diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index c216289c24..0663ba2148 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
 
       - name: Install cargo-make
-        run: cargo install --force cargo-make --locked
+        run: cargo install --force cargo-make --version 0.37.10 --locked
 
       - name: Install refinery
         run: cargo install refinery_cli --version 0.8.7 --locked
diff --git a/containers/event-db-migrations/entry.sh b/containers/event-db-migrations/entry.sh
index f485904b84..da88fa07b5 100644
--- a/containers/event-db-migrations/entry.sh
+++ b/containers/event-db-migrations/entry.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # DB_HOST - The hostname of the database server
 # DB_PORT - The port of the database server
 # DB_NAME - The name of the database
+# DB_ROOT_NAME - The name of the root database (usually postgres)
 # DB_SUPERUSER - The username of the database superuser
 # DB_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD - The password of the database superuser
 # DB_USER - The username of the database user
@@ -20,16 +21,8 @@
 # DB_SKIP_HISTORICAL_DATA - If set, historical data will not be added to the database (optional)
 # DB_SKIP_TEST_DATA - If set, test data will not be added to the database (optional)
 # DB_SKIP_STAGE_DATA - If set, stage specific data will not be added to the database (optional)
-# ADMIN_ROLE_PASSWORD - The password of the cat_admin role for graphql
-# ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD - The password of the admin user for graphql
-# ANON_ROLE_PASSWORD - The password of the cat_anon role for graphql
-# ADMIN_FIRST_NAME - The first name of the admin user for graphql (optional)
-# ADMIN_LAST_NAME - The last name of the admin user for graphql (optional)
-# ADMIN_ABOUT - The about of the admin user for graphql (optional)
-# ADMIN_EMAIL - The email of the admin user for graphql (optional)
 # REINIT_EVENT_DB - If set, the database will be reinitialized (optional) (DESTRUCTIVE)
 # SKIP_EVENT_DB_INIT - If set, the event database will not be initialized (optional)
-# SKIP_GRAPHQL_INIT - If set, graphql will not be initialized (optional)
 # DEBUG - If set, the script will print debug information (optional)
 # DEBUG_SLEEP - If set, the script will sleep for the specified number of seconds (optional)
 # STAGE - The stage being run.  Currently only controls if stage specific data is applied to the DB (optional)
@@ -71,34 +64,41 @@ REQUIRED_ENV=(
     "DB_HOST"
     "DB_PORT"
     "DB_NAME"
+    "DB_ROOT_NAME"
     "DB_SUPERUSER"
     "DB_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD"
     "DB_USER"
     "DB_USER_PASSWORD"
-    "ADMIN_ROLE_PASSWORD"
-    "ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD"
-    "ANON_ROLE_PASSWORD"
 )
 check_env_vars "${REQUIRED_ENV[@]}"
 
 # Export environment variables
 export PGHOST="${DB_HOST}"
 export PGPORT="${DB_PORT}"
-export PGUSER="${DB_SUPERUSER}"
-export PGPASSWORD="${DB_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD}"
-export PGDATABASE="${DB_NAME}"
-
-: "${ADMIN_FIRST_NAME:='Admin'}"
-: "${ADMIN_LAST_NAME:='Default'}"
-: "${ADMIN_ABOUT:='Default Admin User'}"
-: "${ADMIN_EMAIL:='admin.default@projectcatalyst.io'}"
 
 # Sleep if DEBUG_SLEEP is set
 debug_sleep
 
+if [ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ]; then
+    echo ">>> Environment variables:"
+    echo "DB_HOST: ${DB_HOST}"
+    echo "DB_PORT: ${DB_PORT}"
+    echo "DB_NAME: ${DB_NAME}"
+    echo "DB_ROOT_NAME: ${DB_ROOT_NAME}"
+    echo "DB_SUPERUSER: ${DB_SUPERUSER}"
+    echo "DB_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: ${DB_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD}"
+    echo "DB_USER: ${DB_USER}"
+    echo "DB_USER_PASSWORD: ${DB_USER_PASSWORD}"
+fi
+
 # Initialize database if necessary
 if [[ ! -f ./tmp/initialized || -n "${REINIT_EVENT_DB:-}" ]]; then
 
