diff --git a/apps/connect/src/lib/get-app-info-by-ids.ts b/apps/connect/src/lib/get-app-info-by-ids.ts
index f2f8d75a..c046af61 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/lib/get-app-info-by-ids.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/lib/get-app-info-by-ids.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-const apps = {
-  '93bb8907-085a-4a0e-83dd-62b0dc98e793': {
-    name: 'Todos',
-  },
-};
+// const apps = {
+//   '93bb8907-085a-4a0e-83dd-62b0dc98e793': {
+//     name: 'Todos',
+//   },
+// };
 
 export const getAppInfoByIds = async (appIds: string[]) => {
   // sleep for 1 second
-  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
-  return apps;
+  // await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
+  // return apps;
+  const appInfo: Record<string, { name: string }> = {};
+  for (const appId of appIds) {
+    appInfo[appId] = { name: appId };
+  }
+  return appInfo;
 };
diff --git a/apps/server/src/index.ts b/apps/server/src/index.ts
index 5744bcf4..424fe9ef 100755
--- a/apps/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/index.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ app.use(express.json({ limit: '2mb' }));
 app.use(cors());
 
 app.get('/', (_req, res) => {
-  res.send('Server is running (v0.0.8)');
+  res.send('Server is running (v0.0.9)');
 });
 
 app.get('/connect/spaces', async (req, res) => {
diff --git a/packages/hypergraph-react/package.json b/packages/hypergraph-react/package.json
index 10d4ef3d..ea4f5ee4 100644
--- a/packages/hypergraph-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/hypergraph-react/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@graphprotocol/hypergraph-react",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
+  "version": "0.0.9",
   "description": "React implementation and additional functionality, components, and hooks for the hypergraph SDK framework",
   "keywords": ["Web3", "Local-First", "Knowledge Graph", "Graph Protocol", "react"],
   "publishConfig": {
diff --git a/packages/hypergraph-react/src/HypergraphAppContext.tsx b/packages/hypergraph-react/src/HypergraphAppContext.tsx
index d4b7604f..ae62f7c7 100644
--- a/packages/hypergraph-react/src/HypergraphAppContext.tsx
+++ b/packages/hypergraph-react/src/HypergraphAppContext.tsx
@@ -299,9 +299,12 @@ export function HypergraphAppProvider({
 
     const syncServerUrl = new URL(syncServerUri);
     const syncServerWsUrl = new URL(`/?token=${identity.sessionToken}`, syncServerUrl.toString());
-    syncServerWsUrl.protocol = 'ws:';
-    const syncServerWsUrlString = syncServerWsUrl.toString();
 
+    // Use 'wss:' by default, only use 'ws:' for local development
+    const isLocalDev = syncServerUrl.hostname === 'localhost' || syncServerUrl.hostname === '127.0.0.1';
+    syncServerWsUrl.protocol = isLocalDev ? 'ws:' : 'wss:';
+
+    const syncServerWsUrlString = syncServerWsUrl.toString();
     const websocketConnection = new WebSocket(syncServerWsUrlString);
 
     setWebsocketConnection(websocketConnection);
diff --git a/packages/hypergraph/package.json b/packages/hypergraph/package.json
index bcefd39d..927d544c 100644
--- a/packages/hypergraph/package.json
+++ b/packages/hypergraph/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@graphprotocol/hypergraph",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
+  "version": "0.0.9",
   "description": "SDK for building performant, type-safe, local-first dapps on top of The Graph ecosystem knowledge graphs.",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public",