diff --git a/tribes/packages/otp.scm b/tribes/packages/otp.scm
index 6a5c9f5..cb193cc 100644
--- a/tribes/packages/otp.scm
+++ b/tribes/packages/otp.scm
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
     (inherit elixir)
     (name "elixir-otp28")
     (version "1.19.5")
+    (arguments
+     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments elixir)
+       ((#:tests? _ #f)
+        #f)))
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
diff --git a/tribes/packages/source.scm b/tribes/packages/source.scm
index 32c83b4..9ac23da 100644
--- a/tribes/packages/source.scm
+++ b/tribes/packages/source.scm
@@ -195,7 +195,13 @@ the local Parrhesia path dependency."
             (when (file-exists? libsecp-makefile)
               (substitute* libsecp-makefile
                 (("\\./autogen\\.sh")
-                 (string-append sh-bin " ./autogen.sh")))))
+                 (string-append
+                  "CONFIG_SHELL=" sh-bin " SHELL=" sh-bin " "
+                  sh-bin " ./autogen.sh"))
+                (("\\./configure")
+                 (string-append
+                  "CONFIG_SHELL=" sh-bin " SHELL=" sh-bin " "
+                  sh-bin " ./configure")))))
 
           (setenv "PATH" path)
           (setenv "HOME" (string-append app-dir "/.home"))
diff --git a/tribes/services/tribes.scm b/tribes/services/tribes.scm
index b5fb67e..41aec45 100644
--- a/tribes/services/tribes.scm
+++ b/tribes/services/tribes.scm
@@ -108,12 +108,21 @@
                            "/nostr/relay")))))
 
 (define (tribes-database-url config database-name)
-  (string-append "ecto://"
-                 (tribes-configuration-database-user config)
-                 "@/"
-                 database-name
-                 "?host="
-                 (tribes-configuration-database-host config)))
+  (let ((user (tribes-configuration-database-user config))
+        (host (tribes-configuration-database-host config)))
+    (if (string-prefix? "/" host)
+        (string-append "ecto://"
+                       user
+                       "@localhost/"
+                       database-name
+                       "?socket_dir="
+                       host)
+        (string-append "ecto://"
+                       user
+                       "@"
+                       host
+                       "/"
+                       database-name))))
 
 (define (tribes-launcher config command args)
   (define package