diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 391f49d..b3d8ad0 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1751211869,
-        "narHash": "sha256-1Cu92i1KSPbhPCKxoiVG5qnoRiKTgR5CcGSRyLpOd7Y=",
+        "lastModified": 1751479989,
+        "narHash": "sha256-M5KgdpVBVcW4HRVq9/OSRbrxlwsQ1ogEKqnvzsClDqU=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "b43c397f6c213918d6cfe6e3550abfe79b5d1c51",
+        "rev": "34627c90f062da515ea358360f448da57769236e",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/machines/congenital-optimist/configuration.nix b/machines/congenital-optimist/configuration.nix
index 709d234..c63d5e5 100644
--- a/machines/congenital-optimist/configuration.nix
+++ b/machines/congenital-optimist/configuration.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     ../../modules/users/sma.nix
 
     # Virtualization configuration
-    ../../modules/virtualization/incus.nix
+    ../../modules/virtualization/incus.nix    # Re-enabled with LTS version
     ../../modules/virtualization/libvirt.nix
     ../../modules/virtualization/podman.nix
   ];
diff --git a/modules/desktop/common.nix b/modules/desktop/common.nix
index b9f1123..fb92519 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/common.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/common.nix
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@
   # XDG Portal configuration for Wayland/X11 compatibility
   xdg.portal = {
     enable = true;
-    wlr.enable = true;
-    extraPortals = [pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk];
+    extraPortals = [
+      pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
+      pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
+    ];
+    config.common.default = "*";
+    config.niri.default = ["wlr" "gtk"];
   };
 
   # Display manager and session management
diff --git a/modules/virtualization/incus.nix b/modules/virtualization/incus.nix
index 25f07d9..06f81f0 100644
--- a/modules/virtualization/incus.nix
+++ b/modules/virtualization/incus.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   virtualisation.incus = {
     enable = true;
     ui.enable = true;
-    package = pkgs.incus;
+    package = pkgs.incus-lts;  # Use LTS version to avoid cowsql build issues
   };
 
-  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    incus
-    lxc
+  environment.systemPackages = [
+    pkgs.incus-lts
+    pkgs.lxc
   ];
   
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 8443 ];
diff --git a/packages/lab-tool/main.scm b/packages/lab-tool/main.scm
index 3b15de6..15803b6 100755
--- a/packages/lab-tool/main.scm
+++ b/packages/lab-tool/main.scm
@@ -114,15 +114,7 @@ Home lab root: ~a
 
 (define (cmd-deploy machine-name . args)
   "Deploy configuration to machine using deploy-rs"
-  (let* ((base-options (parse-deploy-options args))
-         ;; Auto-skip checks for local machines to speed up deployment
-         (local-machines '("little-rascal"))
-         (should-skip-checks (member machine-name local-machines))
-         (options (if should-skip-checks
-                      (cons '(skip-checks . #t) base-options)
-                      base-options)))
-    (when should-skip-checks
-      (log-info "Auto-skipping checks for local machine: ~a" machine-name))
+  (let* ((options (parse-deploy-options args)))
     (log-info "Deploying to machine: ~a using deploy-rs" machine-name)
     (if (validate-machine-name machine-name)
         (let ((result (deploy-machine machine-name "default" options)))
diff --git a/packages/lab-tool/utils/config.scm b/packages/lab-tool/utils/config.scm
index c8838a0..51abd04 100644
--- a/packages/lab-tool/utils/config.scm
+++ b/packages/lab-tool/utils/config.scm
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
 (define default-config
   `((homelab-root . "/home/geir/Home-lab")
     (machines . ((congenital-optimist 
-                  (type . local)
-                  (hostname . "localhost")
+                  (type . remote)
+                  (hostname . "congenital-optimist.tail807ea.ts.net")
+                  (ssh-alias . "congenital-optimist.tail807ea.ts.net")
                   (ssh-user . "sma")
                   (services . (workstation development)))
                  (sleeper-service
diff --git a/packages/lab-tool/utils/ssh.scm b/packages/lab-tool/utils/ssh.scm
index 1f9a56d..f6be303 100644
--- a/packages/lab-tool/utils/ssh.scm
+++ b/packages/lab-tool/utils/ssh.scm
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@
                          (port (open-pipe* OPEN_READ "/bin/sh" "-c" ssh-cmd))
                          (output (get-string-all port))
                          (status (close-pipe port)))
-                    (values (zero? status) output)))))))
+                    (values (zero? status) output)))
+                (lambda (key . args)
+                  (log-error "SSH command failed for ~a: ~a ~a" machine-name key args)
+                  (values #f ""))))))))))
 
 ;; Copy file to remote machine using scp
 (define (copy-file-to-remote machine-name local-path remote-path)