diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2595903f4..f06582a79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 deps/*/
-scripts/deploy/config/key.conf
 scripts/deploy/config_out/
 deploy/kv_server/output/
 .idea/
diff --git a/Docker/Dockerfile b/Docker/Dockerfile
index c5f82544a..c68060dd2 100644
--- a/Docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/Docker/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | gpg --dearmor > bazel
     && mv bazel.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ \
     && echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://storage.googleapis.com/bazel-apt stable jdk1.8" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bazel.list \
     && curl https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | apt-key add - \
-    && apt-get update && apt-get install -y bazel=5.0.0 \
+    && apt-get update && apt-get install -y bazel=6.0.0 \
     && rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bazel.list
 
 # Set the working directory
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e46106b74..a88a449ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -356,4 +356,11 @@ We also provide access to a [deployment script](https://github.com/resilientdb/r
    docker exec -it myserver bash
    ```
 
+5. **NOTE: If you encounter a Connection Refused error**
+
+   Run the following command within the container:
+   ```shell
+   ./service/tools/kv/server_tools/start_kv_service.sh
+   ```
+
    Verify the functionality of the service by performing set and get operations provided above [functions](README.md#functions).
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 0b3d1019f..dbd4ca2c0 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/config/kv_server.conf b/scripts/deploy/config/kv_server.conf
index 500e34d6c..33bfc2181 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy/config/kv_server.conf
+++ b/scripts/deploy/config/kv_server.conf
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 iplist=(
-172.31.57.186
-172.31.57.186
-172.31.57.186
-172.31.57.186
-172.31.57.186
+128.105.145.52
+128.105.145.56
+128.105.145.48
+128.105.145.43
+128.105.145.52
 )
 
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/script/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy/script/deploy.sh
index 7e03c85cc..c0d7f5f0a 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy/script/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy/script/deploy.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ deploy/script/generate_key.sh ${BAZEL_WORKSPACE_PATH} ${output_key_path} ${#ipli
 deploy/script/generate_config.sh ${BAZEL_WORKSPACE_PATH} ${output_key_path} ${output_cert_path} ${output_path} ${admin_key_path} ${deploy_iplist[@]}
 
 # build kv server
-bazel build ${server}
+bazel build ${server} --copt=-Wno-implicit-function-declaration
 
 if [ $? != 0 ]
 then
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function run_cmd(){
   idx=1
   for ip in ${deploy_iplist[@]};
   do
-     ssh -i ${key} -n -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ubuntu@${ip} "cd ${main_folder}/$idx; $1" &
+     ssh -i ${key} -n -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no gabbai@${ip} "cd ${main_folder}/$idx; $1" &
     ((count++))
     ((idx++))
   done
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function run_cmd(){
 }
 
 function run_one_cmd(){
-  ssh -i ${key} -n -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ubuntu@${ip} "$1" 
+  ssh -i ${key} -n -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no gabbai@${ip} "$1" 
 }
 
 idx=1
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ idx=1
 count=0
 for ip in ${deploy_iplist[@]};
 do
-  scp -i ${key} -r ${bin_path} ${output_path}/server.config ${output_path}/cert ubuntu@${ip}:/home/ubuntu/${main_folder}/$idx &
+  scp -i ${key} -r ${bin_path} ${output_path}/server.config ${output_path}/cert gabbai@${ip}:/users/gabbai/${main_folder}/$idx &
   ((count++))
   ((idx++))
 done
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ do
   resp=""
   while [ "$resp" = "" ]
   do
-    resp=`ssh -i ${key} -n -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ubuntu@${ip} "cd ${main_folder}/$idx; grep \"receive public size:${#iplist[@]}\" ${server_bin}.log"` 
+    resp=`ssh -i ${key} -n -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no gabbai@${ip} "cd ${main_folder}/$idx; grep \"receive public size:${#iplist[@]}\" ${server_bin}.log"` 
     if [ "$resp" = "" ]; then
       sleep 1
     fi