+    # Connect using the superuser to create the event database
+    export PGUSER="${DB_SUPERUSER}"
+    export PGPASSWORD="${DB_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD}"
+    export PGDATABASE="${DB_ROOT_NAME}"
+
     PSQL_FLAGS=""
     if [ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ]; then
         PSQL_FLAGS="-e"
@@ -110,21 +110,8 @@ if [[ ! -f ./tmp/initialized || -n "${REINIT_EVENT_DB:-}" ]]; then
             -v dbName="${DB_NAME}" \
             -v dbDescription="Catalayst Event DB" \
             -v dbUser="${DB_USER}" \
-            -v dbUserPw="${DB_USER_PASSWORD}"
-    fi
-
-    if [[ -z "${SKIP_GRAPHQL_INIT:-}" ]]; then
-        echo ">>> Initializing graphql..."
-        psql "${PSQL_FLAGS}" -f ./setup/graphql-setup.sql \
-            -v dbName="${DB_NAME}" \
-            -v dbUser="${DB_USER}" \
-            -v adminUserFirstName="${ADMIN_FIRST_NAME}" \
-            -v adminUserLastName="${ADMIN_LAST_NAME}" \
-            -v adminUserAbout="${ADMIN_ABOUT}" \
-            -v adminUserEmail="${ADMIN_EMAIL}" \
-            -v adminRolePw="${ADMIN_ROLE_PASSWORD}" \
-            -v adminUserPw="${ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD}" \
-            -v anonRolePw="${ANON_ROLE_PASSWORD}"
+            -v dbUserPw="${DB_USER_PASSWORD}" \
+            -v dbRootUser="${DB_SUPERUSER}"
     fi
 
     if [[ ! -f ./tmp/initialized ]]; then
@@ -135,6 +122,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Run migrations
+export PGUSER="${DB_USER}"
+export PGPASSWORD="${DB_USER_PASSWORD}"
+export PGDATABASE="${DB_NAME}"
+
 echo ">>> Running migrations..."
 export DATABASE_URL="postgres://${DB_USER}:${DB_USER_PASSWORD}@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}"
 ./refinery migrate -e DATABASE_URL -c ./refinery.toml -p ./migrations
diff --git a/src/event-db/setup/setup-db.sql b/src/event-db/setup/setup-db.sql
index 1e19b66a11..56b427004c 100644
--- a/src/event-db/setup/setup-db.sql
+++ b/src/event-db/setup/setup-db.sql
@@ -29,13 +29,10 @@
   \set dbUserPw `echo ${DB_USER_PW:-CHANGE_ME}`
 \endif
 
--- DISPLAY ALL VARIABLES
-\echo VARIABLES:
-\echo -> dbName ................. = :dbName
-\echo -> dbDescription .......... = :dbDescription
-\echo -> dbUser ................. = :dbUser
-\echo -> dbUserPw / $DB_USER_PW . = :dbUserPw
-
+-- The root db user of the database instance (usually postgres).
+\if :{?dbRootUser} \else
+  \set dbRootUser 'postgres'
+\endif
 
 -- Cleanup if we already ran this before.
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS :"dbName";
@@ -50,6 +47,9 @@ ALTER DEFAULT privileges REVOKE EXECUTE ON functions FROM public;
 
 ALTER DEFAULT privileges IN SCHEMA public REVOKE EXECUTE ON functions FROM :"dbUser";
 
+-- This is necessary for RDS to work.
+GRANT :"dbUser" TO :"dbRootUser";
+
 -- Create the database.
 CREATE DATABASE :"dbName" WITH OWNER :"dbUser";
 
diff --git a/src/event-db/stage_data/dev/00002_fund100_params.sql b/src/event-db/stage_data/dev/00002_fund100_params.sql
index 3ac693b1f3..b97b283410 100644
--- a/src/event-db/stage_data/dev/00002_fund100_params.sql
+++ b/src/event-db/stage_data/dev/00002_fund100_params.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- Define F100 IdeaScale parameters.
 INSERT INTO config (id, id2, id3, value) VALUES (
-    'ideascale,
+    'ideascale',
     '100',
     '',
     '{