diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7d5624f..1b8629f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.21
+2.0.22
diff --git a/hubmap-auth/src/app.py b/hubmap-auth/src/app.py
index d0507ea..c8c2017 100644
--- a/hubmap-auth/src/app.py
+++ b/hubmap-auth/src/app.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def get_status_data():
     FILE_ASSETS_STATUS = 'file_assets_status'
     BRANCH = 'branch'
     COMMIT = 'commit'
-    POSTGRES_CONNECTION = 'Postgres connection'
+    POSTGRES_CONNECTION = 'postgres_connection'
 
     # All API services have api_auth status (meaning the gateway's API auth is working)
     # We won't get other status if api_auth fails
diff --git a/hubmap-auth/src/templates/status.html b/hubmap-auth/src/templates/status.html
index ed25a49..86f11c5 100644
--- a/hubmap-auth/src/templates/status.html
+++ b/hubmap-auth/src/templates/status.html
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ <h2>CELLS API</h2>
 
 <!-- Need to update this to use "cells_api.postgres_connection" once Matt redeploys the corresponding tweaks -->
 {% if data.cells_api["Postgres connection"] %}
-<p class="pl-4">Postgres Connection: {{ data.cells_api["Postgres connection"] }}</p>
+<p class="pl-4">Postgres Connection: {{ data.cells_api.postgres_connection }}</p>
 {% endif %}
 
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/nginx/conf.d-dev/portal-ui.conf b/nginx/conf.d-dev/portal-ui.conf
index 2514518..5c229cd 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d-dev/portal-ui.conf
+++ b/nginx/conf.d-dev/portal-ui.conf
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ server {
         # gzip_http_version sets the minimum HTTP version of a request required to compress a response to 1.1 by default.
         # proxy_http_version needs to be >= that, but is 1.0 by default.
         proxy_http_version  1.1;
+
+        # Due to cells-api slowness
+        # Increase timeout to 10 minutes until a real solution is ready
+        proxy_connect_timeout 600;
+        keepalive_timeout 600 600;
+        proxy_read_timeout 600;
+        proxy_send_timeout 600;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/nginx/conf.d-prod/cells-api.conf b/nginx/conf.d-prod/cells-api.conf
index a16c2f2..f36237a 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d-prod/cells-api.conf
+++ b/nginx/conf.d-prod/cells-api.conf
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ server {
         # Only the PROD version of cells api is routed by gateway
         # The cells api on DEV and TEST are running on their own nginx instances, no STAGE version
         # Calls to the PROD version of cells api (cells.api.hubmapconsortium.org) come to 
-        # gateway directly and get forwarded to private IP 172.31.7.108 (cells-internal.api.hubmapconsortium.org)
-        # The cells api PROD is exposed on port 5000 via uwsgi
-        uwsgi_pass uwsgi://172.31.7.108:5000;
-        include uwsgi_params;
-        uwsgi_param HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO $scheme;
-        uwsgi_param UWSGI_SCHEME $scheme;
-        uwsgi_read_timeout 600s;
-        uwsgi_send_timeout 600s;
+        # gateway directly and get forwarded to their nginx gateway/load balancer http://cells-gateway.cmu.hubmapconsortium.org (no https)
+        proxy_pass http://cells-gateway.cmu.hubmapconsortium.org;
+        
+        # Increase timeout to 10 minutes until a real solution is ready
+        proxy_connect_timeout 600;
+        keepalive_timeout 600 600;
+        proxy_read_timeout 600;
+        proxy_send_timeout 600;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/nginx/conf.d-prod/portal-ui.conf b/nginx/conf.d-prod/portal-ui.conf
index 05f59b7..22b2bec 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d-prod/portal-ui.conf
+++ b/nginx/conf.d-prod/portal-ui.conf
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ server {
         # gzip_http_version sets the minimum HTTP version of a request required to compress a response to 1.1 by default.
         # proxy_http_version needs to be >= that, but is 1.0 by default.
         proxy_http_version  1.1;
+        
+        # Due to cells-api slowness
+        # Increase timeout to 10 minutes until a real solution is ready
+        proxy_connect_timeout 600;
+        keepalive_timeout 600 600;
+        proxy_read_timeout 600;
+        proxy_send_timeout 600;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/nginx/conf.d-stage/portal-ui.conf b/nginx/conf.d-stage/portal-ui.conf
index f7fdd83..5a78f29 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d-stage/portal-ui.conf
+++ b/nginx/conf.d-stage/portal-ui.conf
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ server {
         # gzip_http_version sets the minimum HTTP version of a request required to compress a response to 1.1 by default.
         # proxy_http_version needs to be >= that, but is 1.0 by default.
         proxy_http_version  1.1;
+
+        # Due to cells-api slowness
+        # Increase timeout to 10 minutes until a real solution is ready
+        proxy_connect_timeout 600;
+        keepalive_timeout 600 600;
+        proxy_read_timeout 600;
+        proxy_send_timeout 600;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/nginx/conf.d-stage/prod-portal-ui.conf b/nginx/conf.d-stage/prod-portal-ui.conf
index f0ac8dd..0323395 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d-stage/prod-portal-ui.conf
+++ b/nginx/conf.d-stage/prod-portal-ui.conf
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ server {
         # (Plain "$host" does not include port.)
         proxy_set_header  Host $http_host;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+
+        # gzip_http_version sets the minimum HTTP version of a request required to compress a response to 1.1 by default.
+        # proxy_http_version needs to be >= that, but is 1.0 by default.
+        proxy_http_version  1.1;
+
+        # Due to cells-api slowness
+        # Increase timeout to 10 minutes until a real solution is ready
+        proxy_connect_timeout 600;
+        keepalive_timeout 600 600;
+        proxy_read_timeout 600;
+        proxy_send_timeout 600;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/nginx/conf.d-test/portal-ui.conf b/nginx/conf.d-test/portal-ui.conf
index 3876ca9..824a686 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d-test/portal-ui.conf
+++ b/nginx/conf.d-test/portal-ui.conf
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ server {
         # gzip_http_version sets the minimum HTTP version of a request required to compress a response to 1.1 by default.
         # proxy_http_version needs to be >= that, but is 1.0 by default.
         proxy_http_version  1.1;
+
+        # Due to cells-api slowness
+        # Increase timeout to 10 minutes until a real solution is ready
+        proxy_connect_timeout 600;
+        keepalive_timeout 600 600;
+        proxy_read_timeout 600;
+        proxy_send_timeout 600;
     }
 
 }