diff --git a/docker/nginx.conf b/docker/nginx.conf
index 82f9570f..ba944bb1 100644
--- a/docker/nginx.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx.conf
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ http {
             index index.html index.htm;
         }
 
+        location /users/ {
+            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        }
+
         location /ssh/db/ {
             proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081;
             proxy_http_version 1.1;
diff --git a/src/apps/Homepage/HomepageAuth.tsx b/src/apps/Homepage/HomepageAuth.tsx
index 061d676a..d534aba5 100644
--- a/src/apps/Homepage/HomepageAuth.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/Homepage/HomepageAuth.tsx
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export function HomepageAuth({ className, setLoggedIn, setIsAdmin, setUsername,
               <Alert className="my-2">
                 <AlertTitle>Logged in!</AlertTitle>
                 <AlertDescription>
-                  You are logged in! Use the sidebar to access all tools.
+                  You are logged in!  Use the sidebar to access all available tools. To get started, create an SSH Host in the SSH Manager tab. Once created, you can connect to that host using the other apps in the sidebar.
                 </AlertDescription>
               </Alert>
               
diff --git a/src/backend/ssh_tunnel/ssh_tunnel.ts b/src/backend/ssh_tunnel/ssh_tunnel.ts
index 31cf1617..fd9b71c8 100644
--- a/src/backend/ssh_tunnel/ssh_tunnel.ts
+++ b/src/backend/ssh_tunnel/ssh_tunnel.ts
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ function verifyTunnelConnection(tunnelName: string, tunnelConfig: TunnelConfig,
             });
 
             stream.on('close', (code: number) => {
-                logger.debug(`Verification for '${tunnelName}' completed with code ${code}, output: '${output}', error: '${errorOutput}'`);
                 if (code === 0) {
                     cleanupVerification(true);
                 } else {