diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0b045c5..d2d53ea 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ WORKDIR /home/csi/app
 USER csi
 
 COPY --chown=csi:csi package*.json ./
-RUN npm install --grpc_node_binary_host_mirror=https://grpc-uds-binaries.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/debian-buster
+RUN npm install --only=production --grpc_node_binary_host_mirror=https://grpc-uds-binaries.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/debian-buster
 COPY --chown=csi:csi . .
 RUN rm -rf docker
 
diff --git a/bin/democratic-csi b/bin/democratic-csi
index ea833bc..5602c57 100755
--- a/bin/democratic-csi
+++ b/bin/democratic-csi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S node --nouse-idle-notification --expose-gc
+#!/usr/bin/env -S node --expose-gc ${NODE_OPTIONS_CSI_1} ${NODE_OPTIONS_CSI_2} ${NODE_OPTIONS_CSI_3} ${NODE_OPTIONS_CSI_4} ${NODE_OPTIONS_CSI_5}
 
 const yaml = require("js-yaml");
 const fs = require("fs");
@@ -353,6 +353,31 @@ logger.info(
   }
 );
 
+if (process.env.LOG_MEMORY_USAGE == "1") {
+  setInterval(() => {
+    console.log("logging memory usages due to LOG_MEMORY_USAGE env var");
+    const used = process.memoryUsage();
+    for (let key in used) {
+      console.log(
+        `[${new Date()}] Memory Usage: ${key} ${
+          Math.round((used[key] / 1024 / 1024) * 100) / 100
+        } MB`
+      );
+    }
+  }, process.env.LOG_MEMORY_USAGE_INTERVAL || 5000);
+}
+
+if (process.env.MANUAL_GC == "1") {
+  setInterval(() => {
+    console.log("gc invoked due to MANUAL_GC env var");
+    try {
+      if (global.gc) {
+        global.gc();
+      }
+    } catch (e) {}
+  }, process.env.MANUAL_GC_INTERVAL || 60000);
+}
+
 if (require.main === module) {
   (async function () {
     try {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8a8ccd8..e918968 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "democratic-csi",
-  "version": "1.6.1",
+  "version": "1.6.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "democratic-csi",
-      "version": "1.6.1",
+      "version": "1.6.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@grpc/grpc-js": "^1.5.7",
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@
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     },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@grpc/grpc-js/-/grpc-js-1.5.9.tgz",
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+      "version": "1.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@grpc/grpc-js/-/grpc-js-1.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ix3rQS64rKL1s6CfIaRgnts+RNYZZ2NaYyTK7iimai6an/0GGDbukzy990hJ5vtKHjhaqJxJMB6Qq7BMZ0zZSQ==",
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@@ -288,6 +288,11 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/json-buffer/-/json-buffer-3.0.0.tgz",
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+    },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-17.0.22.tgz",
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+      "version": "17.0.23",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-17.0.23.tgz",
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     "node_modules/@types/request": {
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@@ -525,6 +530,15 @@
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       }
     },
+    "node_modules/buildcheck": {
+      "version": "0.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buildcheck/-/buildcheck-0.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pziaA+p/wdVImfcbsZLNF32EiWyujlQLwolMqUQE8xpKNOH7KmZQaY8sXN7DGOEzPAElo9QTaeNRfGnf3iOJbA==",
+      "optional": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10.0.0"
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bunyan/-/bunyan-1.8.15.tgz",
@@ -728,6 +742,18 @@
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       }
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+      "dependencies": {
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+        "json-buffer": "~3.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 12"
+      }
+    },
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cpu-features/-/cpu-features-0.0.4.tgz",
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+        "buildcheck": "0.0.3",
+        "nan": "^2.15.0"
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+        "node": ">=10.0.0"
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-        "cpu-features": "0.0.2",
+        "cpu-features": "~0.0.4",
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