diff --git a/apps/core/lib/core/clients/console.ex b/apps/core/lib/core/clients/console.ex
index 1d4f3a3c7..60ceebc26 100644
--- a/apps/core/lib/core/clients/console.ex
+++ b/apps/core/lib/core/clients/console.ex
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ defmodule Core.Clients.Console do
   def clusters(client) do
     Req.post(client, graphql: @clusters_q)
     |> case do
-      {:ok, %Req.Response{body: %{"clusters" => %{"edges" => edges}}}} -> {:ok, Enum.map(edges, & &1["node"])}
+      {:ok, %Req.Response{body: %{"data" => %{"clusters" => %{"edges" => edges}}}}} ->
+        {:ok, Enum.map(edges, & &1["node"])}
       res ->
         Logger.warn "Failed to fetch clusters: #{inspect(res)}"
         {:error, "could not fetch clusters"}
diff --git a/apps/core/lib/core/schema/cockroach_cluster.ex b/apps/core/lib/core/schema/cockroach_cluster.ex
index 0e92016a5..f4cff9294 100644
--- a/apps/core/lib/core/schema/cockroach_cluster.ex
+++ b/apps/core/lib/core/schema/cockroach_cluster.ex
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ defmodule Core.Schema.CockroachCluster do
     model
     |> cast(attrs, ~w(name cloud region url certificate endpoints)a)
     |> unique_constraint(:name)
-    |> validate_required(~w(name cloud region url certificate endpoints)a)
+    |> validate_required(~w(name cloud url certificate endpoints)a)
   end
 end
diff --git a/apps/core/lib/core/services/cloud/poller.ex b/apps/core/lib/core/services/cloud/poller.ex
index 46c35fb5e..22d780f26 100644
--- a/apps/core/lib/core/services/cloud/poller.ex
+++ b/apps/core/lib/core/services/cloud/poller.ex
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ defmodule Core.Services.Cloud.Poller do
       cloud: to_cloud(distro),
       region: meta["region"]
     }, name)
+    |> log_err("failed to insert cloud cluster: ")
   end
 
   defp upsert_roach(%{"name" => name} = roach) do
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ defmodule Core.Services.Cloud.Poller do
       certificate: roach["certificate"],
       endpoints: roach["endpoints"]
     }, name)
+    |> log_err("failed to insert cockroach cluster: ")
   end
 
   defp read_secret() do
@@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ defmodule Core.Services.Cloud.Poller do
     |> Kazan.run()
     |> case do
       {:ok, %CoreV1.Secret{data: %{"cockroaches" => roaches}}} ->
-        Jason.decode(roaches)
+        Base.decode64!(roaches)
+        |> Jason.decode()
       _ -> {:error, "could not find secret"}
     end
   end
@@ -86,4 +89,7 @@ defmodule Core.Services.Cloud.Poller do
   defp to_cloud("GKE"), do: :gcp
   defp to_cloud("AKS"), do: :azure
   defp to_cloud(_), do: :aws
+
+  defp log_err({:error, _} = err, msg), do: "#{msg} #{inspect(err)}"
+  defp log_err(pass, _), do: pass
 end