diff --git a/sync-server/build.rs b/sync-server/build.rs
index 25c39362..d5068697 100644
--- a/sync-server/build.rs
+++ b/sync-server/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// generated by `sqlx migrate build-script`
 fn main() {
     // trigger recompilation when a new migration is added
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=migrations");
diff --git a/sync-server/config-e2e.yml b/sync-server/config-e2e.yml
index 03b860b7..7b43ced9 100644
--- a/sync-server/config-e2e.yml
+++ b/sync-server/config-e2e.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 database:
-  databases_directory_path: /host/tmp/vaultlink-e2e-databases
+  databases_directory_path: databases
   max_connections_per_vault: 8
   cursor_timeout: 1m
 server:
diff --git a/sync-server/src/app_state/cursors.rs b/sync-server/src/app_state/cursors.rs
index 6bde3613..d3ea0602 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/app_state/cursors.rs
+++ b/sync-server/src/app_state/cursors.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ use crate::{
     errors::SyncServerError,
 };
 
+const CURSOR_CLEANUP_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(1);
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Cursors {
     config: DatabaseConfig,
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ impl Cursors {
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             loop {
                 tokio::select! {
-                    () = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)) => {
+                    () = tokio::time::sleep(CURSOR_CLEANUP_INTERVAL) => {
                         self.remove_expired_cursors().await?;
                     }
                     Ok(()) = shutdown.changed() => break,
diff --git a/sync-server/src/app_state/websocket/models.rs b/sync-server/src/app_state/websocket/models.rs
index eb6c956a..8a8d42cc 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/app_state/websocket/models.rs
+++ b/sync-server/src/app_state/websocket/models.rs
@@ -58,15 +58,6 @@ pub struct CursorPositionFromServer {
     pub clients: Vec<ClientCursors>,
 }
 
-// One committed version. Non-delete updates are broadcast to every
-// connected client *except* the device that authored them — that
-// device already has the new state via its HTTP response. Deletes are
-// broadcast to every client including the author: the author keeps
-// the document in its sync queue until this receipt arrives so a late
-// remote update can't sneak in between the HTTP response and the
-// queue cleanup. The server also emits these one-at-a-time to catch
-// up a freshly-connected client on versions committed while it was
-// offline, in ascending `vault_update_id` order.
 #[derive(TS, Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct WebSocketVaultUpdate {
diff --git a/sync-server/src/app_state/websocket/utils.rs b/sync-server/src/app_state/websocket/utils.rs
index a1e824b7..834684bb 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/app_state/websocket/utils.rs
+++ b/sync-server/src/app_state/websocket/utils.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ pub fn get_authenticated_handshake(
 /// vault send lock; commits past the cursor are then delivered solely
 /// through the broadcast channel (filtered by the same cursor on the
 /// receive side), so every committed update is delivered exactly once.
+/// We could've used a read transaction but that would've meant all other
+/// clients would need to wait for the new client to catch up before
+/// sending any updates.
 pub async fn get_unseen_documents(
     state: &AppState,
     vault_id: &VaultId,