email/templates/quotes/first_reminder.html
rename to go-app/templates/quotes/first_reminder.html
diff --git a/go-app/internal/cmc/email/templates/quotes/second_reminder.html b/go-app/templates/quotes/second_reminder.html
similarity index 100%
rename from go-app/internal/cmc/email/templates/quotes/second_reminder.html
rename to go-app/templates/quotes/second_reminder.html