diff --git a/databases/Gemfile b/databases/Gemfile
index cd1828d2..de00e214 100644
--- a/databases/Gemfile
+++ b/databases/Gemfile
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" }
-
 ruby '3.4.3'
 
 # Rails Dependencies
 # =====================================================
 # Rails, MySQL, Puma
-gem "rails", "~> 7.1.3"
+# gem "rails", "~> 7.1.3"
+gem "rails", "~> 7.1.5", ">= 7.1.5.2"
 gem 'bundler'
-gem 'rake', '~> 13.1.0'
+gem 'rake', '~> 13.4'
 gem 'mysql2', '>= 0.4.4', '< 0.6.0'
 gem 'puma', '~> 6.4.0'
+gem 'rack', '>= 3.2.6'
 
 # JavaScript/Asset Dependencies
 gem 'jquery-rails'
@@ -54,6 +55,11 @@ gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.4.2', require: false
 # cas client
 gem 'rack-cas'
 
+gem 'faraday', '>= 2.14.1'
+gem 'nokogiri', '>= 1.19.1'
+gem 'rexml', '>= 3.4.2'
+gem 'uri', '>= 1.0.4'
+
 # session store
 gem 'activerecord-session_store'
 
@@ -111,9 +117,10 @@ group :development do
   gem 'web-console', '>= 3.3.0'
   gem 'listen'
   gem 'spring'
-  gem 'spring-watcher-listen', '~> 2.0.0'
+  gem 'spring-watcher-listen', '~> 2.1'
   # performance helper
   gem 'bullet' # helps to eliminate N+1 Queries 
+  gem 'bundler-audit'
 end
 
 # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
diff --git a/databases/Gemfile.lock b/databases/Gemfile.lock
index 4f4d499c..85f002b9 100644
--- a/databases/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/databases/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    actioncable (7.1.6)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
-    actionmailbox (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activejob (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    actionmailbox (7.1.6)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.6)
+      activejob (= 7.1.6)
+      activerecord (= 7.1.6)
+      activestorage (= 7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
       mail (>= 2.7.1)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
-    actionmailer (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actionview (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activejob (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    actionmailer (7.1.6)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.6)
+      actionview (= 7.1.6)
+      activejob (= 7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
       mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
-    actionpack (7.1.5.1)
-      actionview (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    actionpack (7.1.6)
+      actionview (= 7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
+      cgi
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
       racc
       rack (>= 2.2.4)
@@ -37,27 +38,28 @@ GEM
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
-    actiontext (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    actiontext (7.1.6)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.6)
+      activerecord (= 7.1.6)
+      activestorage (= 7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
       globalid (>= 0.6.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    actionview (7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
       builder (~> 3.1)
+      cgi
       erubi (~> 1.11)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
-    activejob (7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    activejob (7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
-    activerecord (7.1.5.1)
-      activemodel (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    activemodel (7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
+    activerecord (7.1.6)
+      activemodel (= 7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
       timeout (>= 0.4.0)
     activerecord-session_store (2.2.0)
       actionpack (>= 7.0)
@@ -65,13 +67,13 @@ GEM
       cgi (>= 0.3.6)
       rack (>= 2.0.8, < 4)
       railties (>= 7.0)
-    activestorage (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activejob (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    activestorage (7.1.6)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.6)
+      activejob (= 7.1.6)
+      activerecord (= 7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
       marcel (~> 1.0)
-    activesupport (7.1.5.1)
+    activesupport (7.1.6)
       base64
       benchmark (>= 0.3)
       bigdecimal
@@ -99,6 +101,9 @@ GEM
     bullet (8.0.8)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
       uniform_notifier (~> 1.11)
+    bundler-audit (0.9.3)
+      bundler (>= 1.2.0)
+      thor (~> 1.0)
     byebug (12.0.0)
     capybara (3.40.0)
       addressable
@@ -168,7 +173,7 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 6.1.0)
     faker (3.5.2)
       i18n (>= 1.8.11, < 2)
-    faraday (2.13.4)
+    faraday (2.14.1)
       faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.5)
       json
       logger
@@ -249,7 +254,7 @@ GEM
     net-smtp (0.5.1)
       net-protocol
     nio4r (2.7.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.9-aarch64-linux-gnu)
+    nokogiri (1.19.3-aarch64-linux-gnu)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     non-stupid-digest-assets (1.0.11)
       sprockets (>= 2.0)
@@ -272,7 +277,7 @@ GEM
     puma (6.4.3)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     racc (1.8.1)
-    rack (3.2.0)
+    rack (3.2.6)
     rack-cas (0.16.1)
       addressable (~> 2.3)
       nokogiri (~> 1.5)
@@ -287,20 +292,20 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
     rackup (2.2.1)
       rack (>= 3)
-    rails (7.1.5.1)
-      actioncable (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actionmailbox (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actionmailer (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actiontext (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actionview (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activejob (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activemodel (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    rails (7.1.6)
+      actioncable (= 7.1.6)
+      actionmailbox (= 7.1.6)
+      actionmailer (= 7.1.6)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.6)
+      actiontext (= 7.1.6)
+      actionview (= 7.1.6)
+      activejob (= 7.1.6)
+      activemodel (= 7.1.6)
+      activerecord (= 7.1.6)
+      activestorage (= 7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
       bundler (>= 1.15.0)
-      railties (= 7.1.5.1)
+      railties (= 7.1.6)
     rails-controller-testing (1.0.5)
       actionpack (>= 5.0.1.rc1)
       actionview (>= 5.0.1.rc1)
@@ -312,15 +317,17 @@ GEM
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.2)
       loofah (~> 2.21)
       nokogiri (>= 1.15.7, != 1.16.7, != 1.16.6, != 1.16.5, != 1.16.4, != 1.16.3, != 1.16.2, != 1.16.1, != 1.16.0.rc1, != 1.16.0)
-    railties (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    railties (7.1.6)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.6)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.6)
+      cgi
       irb
       rackup (>= 1.0.0)
       rake (>= 12.2)
       thor (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.2)
+      tsort (>= 0.2)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
-    rake (13.1.0)
+    rake (13.4.2)
     rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
     rb-inotify (0.11.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
@@ -331,7 +338,7 @@ GEM
     regexp_parser (2.11.1)
     reline (0.6.2)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
-    rexml (3.4.1)
+    rexml (3.4.4)
     rspec-core (3.13.5)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
     rspec-expectations (3.13.5)
@@ -392,10 +399,10 @@ GEM
     simplecov-html (0.13.2)
     simplecov-lcov (0.8.0)
     simplecov_json_formatter (0.1.4)
-    spring (2.1.1)
-    spring-watcher-listen (2.0.1)
+    spring (4.5.0)
+    spring-watcher-listen (2.1.0)
       listen (>= 2.7, < 4.0)
-      spring (>= 1.2, < 3.0)
+      spring (>= 4)
     sprockets (4.2.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       logger
@@ -413,6 +420,7 @@ GEM
     thor (1.4.0)
     tilt (2.6.1)
     timeout (0.4.3)
+    tsort (0.2.0)
     turbolinks (5.2.1)
       turbolinks-source (~> 5.2)
     turbolinks-source (5.2.0)
@@ -424,7 +432,7 @@ GEM
       unicode-emoji (~> 4.0, >= 4.0.4)
     unicode-emoji (4.0.4)
     uniform_notifier (1.17.0)
-    uri (1.0.3)
+    uri (1.1.1)
     validate_url (1.0.15)
       activemodel (>= 3.0.0)
       public_suffix
@@ -455,6 +463,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   bootstrap (~> 5.3.0)
   bullet
   bundler
+  bundler-audit
   byebug
   capybara (>= 2.15, < 4.0)
   carrierwave (~> 2.2)
@@ -469,6 +478,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   executables
   factory_bot_rails
   faker
+  faraday (>= 2.14.1)
   figaro
   jbuilder (~> 2.5)
   jquery-rails
@@ -478,18 +488,21 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   logging (~> 2.3)
   mutex_m
   mysql2 (>= 0.4.4, < 0.6.0)
+  nokogiri (>= 1.19.1)
   non-stupid-digest-assets
   normalize-scss
   ostruct
   pry
   pry-rails
   puma (~> 6.4.0)
+  rack (>= 3.2.6)
   rack-cas
   rack_session_access
-  rails (~> 7.1.3)
+  rails (~> 7.1.5, >= 7.1.5.2)
   rails-controller-testing
-  rake (~> 13.1.0)
+  rake (~> 13.4)
   recaptcha (~> 5.15)
+  rexml (>= 3.4.2)
   rspec-rails
   rspec_junit_formatter
   sanitize
@@ -501,13 +514,14 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   simplecov-console
   simplecov-lcov
   spring
-  spring-watcher-listen (~> 2.0.0)
+  spring-watcher-listen (~> 2.1)
   sprockets-rails
   stringio
   syslog
   turbolinks (~> 5.2.0)
   tzinfo-data
   uglifier (>= 1.3.0)
+  uri (>= 1.0.4)
   validate_url
   web-console (>= 3.3.0)
   whenever
diff --git a/databases/app/views/public/search/_search_bar.html.erb b/databases/app/views/public/search/_search_bar.html.erb
index a228f312..a09a4b08 100644
--- a/databases/app/views/public/search/_search_bar.html.erb
+++ b/databases/app/views/public/search/_search_bar.html.erb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     Search Databases
   </label>
   
-  <input type="search" name="query" title="Search Query" placeholder="Databases by Name... " class="search-field" id="<%= unique_id %>">
+  <input type="search" name="query" title="Search Query" placeholder="Databases by Name... " class="search-field" id="<%= unique_id %>" required>
   
   <button class="search-button button">
     <span class="fa fa-search"></span>