diff --git a/scripts/restore_forgejo_offsite_locally.py b/scripts/restore_forgejo_offsite_locally.py
index e287f5d..f1d41c1 100644
--- a/scripts/restore_forgejo_offsite_locally.py
+++ b/scripts/restore_forgejo_offsite_locally.py
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ def run(archive, receipt):
             for marker, category in [(b'out of memory', 'memory_limit'),
                                      (b'syntax error', 'sql_syntax'),
                                      (b'does not exist', 'missing_database_object'),
-                                     (b'duplicate key', 'duplicate_database_key')]:
+                                     (b'duplicate key', 'duplicate_database_key'),
+                                     (b'server closed the connection', 'database_connection_closed'),
+                                     (b'connection to server', 'database_connection_failed')]:
                 if marker in r.stderr.lower():
                     receipt['failure_kind']=category
                     break
@@ -106,13 +108,13 @@ LEVEL = Error
                '-e','POSTGRES_PASSWORD','-e','POSTGRES_USER=forgejo','-e','POSTGRES_DB=forgejo',POSTGRES,env=env)
         resources.append(('container',db))
         for _ in range(30):
-            if docker('exec',db,'pg_isready','-U','forgejo',check=False).returncode==0: break
+            if docker('exec',db,'pg_isready','-h','127.0.0.1','-U','forgejo',check=False).returncode==0: break
             time.sleep(2)
         else: raise ValueError('database_not_ready')
         sql=(staging/'forgejo-db.sql').read_bytes()
-        docker('exec','-i',db,'psql','-U','forgejo','-d','forgejo','--single-transaction','-v','ON_ERROR_STOP=1',payload=sql,timeout=900)
+        docker('exec','-i',db,'psql','-h','127.0.0.1','-U','forgejo','-d','forgejo','--single-transaction','-v','ON_ERROR_STOP=1',payload=sql,timeout=900)
         receipt['database_import']=True
-        counts=docker('exec',db,'psql','-U','forgejo','-d','forgejo','-Atqc',
+        counts=docker('exec',db,'psql','-h','127.0.0.1','-U','forgejo','-d','forgejo','-Atqc',
             'SELECT (SELECT count(*) FROM repository),(SELECT count(*) FROM "user"),(SELECT count(*) FROM package_blob);').stdout.decode().strip()
         numbers=[int(n) for n in counts.split('|')]
         if min(numbers[:2]) <= 0: raise ValueError('empty_database')
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ LEVEL = Error
         receipt['application_health']=True
         receipt['stage']='repository_recovery'
         # Select restored public repositories only, keeping payloads out of evidence.
-        rows=docker('exec',db,'psql','-U','forgejo','-d','forgejo','-Atqc',
+        rows=docker('exec',db,'psql','-h','127.0.0.1','-U','forgejo','-d','forgejo','-Atqc',
             'SELECT u.lower_name || \'/\' || r.lower_name FROM repository r JOIN "user" u ON u.id=r.owner_id WHERE NOT r.is_private AND NOT r.is_empty LIMIT 2;').stdout.decode().splitlines()
         if not rows: raise ValueError('public_repository_fixture_missing')
         receipt['repositories_verified']=[]
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ LEVEL = Error
             receipt['repositories_verified'].append(repo)
         receipt['stage']='package_blob_recovery'
         # Each stored blob must survive extraction and match its database digest.
-        rows=docker('exec',db,'psql','-U','forgejo','-d','forgejo','-Atqc','SELECT hash_sha256 FROM package_blob;').stdout.decode().splitlines()
+        rows=docker('exec',db,'psql','-h','127.0.0.1','-U','forgejo','-d','forgejo','-Atqc','SELECT hash_sha256 FROM package_blob;').stdout.decode().splitlines()
         files=list((staging/'data'/'packages').rglob('*')) if (staging/'data'/'packages').exists() else []
         available={p.name:p for p in files if p.is_file()}
         verified=0